MR2482 'Thun-nam' dance

On a cold winter morning, in the courtyard of the Trongsar Dzong, monks twirl around to the 'thun-nam' dance, representing wrathful deities. These deities don’t symbolize violence but rather an exacerbated aspect of compassion. Trongsar festival, Bhutan, 2007. Order online a photographic work of art, signed by the hand of Matthieu Ricard, buddhist monk, photographer and author. He has also been the French interpreter of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama since 1989. Some of the photographs in his collection are printed in limited edition, signed, numbered and delivered with a certificate of authenticity.