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After closing their doors because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this group of kung fu nuns are back in the public eye. ANC clears four NEC members allegedly linked to State Capture If you had strict ...

Kung Fu nuns, who practise the martial art for self-defence and meditation, demonstrate their skills during the reopening of the nunnery for the first time since the COVID-19 closure at Druk ...

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 status as monks and is the only female order in the patriarchal Buddhist ...

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 status as monks and is the only female order in the patriarchal Buddhist ...

The nuns of the hilltop Druk Amitabha Monastery, put on the show of strength to mark the institution’s reopening five years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to close its doors to the public.

Usually, nuns are expected to cook and clean, and are not allowed to practice any form of martial art, but Gyalwang Drukpa, a monk who ranks only slightly below the Dalai Lama in the Tibetan Buddhist ...

A Kung Fu nun prepares to demonstrate her skills during the reopening of the nunnery for the first time since the COVID-19 closure at Druk Amitabha Mountain Nunnery in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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 status as monks and is the only female order in the patriarchal Buddhist ...

The nuns come from Bhutan, India and Nepal and are all trained in kung fu, the Chinese martial art for self-defence and strength. Published in Dawn, January 1st, 2025 ...