Celebrating “Monlam”

15 February 2011 08:30 am

Tibetan Buddhists and tourists view a giant thangka, a Tibetan religious silk painting with embroidery, displayed on a hill near Langmu Temple in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province February 15, 2011. Local Tibetan monks and pilgrims have gathered to celebrate “Monlam”, or Great Prayer Festival, one of the most important festivals in Tibetan Buddhism. REUTERS