Last night, Lily Afshar opened on the classical guitar, setting the contempletive mood for the Tibetan monks who followed. The monks were great, beginning their set meditatively with some multiphonic chanting...
...and then increasing their energy as the sun went down. By nightfall, they were performing traditional dances, including the Dance of the Black Hat Masters and, everyone's favorite, the Snow Lion Dance (the last couple minutes are the best):
They took a break for intermission and picked right up where they left off, with more sacred music and sacred dance. The Dance of the Skeleton Lords and the Dance of the Space Travellers were fun, but our family had to get our (sleeping) son home and missed the Yak Dance. I did find a video, though:
All in all, a great time for all! Come out and join us next time, won't you?
Here's some extra video of the Mystical Arts of Tibet:
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