A smaller monastery in Lhasa but we saw 400 monks praying in unison in monastery main hall celebrating a religious event. We saw three Tibetans offering cash of Y20, Y5 and Y5 to each monks in the hall, that is Y8000, Y2000 and Y2000 of cash. A young monk nearest me, and several other young monks, left to fetch Yak milk tea to offer to all chanting monks. Upon returning to his seat, he gave his cash to a monk next to him. I dont know the significance of his hesture, but it was interesting to watch. At the 'right' time, Tibetans will offer all their valuables to temples and start again. We stayed in the prayer hall with the monks for almost 2 hours. Many multinational tourists were mesmerised too.
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