Caption

A Tibetan shows the printing block for sacred religious texts at the historic Tibetan Buddhist printing houses, Palpung Monastery (Palpung Gompa), in the village of Babang, Dêgê (Derge) County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, Eastern Tibet, China, Asia

Date

Jul 03, 2009

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/ALESSANDRA MENICONZI

Reference

BRK26A57_094

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46,9Mb (3,9Mb) / 16,5in x 11,0in / 4961 x 3307 (300dpi)

Keywords

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