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Barkhor Circuit, Lhasa
Barkhor Square
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You never quite know what you're going to find when you join the centrifugal tide
of Tibetans circling the Jokhang temple on the
Barkhor circuit
.
Pilgrims and pros-
trators from across Tibet, stalls selling prayer wheels and turquoise, Muslim
traders, Khampa nomads in shaggy cloaks, women from Amdo sporting 108
braids, thangka artists and Chinese military patrols are all par for the course. It's a
fascinating microcosm of Tibet and a place you'll want to come back to again and
again.
