A procession in Sungnan, Chinga – Historic Reproduction
![A procession in Sungnan, Chinga, [between 1930 and 1931] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d6/d6f73f788876-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: A procession in Sungnan, Chinga, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A procession in Sungnan, Chinga
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A procession at Sungnan, a place the caption card gives as "Chinga," is the subject of this print, which is catalogued as a religious procession. The date is estimated at between 1930 and 1931, and it belongs to a series of photographs from the German expeditions to Tibet led by zoologist Ernest Schäfer during the 1930s. Processions like this one, with monks and ritual participants moving through a town, were a common subject for travelers in the region and show how religious life shaped public events there. Because the caption information is unverified, the exact location and occasion remain uncertain.
| Created / published | [between 1930 and 1931] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint from Scenes in Tibet, 1930-39 made on the Ernest Schäfer expeditions to Tibet, 1930-1939. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Religion; Processions; Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,057 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148930 |
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