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Favorite thing: Every 12 year in the year of the ape (2004-2016-2028) there is a religious festival at the Drigung Til monastery, located 120 km northeast of Lhasa.
The festival is in honor of women, children and fertility. High Lamas of the Drigung Kagyu sect come from India and other places to speak to the people.
The festival is very religious and except for the speaches of the Lamas it is a gathering of families in tents, eating and being together.

Fondest memory: In the picture you see 100,000 people listening to the Lama on a field, because the original festival grounds are too small. The picture is taken from the monastery on the mountain.