Tibet observes yogurt festival

By Xinhua

Sep 02, 2019 12:14 am

LHASA: Celebrations for the traditional Shoton Festival, or Yogurt Festival, began in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region Friday.

The event began amid a drizzle at Drepung Monastery, the largest monastery of Tibetan Buddhism’s Gelug Sect, where a large thangka painting of the Buddha was displayed on the exhibition stage.

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