Tibetan pilgrims enter and exit a 'Bardo' hole whilst on pilgrimage in practise for the enxt life.Yunnan Province, China
{"Image ImageDescription": "Pilgrims performing the kora of the Kawa Karpo mountain range, take turns to crawl through a Bardo hole. Bardo is the name of the time space between deaths and re-birth in Tibetan Buddhism. Crawling through these cave-like holes represents the practice for the period of Bardo before they are re-born.\n\nThe Kara Karpo mountain range forms the most eastern tip of the Himalayas and is a natural barrier between the eastern TAR and Yunnan Province.  \n\n2003 was the Chinese year of the water goat and is also the sacred year of this mountain range. This year is so auspicious that it only occurs once every 60 years and as a result thousands of Tibetan pilgrims travel vast distances to circumambulate the entire range. \n\nTaking just under two weeks of walking through this extremely remote region, the pilgrims undergo great physical and financial hardship to pay their respects to the mountain and to Lord Buddha.", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh", "Image DateTime": "2008:11:20 10:17:15", "Image Copyright": "All images copyright Luke Duggleby 2008. All rights reserved.", "Image ExifOffset": "1164", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "1302", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "9114", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1000", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "667"}