Picturesque Darjeeling, India (1912)
Darjeeling is delightfully located in the Himalayan Mountains. A view of the snow range including Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the world, forty-five miles away, lends a touch of awe and majesty as these mighty earthworks rear their summits higher and higher until at last passing through the clouds, the peaks are crowned with ice and snow. Another view equally as imposing was taken above the clouds which appear like a great rolling sea of soft white fleece, parting now and then, enabling one to see far below into the dizzy depths of valley space. As picturesque as the scenery are the people whose habits and customs have stayed stagnant in the onward march of civilization. A market scene with hundreds of natives trading and bargaining, also a general view of the town, give a fair conception of what there is and what goes on in the land of Allah. Pictures of such people as a wandering minstrel, Tibetan women dancing, mountaineers dancing, and an aged pair of Bhutanese dancers, add an unexpected touch of humor with their queer steps and gestures. Some boys of Darjeeling are shown playing a native game in which they juggle a ball from one to the other, only using their feet.
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