the Annapurna/ "Lama Disco"

We reached that village in the afternoon and found a good place to sleep.

We went to the wat of the village right in time. Lamas (Tipetan buddhist priests) with colorful clothes and impressive red hats were dancing around - a little clumsy - maybe because of the lack of practise. But maybe it was also the whiskey the local women gave the men. We also got some.. and yeah, in that altitude alcohol has a tremendous effect. Unfortunately i didn´t see what happened in the temple, we stayed in front of the crowded entrance. The villagers were standing in line to get their "blessings".

After that it got really funny. Men with huge wooden penisses were running after the screaming and laughing women to put the wooden thing between their legs, while the women got their revenge by tweezing the men between their legs. We tourists became also part of that "ceremony". Meanwhile half of the villagers were quite drunken. But the ceremony didn´t escalate like you would expect it. Everybody between 10 and 70 years was part of the happening. After that a second more official cermony took place. It was really a pity, that we couldn´t figure out what that celebration was about, but I assume it was kind of celebration for fertility.