Sometimes, dance is what philosophy looks like. Only rarely in my long years of dance research has a painted image been so arresting with its
His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa has voiced concern over the growing impact on water rights—particularly in Himalayan communities—stemming from climate change, observing that aberrant weather
One needs to take a long view—one that spans vast distances and many centuries—to appreciate the context of the Cham dance traditions that were preserved
It is a choice to remember life in beautiful ways. Dance is an art made of life itself. The human body as medium contains within
After seeing several Cham festivals in remote places on a 2014 trip to Ladakh and neighboring Zanskar, I came to the conclusion that video-documenting Cham
I first traveled to Ladakh in the western Himalaya 15 years ago, after being invited by a lama I met on the beach in front
The dancing mind is another mind. In Vajrayana Buddhist Cham, dance is yoga, the dancing mind the whole point—the center of the experience. Monk-dancers are
In September 2014, I traveled to Ladakh in northern India to explore and create some photographic essays of the people and culture there. Ladakh has
Editor’s note: Stella Peters is a writer/photographer from Amsterdam who focuses on inequality and human interest stories. She is currently studying anthropology in an Advanced master’s programme
Editor’s note: Stella Peters is a writer/photographer from Amsterdam who focuses on inequality and human interest stories. She is currently studying anthropology in an Advanced master’s programme
