INDIA. Ladakh. Leh. ÔFlagging offÕ ceremony for students that have successfully finished their training. They receive gifts and speeches from older ÔamchisÕ including the most experienced in the region, Gyurmet Namgyau, in a trilby hat. He had travelled about 70 km from his village to be at the ceremony. Many had travelled far on foot. Pictures of some of the students practicing the songs they will sing together. 2004.