47) The Tashilunpo Festival in Zhigatse

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June 22nd 2005

Published: July 17th 2005

There was a famous Tibetan festival going at the time we were in Lhasa, and we of course could not miss this opportunity. Since it was called Tashilunpo Thangka Festival and Zhigatse, the town where the Tashilunpo Monastery is situated, is not extremely far from Lhasa, we decided to check out of our hotel and spend some time there. This festival is explained as follows: the huge appliqué thangkas... Read Full Entry

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Yaks, yaks, yaks

Here they are, we had not exterminated them by eating lots of yak meat in Lhasa

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47) The Tashilunpo Festival in Zhigatse

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