Go and listen to Tibetan Opera

The performance hall on the first floor of Himalayas Hotel is the only museum of Tibetan Opera left. The hotel, however, is locked and is not available for visitors most of the time, except when irregular performances are given there. When the Shoton Festival and Ongkor Festival are held, the opera troupe will be busy because they will perform in Norbulingka and several counties near Lhasa. Troupe leader Bianbasilun and actors in the opera troupe visit all the counties, and many people in these villages can hardly wait to watch the "Shoba Lhamo" performances, just like people in the mainland countryside waited for opera troupes eagerly in the past.