In ancient times, on the first day of the seventh month in Tibetan calendar, or August in Gregorian calendar, when the fast days in which the monks are confined in their monasteries for the ascetic practice of Buddhism concluded,people from these monk's families prepared yougurt for them to eat, with all the performance of singing and dancing on the following days to welcome them back.Shoton means' Yogurt Festival'. In the early 17th century,Shoton Festival became a festival with the Tibetan operas as its main content. Tibetan opera artists of diferents schools from all over Tibet gather in Norbu Lingka to have a performance competition. Which lasts for several days. During this period,a large portrait of Buddha displaying ceremony will be held in the Drepung Monastery of Lhasa.
The Shoton Festival in Lhasa --
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