Monks blow sacred conch shells from the window of Thyangboche Monastery, Solukhumbu, Nepal, as a call to prayer.
Ngawang Tenzing Zangpo Rinpoche, the abbot of Tengboche Monastery, blows a sacred conch shell during the celebration of Mani Rimdu, 2014. This was on the last day of Mani Rimdu, when tormas - or figures made of tsampa dough - are consigned to a sacred fire, signaling the end of negative forces and the beginning of a blessed new year.
Portrait of an elderly Tamang woman in the village of Gre, Rasuwa, Nepal.
