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Photograph by John Claude White 



the: lamas of sikkim wear aprons made of human bones 



These "Rugens," as the decorative ceremonial garments are called, are worn during 

 monastic dances. Sikkim is an Indian state, 70 miles long and 50 miles wide, in the Himalayas, 

 between Nepal and Bhutan. The people are agriculturists and there are practically no towns 

 or villages, each family living in a house on its own land. 



