Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . 55 A high Lama uf Chokchu. 3^6. The Prior of Selipuk. Water-colour Sketches by the Author. KAMBA TSENAM 369 monster, killed him with a single shot, and performed withhis friends a triumphal dance around the carcase. Thenfollowed a Ladaki dance, little Gulam leading the troop,and after that Suen executed his remarkable dance beforea lady, represented by a stick he held before him. All theothers kept time by clapping their hands, and invited theTibetans to join in, and my guests in the tent wereconvulsed with laughter. The Mohammedans execute
Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet . 55 A high Lama uf Chokchu. 3^6. The Prior of Selipuk. Water-colour Sketches by the Author. KAMBA TSENAM 369 monster, killed him with a single shot, and performed withhis friends a triumphal dance around the carcase. Thenfollowed a Ladaki dance, little Gulam leading the troop,and after that Suen executed his remarkable dance beforea lady, represented by a stick he held before him. All theothers kept time by clapping their hands, and invited theTibetans to join in, and my guests in the tent wereconvulsed with laughter. The Mohammedans executed a Yarkand dance withKutus as leader. They danced round the fire, swingingtheir arms and skirts, and between the fire and the tentthey appeared only as black profiles, while on the otherside they were lighted up by the reddish-yellow frames,and their perspiring faces shone like bronze. A songfollowed, waking a sonorous echo in the mountains, andthe Tibetans recognizing the air joined in, and all thewhile the men clapped their hands. The smoke from
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