ASIA NOW   east asia   southeast asia   south asia   central asia   australasia  TIME ASIA   current issue   asia buzz   magazine archive   web features   customer service   subscribe to time  ASIAWEEK  BUSINESS  SPORTS  ENTERTAINMENT  ASIA WEATHER  ASIA TRAVEL		Photographs by James Whitlow Delano/SABA The borderlands of western China -- integrated into the mainland in 1914 -- are Tibetan in all but name. Ethnic Tibetans in Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces continue to practice their traditional customs. James Whitlow Delano visited the region to photograph Monlam, the annual spring prayer festival that celebrates the Tibetan New Year. In this photograph, a nomad sports his finest robes, trimmed with snow leopard fur, and a fox-fur hat at the festival   NEXT >> 2/9   tibet STORY: Rethinking the Riddle Some believers look to the newly exiled Karmapa as the best chance for breaking the impasse with China MORE: Exhibition Find out about Delano's exhibition showing in Los Angeles, July through to September, 2000   More Photo Essays   -- TIME Asia -- Tibet: Can This Culture Survive? Tibet: Photographs of a Forgotten Homeland GizmoLand!  Japan's Tech Timeline  Pino the Robot Child  Futureworld: In Japan Today!  Ten Smart Machines ...and Five Dumb Ones  Manga: Maruichi's Tea Time Gusmão! Viva Independencia! Indonesian Elections 1999 The Killing of Joaquim Bernardino Guterres Asia's Best Architecture Ann Hu's Shadow Magic The Year in Pictures, 1999 Kashmir: State of Unrest On Set with Ang Lee Faces of Lhasa Jakarta through the lens of John Stanmeyer   -- Asiaweek -- Jiang on Parade: China's 50th Anniversary 50 People to Know in China   -- CNN -- Pakistan's Coup Visions of China Features Home | TIME Asia home

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