Travel Videos 365 - BETA version 1.02

September 2005 In Ladakh, India, on a high altitude plateau, many young women are choosing to become nuns, living in monasteries on the mountaintops. Aside from being afforded the opportunity to develop their spirituality, these young women are gaining some independence and freedom that they would otherwise not have.... more

Tibetan and Nepalese Nuns singing drumming, practicing buddhist prayers at Nagi Gompa, Kathmandu, Nepal, Chokyi Nyima is the Abbot.

Nuns called "thila-shin" (keeper of precepts) on their fortnightly alms round "hsoonsan hkan" in small groups and in a 200 strong annual procession in Mandalay, Myanmar; they are given uncooked rice and groceries as they cook their own meals unlike the monks. They do however eat only one meal before noon the same as the monks.

The anis (nuns) of Palyul Monastery in Eastern Tibet chant His Holiness Penor Rinpoche's longlife prayer. Palyul Monastery is located in Eastern Tibet and is home to a community of Nuns and Monks who practice Tibetan Buddhism (more)

Or maybe just a little...

Small choir of Orthodox Christian nuns in southwest Ukraine.

Nuns chanting. Monks debating.

Small choir of Orthodox Christian nuns.

(www.ARoadRetraveled.com for Full Episode) Simone tells us about a legend involving a battle between Archangel Michael and the Devil that coincidentally took place right in the spot where the convent she stayed at is, and she discovered some interesting clues inside a 13th century fresco on the facade of the convent.... more

Two Tibetan Buddhist Nuns blessed our shop, A Bears Old Wares in Yackandandah, North East Victoria, Australia.