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How the kung fu nuns of Nepal are kicking down stereotypesClad in umber robes, their heads shorn, Jigme Yeshe Lhamo, Jigme Tontam Wangmo and Jigme Deepam squat in a kung fu stance.
About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art ...
The nuns of the hill-top Druk Amitabha Monastery, put on the show of strength to mark the institution’s reopening five years ...
These nuns, trained in self-defence, are part of the Drukpa lineage, which promotes gender equality and empowers women ...
Photo: Reuters The nuns come from Bhutan, India and Nepal, and are all trained in kung fu, the Chinese martial art for self-defense and strength. “With the confidence from kung fu, I really want to ...
The group of kung fu nuns, aged from 17 to 30, are members of the 1,000 year-old Drukpa lineage, which gives nuns equal ...
Reuters journalists worldwide bring diverse stories ranging from Nepal's Kung Fu nuns reopening their nunnery, dinosaur footprints uncovered in the UK, to the empowerment of Pakistani women through a ...
At Nepal's Druk Amitabha Monastery, kung fu nuns performed martial arts displays to celebrate the reopening of their nunnery after a five-year closure. These nuns, embodying the Drukpa lineage's ...
as they showed off their martial art skills to hundreds of cheering wellwishers at the long-awaited reopening of their nunnery in Nepal. The nuns of the hilltop Druk Amitabha Monastery ...
The nuns come from Bhutan, India and Nepal and are all trained in kung fu, the Chinese martial art for self-defence and strength. “With the confidence from kung fu, I really want to help the ...
The nuns come from Bhutan, India and Nepal and are all trained in kung fu, the Chinese martial art for self-defence and strength. "With the confidence from kung fu, I really want to help the ...
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