Skeleton masks are used in the Monlam Chenpo dances, Katok Monastery - Kham, (Eastern, Tibet), Sichuan, China

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Skeleton masks are used in the Monlam Chenpo dances, Katok Monastery - Kham, (Eastern, Tibet), Sichuan, China

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