Monks blowing radung, Kundeling Size:medium

Monks blowing radung, Kundeling Size:mediumFour Gelugpa monks blowing ceremonial horns on the roof of Kundeling monastery. Two blow extendable trumpets, or radung, the ends of which are supported on ornate gilt trumpet stands decorated with eight auspicious Buddhist emblems and floral motifs. The monks wear yellow hats, maroon robes, brocade holy water bottles and felt and leather boots. Cylindrical Banners, which are auspicious emblems used as roof decoration, are decorated with pearls of

and has a rifle slung over his left shoulder

a guide in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party

View of a tankwa (papyrus canoe) in which two men are standing

and a head rope

holding a peregrine falcon perched on a mangalah (cuff) he wears on his hand

resting his hands on his thighs

an awning is covered with white cloth

Wilfred Thesiger wears a cartridge belt on leather suspenders over his white thobe (shirt) and a plain headscarf topped with an 'agal (head rope)

raised on a pile of stones

Water market on a river at Ayutthaya

and a balam (flat-bottomed boat) being poled forward by a woman behind

prominent in the foreground