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Title: Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India Year: 1922 (1920s) Authors: Teichman, Eric, Sir, 1884-1944 Subjects: Publisher: Cambridge, England : University Press Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: TIBETAN BANQUETING TENTS PITCHED ON THE BANKS OF THEMEKONG AT CHAMDO

Text Appearing After Image: TRAVELLING LAMAS ENCAMPED AT CHAMDO: TEA AND BUTTERCHURN IN THE FOREGROUND V TIBETAN THEATRICALS 151 now be much more difficult to induce the Tibetans to makea reasonable peace. On August 8 and 9 we had another two days feasting incelebration of the ist day of the 7th Moon, a festival all overTibet and Mongolia. On the first day a theatrical perform-ance was held, starting at eight in the morning and finishingat dusk. The stage was an open piece of ground in front ofthe Kalon Lamas house and the players were Tibetansoldiers. We watched the play from the windows of theKalon Lamas apartment, conversing and consuming lightrefreshments between the morning and evening banquets.The players refreshed themselves at frequent intervals withcopious draughts of chang provided by the Kalons stewards;so that their acting became more and more energetic as theday wore on. Tibetan plays are either religious or lay. Of the former,which are performed by lamas and are often called DevilDances by foreigne

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