Shilog, an inheritor of the traditional mask-making craft in Lhasa's Dagze county in the Tibet autonomous region, works on one of his creations. [Photo provided to Chinadaily.com.cn] Tibetan ...

Monks in colorful costumes and masks matched steps "to evoke the good and ward off evil forces". In some parts of Tibet, Losar activities include horse racing, rolling dice, hosting Tibetan opera ...

This centuries-old ritual, performed on the eve of the Tibetan New Year ... colourful robes and fearsome masks. The masks, ...

Chinese authorities are increasingly using opaque policy terms in official media to tighten repression in Tibet, Human Rights Watch said in an illustrated glossary released on June 20. Tibet: A ...

[Photo/Xinhua] Every day, a sense of tranquility pervades Tibetan artisan Shilok's yard, as his apprentices are busy crafting opera masks and other workers are sewing costumes and clothes.

LHASA, China (Reuters) - Tibet is richer and more developed than it has ever been, its people healthier, more literate, and better dressed and fed. But the bulging supermarkets, snappy new ...

Alongside the Tibetan masks are pieces from the 15th ... such as the 19th-century Tlingit shaman’s mask of a bear or land otter, which would have been one of about eight possessed by the ...

LHASA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Every day, a sense of tranquility pervades Tibetan artisan Shilok's yard, as his apprentices are busy crafting opera masks and other workers are sewing costumes and clothes.

(New York) – Chinese authorities are increasingly using opaque policy terms in official media to tighten repression in Tibet, Human Rights Watch said in an illustrated glossary released today.