Two masked clowns, atsara, watch helplessly as dancers representing spirits approach to judge their dead colleague. They are watched by an audience of monks and young men in traditional dress, gho, who stand against brightly coloured hangings.Mongar Dzong. Mongar, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 18 November 2007

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Two masked clowns, atsara, watch helplessly as dancers representing spirits approach to judge their dead colleague. They are watched by an audience of monks and young men in traditional dress, gho, who stand against brightly coloured hangings.Mongar Dzong. Mongar, Bhutan, Druk Yul. 18 November 2007

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