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Subscribe to RSSPictures on the wire of monks are mostly from more sober contexts, like meditation or political protests - this is the first I've seen of them playing basketball.
EPA
A picture made available 25 October 2010 shows lamas playing basketball on a basketball ground built by the government some two kilometers away from the monastery in Jiuzhi county, Qinghai province, China, 23 October 2010. Five lamas of the Longge Monastery have formed a team and sometimes can have a match against local herdsmen.