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AP PHOTOS: Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India . Feb. 28, 2025 at 10:20 pm Updated Feb. 28, 2025 at 11:16 pm . By . ASHWINI BHATIA.

A Buddhist monk in a ceremonial costume performs a ritual dance during the first day of the two-day festival at the Hemis monastery, on the outskirts of Leh, India, Saturday, July 5, 2025.

LADAKH, India (AP) — One by one, 13 Buddhist monks wearing brightly colored silk costumes and wide-brimmed black hats, stepped onto the rectangular courtyard of the Hemis monastery.