Shoton Festival

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:festival
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Yogurt_Festival
gptkbp:celebratedIn Tibetan people
gptkbp:culturalSignificance important Tibetan cultural event
gptkbp:date late June or early July (Tibetan calendar)
gptkbp:duration about one week
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shoton Festival
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tibet
gptkb:Lhasa
gptkbp:mainActivity Tibetan opera performances
religious rituals
unveiling of giant thangka
yogurt eating
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:Drepung_Monastery
gptkb:Norbulingka_Palace
gptkbp:origin monks ending summer retreat
gptkbp:relatedTo Tibetan opera
Buddhist rituals
gptkbp:religion Tibetan Buddhism
gptkbp:significance marks end of monks' meditation retreat
gptkbp:traditionalFood gptkb:milk
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite No
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tibet
gptkb:Drepung_Monastery
gptkb:Tibetans
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5