About Tibet Shoton Festival

Tibetan opera performed during the Shoton Festival. 民俗节庆网

The Gelug Sect, therefore, regulated that monks should stay in the monasteries to recite sutras between the 4th and 6th Tibetan months. They were supposed to go out at the end of the 6th month. Then, lay people would prepare food to entertain them. Sour milk feasts would be held, and Tibetan opera performances organized. 中华民俗节庆网

In 1642, when the Gelug Sect came to power in Tibet, the Gandain Phodrang of the Zhaibung Monastery, where the 5th Dalai Lama resided, became the political, religious and cultural center of the Tibetan region.

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It was the routine that Tibetans in their tens of thousands would throng the Zhaibung Monastery to offer sour milk to the Dalai Lama and monks, and in return receiving a blessing touch on their foreheads. Local Tibetan opera performing troupes and wild yak racing teams came to add luster to the occasion. Gradually, the Shoton Festival came into being.  www.1155815.com

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