structure, and the parchment of its three-foot head is
struck with a sickle-shaped stick- By a convention,
which is like that of Europe, the drummer manages the
cymbals also. Powerful instruments these are, taking
unquestioned command of the babel whenever used.
Besides all these the officiating Lama will from time
Tibetan women washing. This was the only occasion on which I ever saw a Tibetan
t w a sh anything. I do not think anyone else was as fortunate. Tsechen Monastery rises
in the distance to the left.
to time ring a sweet silvery-toned bell at, no doubt, the
accurate intervals, but it must be confessed that the
general effect of a Tibetan service is not unlike that of
a farm yard, or a nursery, and it may still be many years
indeed before order is given to these sounds confused.
One or two tunes they have which can be recognised.
Woman-labour in the Chumbi Valley. This load probably weighed three times the
usual man’s burden over the pass.
