(ECNS)--A Tibetan-style horsemanship show was held on Aug. 13 as part of the celebration for the annual Shoton Festival. The Shoton Festival kicked off Saturday August 11 in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, with the grand thangka unfolding ceremony and other celebrations. In addition to the great Buddha exhibition and Tibetan Opera performance, the week-long festival also features horse and yak racing, yogurt eating, buttered tea and highland barleywine drinking.
