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  Lhasa's Main Square

A senior Tibetan fulfilling the time honored ritual of treking three times around a religious building. Two young Tibetan women in traditional dress crossing the square on their way to a monastery.

Because of the proximity of the Jokhang Temple to the Main Square, one sees Tibetans dressed in traditional garb fulfilling the time-honored ritual of treking around the temple three times with a prayer wheel in hand.