About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art ...
Clad in umber robes, their heads shorn, Jigme Yeshe Lhamo, Jigme Tontam Wangmo and Jigme Deepam squat in a kung fu stance.
The nuns of the hill-top Druk Amitabha Monastery, put on the show of strength to mark the institution’s reopening five years ...
These are kung fu practitioners from Nepal, but they are more than meets the eye. These martial arts students are also nuns ...
About a dozen nuns, from the hill-top Druk Amitabha Monastery, performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding ...
These nuns, trained in self-defence, are part of the Drukpa lineage, which promotes gender equality and empowers women ...
At Nepal's Druk Amitabha Monastery, kung fu nuns performed martial arts displays to celebrate the reopening of their nunnery after a five-year closure. These nuns, embodying the Drukpa lineage's ...
A group of kung fu nuns has displayed their martial arts skills to celebrate the long-awaited post-pandemic reopening of ...
The group of kung fu nuns, aged from 17 to 30, are members of the 1,000-year-old Drukpa lineage, which gives nuns equal status as monks and is the only female order in the patriarchal Buddhist ...
A dozen nuns showcased martial art skills to celebrate the reopening of Druk Amitabha Monastery in Nepal, aiming to promote gender equality. The nunnery, supporting physical and mental health through ...
The group of kung fu nuns, aged from 17 to 30, are members of the 1,000 year-old Drukpa lineage, which gives nuns equal ...
KATHMANDU — About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art skills to hundreds of cheering wellwishers at the long ...