This Tibetian from Sershul carries a roughly 1.5-meter-long, 10 cm thick square iron staff. His inner layer is a red and yellow silk vest, over which he wears a sleeveless jacket with a one-foot-long padded shoulder piece. A heavy, deep-red monk’s robe drapes over everything. His lower body is clad in a Zêtang woolen monk skirt and traditional Tibetan pulu long boots.

On his head, he wears a pointed yellow hat. A crimson cloak with intricate embroidered strips and large decorative fasteners hangs over his shoulders. A short sword rests at his waist, and a golden Gawu amulet box hangs from his neck.

With a towering physique, he paces between the lines of monks. At each step, he forcefully strikes the ground with his iron staff, its crisp echo proclaiming the strictness of the law.

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