Sunday, May 29, 2011

Jomos

Jomos are nuns, celibate women devoted to the practice of Buddhism. Kinnaur is a Himalayan tribal district on the Tibet border in Himachal Pradesh, India. Kinnauri Jomos are one of the unique women in the worlds who dedicate their life for Kinnauri and Tibetan culture and religion and their life is  self-narrative. Kinnauri Jomo not only stay in monasteries but also travel back to their villages in Kinnaur and have all Journeying into the mountainous land of the Kinnaur, have been staying in isolated villages, and participating in the Jomos’ daily lives and rituals. They are true  Buddhism women!