Tibetan Mustang
Words and photographs evoke the remote beauty of Nepal's Mustang region.The ancient "hidden kingdom" of Mustang has been part of Nepal since the late eighteenth century. In recent years, it has…
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Words and photographs evoke the remote beauty of Nepal's Mustang region.The ancient "hidden kingdom" of Mustang has been part of Nepal since the late eighteenth century. In recent years, it has emerged as a model for how communities can conserve historical art and strengthen both their cultural heritage and contemporary society.Tibetan Mustang celebrates the region and its cultural heritage through beautifully reproduced photographs by Luigi Fieni and Kenneth Parker that document the cultural revival of the region. They document the sacred temples that dominate the medieval capital, Lo Monthang, showing how centuries of deterioration have been reversed through a careful restoration project led mainly by Fieni. Over the course of more than twenty years, Fieni worked with the local Loba people, whom he trained in Western conservation methods, to repair