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The Buddha painting in Drepung Monastery is unfolded on <strong>Shotun Festivals </strong>unfolding ceremony was witnessed by thousands of believers, as well as many tourists. The unfolding ceremony was accompanied with the reciting Buddhist scriptures and voices of long horns, and with the presenting of white hada to the Sakyamuni Buddha. Now the place has become a worth-going tourist site.<br /> <br /> <img height="370" alt="Buddha Show in Drepung Monastery" width="322" src="http://www.tibettravel.org/images/fastival/shuton/Shuton3.jpg" />&nbsp; <img alt="Buddha Show in Drepung" src="http://www.tibettravel.org/images/fastival/shuton/Shuton2.jpg" /><br /> &nbsp;<br /> Left photo: Monks carrying the huge Tangka to diaplay near by Drepung monastery.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> Right photo: Monks hanging&nbsp;the&nbsp;huge Tangka&nbsp;&nbsp;vertically.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> <br /> <img alt="" src="http://www.tibettravel.org/images/fastival/shuton/Shuton5.jpg" />&nbsp;<br /> Monks along with Tibetan peoples hurriedly carrying the buddha Tangka early in the morning.<br /> <br /> <img alt="" src="http://www.tibettravel.org/images/fastival/shuton/Shuton6.jpg" /> <img alt="" src="http://www.tibettravel.org/images/fastival/shuton/Shuton7.jpg" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> Left Photo: Tibetans enjoying the giant Tangka show at the foot hill of a mountain back to Drepung monastery.<br /> Right Photo:The whole street arond the Drepung monastery is busy with selling some ethnic items. Lhasa city is full with people from everypart of Tibet and cause a traffic jam for that particular day.<br /> <br /> <strong>Shotun(yoghurt) festivals</strong><br /> &quot;Shotun&quot;in Tibetan means sour milk banquet. As Tibetan operas are performed and Buddha paintings are exhibited at this time, it is also called &ldquo;Tibetan Opera Festival&rdquo; or &ldquo;Buddha Exhibition Festival&rdquo;.<br /> Shotun festival is the most important and attractive for the Tibetans with full of ethnic songs and dances along with famous Tibetan opera performing at Norbulingka Palace. Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan gather at Drepung, Sera monastery to see the famous Buddha Thangka.</p> <p><strong>Origination of Shotun festival: </strong>Tsongkapa master had initiated a rule on monks to concentrate on meditation in monasteries from april to june according to Tibetan lunar calendar to avoid killings and earning demerits during that days. After finishing these days, the local Tibetan laymen use to serve them curds, perform Tibetan opera and will go for picnics and later strengthen to new festival in Tibet.</p> <p><strong>What you can observe during Shotun festival?</strong><br /> - Hundreds of Tibetan people gather at Drepung and Sera monastery with well ethnic dress up. <br /> - Lamas carrying the giant Jampa Thangka and hanging on foot hill of Gebeiwotse mountain early in the morning. <br /> - The sound of sutra bugle reverberating through the valley. <br /> - Gaint hanged Jampa thangka at Drepung and Sera monastery. <br /> - Tibetan opera performance at Norbulingka Palace. <br /> - Woderful yak racing and horsemanship display. <br /> - Hundreds of journalist from all over the world. <br /> - Sangsol(burning of Tuja leaves along with Tsampa and butter) at the whole cities. <br /> - Crowded Tibetan peoples throwing White Khada on the giant Thangka.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> <br /> <div class="listRight"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4>2 Special Designed Tours&nbsp; for Shotun Festioval(Aug 10- Aug 15,2010)</h4> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px"><span><strong><font color="#003399">Itineary A: </font></strong></span><a href="http://www.tibettravel.org/tibettravel/Html/200961932757-1.html"><strong><font color="#16387c">6-Day Lhasa and Namtso Lake Sightseeing</font></strong></a></p> <p>Route:Lhasa-Yangpachen Hotspring-Namtso Lake-Tsurphu monastery-Lhasa</p> <p style="margin-top: 8px"><span><strong><font color="#003399">Itineary B: </font></strong></span><a href="http://www.tibettravel.org/tibettravel/Html/2009625202119-1.html"><strong><font color="#16387c">10-Day Lhasa, Shigatse,Mt.Everest Adventure</font></strong></a></p> <p>Route:Lhasa-Gyantse-Shigatse-Rongpuk-EBC-Lhasa</p> </div> <!--/ listRight--></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="pagebreak">page:<strong><a href="../Html/200751214275-1.Html">[1]page</a>&nbsp;</strong></div> <div id="txtBottom"> <span>[<A href="javascript:doPrint()"> Printing</A>] [<A class=black href="javascript:window.close()">Closure</A>]</span> </div><!--/ txtBottom--> <div id="next" style="margin-left:20px;"> <div> <p> <span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:bold;">More Information Related to Drepung Monastary</span></p> <ul> <xoYu_CMS_CODE:NEWS:NEWS_TOP><a title="Drepung Monastery - PHOTO GALLERY" href="../Html/201031633142-1.Html">Drepung Monastery - PHOTO GALLERY</a><p><a title="What to see in Drepung Monastery" href="../Html/2010315235741-1.Html">What to see in Drepung Monastery</a><p><a title="The Protection of Cultural Relics at Drepung Monastery" href="../Html/2007512151521-1.Html">The Protection of Cultural Relics at Drepung Monastery</a><p><a title="Cultural Background of Drepung Monastery" href="../Html/200751215445-1.Html">Cultural Background of Drepung Monastery</a><p><a title="Famous Buddha Show in Drepung Monastery" href="../Html/200751214275-1.Html">Famous Buddha Show in Drepung Monastery</a><p><a title="Drepung kora" href="../Html/200751214955-1.Html">Drepung kora</a><p><a title="Drepung Monastery" href="../Html/2006324123317-1.Html">Drepung Monastery</a><p></xoYu_CMS_CODE:NEWS:NEWS_TOP></ul> </div> </div> </div> <!--/ leftMainContent--> </div><!--/ leftMain--> <div id="rightMain"> <div id="thisformdiv"> <form action=" http://www.tibettravel.org/tibettravel/order/order_save.asp" method="post" id="thisform" name="myform" onSubmit="return check()"> <fieldset> <legend>Want a Quick Answer?</legend> <p><label for="name" accesskey="9">Name:&nbsp;</label> <input type="text" id="name" name="Fullname" tabindex="1"></p> <p> <label for="email">Email:&nbsp;</label> <input type="text" id="email" name="Email"tabindex="2"></p> <p> <label for="request">Your Request</label> <input type="text" value="3" name="type1" style="display:none" /> <input type="text" value="Quick Book" name="title" style="display:none" /> <label> <textarea name="content" id="text1" rows="3" onBlur="if (value ==''){value='Question not answered? 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