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| Tiger's Nest, or Taktsang, a Buddhist monastery, spectacularly located high on a cliff face in Bhutan` Ref:MKBHN2169 |  |
| Tiger's Nest, or Taktsang, a Buddhist monastery, spectacularly located high on a cliff face in Bhutan Ref:MKBHN2170 |  |
| At the Kharbandi monastery near Phuntsholing, Bhutan, two young men in national dress approach the sacred prayer wheels Ref:MKBHN2171 |  |
| At the Kharbandi monastery near Phuntsholing, Bhutan, four young women in national dress turn the sacred prayer wheels Ref:MKBHN2172 |  |
| Looking up to the monks' area within the walls of the Paro dzong, or fortress, in Bhutan Ref:MKBHN2173 |  |
| A senior Buddhist monk who is Master of Discipline to the monastic community in the Paro dzong, Bhutan Ref:MKBHN2174 |  |
| The sacred legend of Guru Rinpoche and a flying tiger is painted on a wall of Bhutan's Paro dzong Ref:MKBHN2175 |  |
| Harvesting rice near Paro in Bhutan; the Paro valley is one of the Himalayan country's few flat places Ref:MKBHN2176 |  |
| A traditional farmhouse and family home near Paro in Bhutan Ref:MKBHN2177 |  |
| Two young boys look out of the unglazed windows of their traditional farmhouse near Paro in Bhutan Ref:MKBHN2178 |  |
| A small boy stands barefoot in the corner of a room in his family's farmhouse near Paro in Bhutan Ref:MKBHN2179 |  |
| In the kitchen of his farmhouse home in Bhutan the family patriarch makes a thermos of tea Ref:MKBHN2180 |  |
| Bhutan's only airport, in Paro valley, is built in the elegant traditional style Ref:MKBHN2182 |  |
| Bhutan's airport, in Paro valley, almost the only flat site in the country Ref:MKBHN2183 |  |
| On an airport wall the five kings of Bhutan; the current at far right is His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Ref:MKBHN2184 |  |
| In Thimpu, the Bhutan capital, the dzong, or fortress, houses the city's administration and the leading monastic community Ref:MKBHN2186 |  |
| Inside the great Thimpu dzong, or fortress, Bhutan's traditional art and architecture are derived from Tibetan Buddhism. Ref:MKBHN2187 |  |
| Painted on an inner wall of the Thimpu dzong: Channa Dorji, Buddhist god of power, capped by the five negatives Ref:MKBHN2188 |  |
| Pilgrims resting beside large prayer wheels at the Kyichu Lakh Buddhist temple near Thimpu in Bhutan Ref:MKBHN2190 |  |
| Pilgrims circling the Kyichu Lakh memorial temple near Thimpu in Bhutan Ref:MKBHN2191 |  |
| Corner of a building in Paro, Bhutan, showing a range of traditional Buddhist art including a phallus Ref:MKBHN2192 |  |
| A phallus, for protection, is painted on a farmhouse wall in Bhutan behind family laundry including baby clothes Ref:MKBHN2204 |  |
| Crude they may appear but the phallus in Bhutan expresses a family's desire for protection from evil spirits Ref:MKBHN2205 |  |
| A Bhutanese traditional farmer shows a cool modern style in the guitar adorning his T-shirt Ref:MKBHN2216 |  |
| Three generations--a young mother, her baby and her own mother--are among pilgrims to a memorial chorten near Thimpu Ref:MKBHN2212 |  |
| Archery fans on a Sunday morning watch a local contest of Bhutan's national sport Ref:MKBHN2218 |  |
| An archer takes aim in a contest of archery, Bhutan's national sport, in Paro, Bhutan Ref:MKBHN2194 |  |
| A Bhutan postage stamp shows a yeti, or abominable snowman, which country folk believe exists, along with an archer taking aim Ref:MKBHN2195 |  |