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Tibetan Monks bless Succotash in the River Market
Photographer Angela Lupton captured the moment in these images.
Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery visited Succotash, a restaurant in the River Market on Wednesday, April 8. Succotash is one of the many sponsors of the monks' travels in America.
They blessed the restaurant and performed chant music before sitting down to dinner. The monks also recently composed a sand mandala at the Kansas City Public Library.
The monks' chant started in a low monotone, then as each added his voice, a harmony of unfamiliar intervals filled the room. Their harmony fluctuated and gradually moved higher and lower.
The monks held their hands in different poses of meditation, and lightly clapping at points. And there were moments when I thought I could hear overtones reverberating in the room around them as the intervals and throat singing resonated.
Photographer Angela Lupton captured the moment in these images. Read the story on PresentMagazine.com.
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