Bhutan Series: Ugyen/Gangtey

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Ugyen brings the blessings
in the monastery 
where a couple of hundred
bucks buys lunch for each monk 
I make a faux pas serving meat
to the proto vegetarian

Ugyen brings the blessings
in the morning
we wear travel braids 
for three days fortune
just past the pass we toss old apples
to a lucky langur family

A photograph of three young Buddhist novices in red robes, sitting on a wooden floor and eating from metal bowls inside Gangtey Gonpa monastery in Bhutan.

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