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Military Band

http://bodpawarriors.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Tibetan-Soldiers-Film-96856.mp4 Rare Technicolor footage of Tibet in the 1940’s. In Lhasa, Tibet, the military band walk in a column, playing their instruments,…

Kalmyk and Tibet

Photographed outside the United Nation building in New York City , March 27, 1959. Kalmyk people were the first to…

Freedom Fighters

Some freedom fighters who worked at the first administrative office in Mustang. From left: Commander Yeshi Kalsang, Lithang Garnag Yeshi Sangpo, Chakbhuk,…

Tibetan Government Officials

Tibetan Government officials with ‘bogdo’ hat participating at the annual archery Competition in Lhasa, 1938-39. Photographed by Ernst Schafer.

Medieval Soldiers

An army of 1,000 medieval soldiers… During annual parade/procession in Lhasa, two lay officials are appointed commanders of an army…

Tibet Polo Team

Members of prizewinning Polo team in Gyantse, Tibet in 1910. by Colonel Leslie Weir. Colonel Leslie first went to Tibet…

Tibetan Pony

Dalai Lama (2nd from right) riding Tibetan pony during 1959 escape to India. Tibetan ponies are known for having considerable…

Yuthok Tashi Dhondup

Yuthok Tashi Dhondup (1906-1983), also known as Yuthok Depon was one of the best military officers of Tibet. Yuthok Depon…

Tibetan Soldier

A Tibetan soldier in Chumbi Valley in Southern Tibet, 1943.

Special Frontier Force (SFF)

The Special Frontier Force (SFF) is an Indian special operations unit created on 14 November 1962. It mainly comprised Tibetan…