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This Lumen Dei Photo Workshop and Tour will take you through some of the most remote and best preserved Tibetan cultural areas remaining as well as allow you to experience the largest and most famous horse festival in the Kham region. Join David duChemin for 12 days of amazing landscapes, beautiful people and unforgettable photography.
For this photo workshop, we will be traveling to this exciting region found in southern Qinghai provinces. These areas provide the participant the opportunity to photograph some of the best preserved Tibetan culture along with the highest percentages of Tibetan people found anywhere in Tibet. These areas also have a highly preserved nomadic culture. Participants of this workshop will have amazing opportunities to see the nomadic culture of Tibet that few others have been privileged to see.
The Kham region of Tibet is one of 5 traditional regions of the Tibetan plateau. These regions of the plateau make up Tibet, regardless of which Chinese province they technically lie in. Kham, the southeastern portion of the Tibetan plateau, is the most populated region of Tibet and is home to nearly 40% of the Tibetan population of China. This tour provides a unique, refreshing, and authentic experience compared to the mostly Chinese and heavily toured Lhasa region.
Participants will also have the opportunity to spend 4 days photographing the Jyekundo-Yushu Horse Festival while living along side the locals in Tibetan-style tents. This is the largest horse festival in all of Tibet. More than 20,000 Tibetans from the surrounding grasslands will converge on the Jyekundo-Yushu Horse Festival.
This Lumen Dei Photo Workshop will allow the participant up-close and very personal looks at high altitude grasslands, roaming yak herders, nomadic culture and the Tibet that you rarely see or hear about.The people, culture, and history of these Tibetans are some of the richest in Tibet.
Lumen Dei tours are run in Tibet by Plateau Photo Tours.
For more information on the Kham region of Tibet or about this photo workshop, please email Plateau Photo Tours. You can also learn more about Tibet from this website which the guys at Plateau Photo Tours have been maintaining for quite a while.
