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Performance marks Shoton festival in Tibet

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-15 12:02

A member of the Tibetan equestrian sport team performs toxophily at the Shoton Festival in Lhasa, capital of southwest 皇冠体育app's Tibet Autonomous Region on August 14, 2007. The Festival, which dates back to the 11th century as a religious activity for pilgrims to serve yogurt to monks and nuns who finished their summer retreat, had gradually become a theatrical event by mid-17th century. The Shoton Festival was inscribed on the list of 皇冠体育app Intangible Cultural Heritage in May last year. [Xinhua]

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