The Tashi Lhunpo Monks will return to Quay Arts on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd July with their sell-out show to celebrate their 50th anniversary!
The show offers an insight into the mystical world of Tibet, featuring traditional Tibetan musical instruments, the sound of sacred mantras, and elaborate, colourful costumes. The performance is accompanied by an explanation of the significance and stories behind the dances and prayers and provides a fascinating glimpse into an ancient cultural tradition far removed from modern Western society.
Alongside the performances, the monks offer interactive workshops inviting participants to learn more about the costumes, performance, and music of a Tibetan monastery or to try their hand at some of the Tibetan arts of butter sculpture, prayer flag printing or sand mandala making. The Tantric tradition of meditation is exemplified by the construction of intricate sand mandalas.
For nearly 500 years since Tashi Lhunpo Monastery was founded in Tibet by the First Dalai Lama the unique Buddhist tradition of prayers, Tantric rituals, music, and dance has been offered by monks, inaccessible to all but the most fortunate.
50 years ago, forced from their homeland by the Chinese occupation of Tibet, the monastery was re-established in India, where this great tradition continues in exile. 8 Tibetan monks are now able to mark the 50th anniversary of the rebuilding of their monastery in India and share this dazzling spiritual culture with audiences in the West in The Power of Compassion, a programme of masked dance, music and Tantric ritual.
The workshops will take place on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd July at 16:00 with tickets priced at £12 in advance and £14 while the show will take place on the same days with tickets priced at £16 in advance and £18 on the door. Doors will open at 18:00 with the show starting at 20:00.
Tickets can be booked at www.quayarts.org or through the Box Office on 01983 822490.
