Lama Beggars

[Original caption] A Lama Beggar. The Lamas are priests of the great Buddhist religion. There are many different grades, from the two chief Lama Popes down to the Lama beggar, an interesting and picturesque figure, who tramps the country barefooted, making woeful sounds on rude and barbaric instruments. [end]

Certainly, one of the more obnoxious of colonial postcard captions.