Tabo monastry cultural program, in Tibet

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Tibetan women folks in colourful Tibetan dress performs cultural dance and folk songs. Tourist is also seen capturing the moment. They are beating the drums and man wearing a cultural dress. The Tabo Monastery located on desolate, flat ground with an area of 6300 sq m, enclosed by a high boundary wall built with mud brick. During 1981-83, a new Du-khang (assembly hall) was built on the south -east of Chos-Khor for the Kalachakra teachings (a process of initiation and rejuvenation) from His Holiness the XIV the Dalai Lama of Tibet in 1983 and 1996. The monastery temples house a priceless collection of manuscripts and thangkas (Buddhist scroll paintings), historical, exquisite statues in stuccos, frescos and murals depicting tales from the Mahayana Buddhist Pantheon. Every inch of wall is c