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Megan True

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a 13-year-old monk sits perched on a step outside his Ganden Sumtseling Monastery dwelling. Kids as young as 6 or 7 come to the monastery to study how to become a monk.

A woman waits in her shop for customers to come buy knick-knacks and jewelry. In the past several years, tourism has boosted the Shangri-La economy.

A Tibetan woman peeks out the gate of her home in the early earning. The homes in the Shangri-La villages are still constructed by hand with the help of neighbors and friends.

From a hill, Tibetan prayer flags frame the town of Shangri-La. Tibetan prayer flags often are found hanging in trees, on pagodas or at temples.

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