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A Migrations 09 Event.
Visit migrationsmusic.com for further information.

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'In the hurly-burly of Western materialism it's salutary to be reminded of the contemplative traditions of Buddhism and this combination of sacred dances and costumes and ritual temple music performed by eight Tibetan monks from an Indian monastery captures the ethereal beauty of their ancient culture.'

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Eight Tibetan monks from the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, India, offer a dramatic presentation of their unique sacred dances, music and prayers, with colourful traditional costumes and ceremonial masks.

The sacred world of Tibet is filled with the chanting of Buddhist texts, the recitation of mantras, the ringing of bells, the clash of cymbals, the booming of the great long horns and the beating of drums.

Eight Tibetan monks from the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, India, offer a dramatic presentation of their unique sacred dances, music and prayers, with colourful traditional costumes and ceremonial masks.

Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, founded by the first Dalai Lama in the 15th century, and the seat of the Panchen Lama, is one of the most important monasteries in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Now re-established in exile in South India, the monastery is once again becoming one of the major centres of learning, best known for its artistic tradition of masked dances and sacred music. This performance offers a rare opportunity to witness a unique and endangered culture.

'Their performance begins with the deep, otherworldly boom of two 12ft-long horns, the dunchen … the call is almost physical in impact, invading the body as well as the ears. The audience has a 90-minute window of time on to a magical universe of reincarnation and release. This is the sacred wing of world music … [it is] sound for invocation, the purpose of music at its most basic.' THE INDEPENDENT

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Sand Mandala
Monday 16 – Saturday 21 November
Bristol Central Library

The Sand Mandala is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition involving the creation and destruction of mandalas made from colored sand. A sand mandala is ritualistically destroyed once it has been completed and its accompanying ceremonies and viewing symbolize the Buddhist doctrinal belief in the transitory nature of material life.

In advance of their performance at St George's the Tibetan monks from the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery are to produce a sand mandala at Bristol Central Library, College Green, Bristol BS1 5TL from Monday 16 November, with the destruction at 2pm on Saturday 21 November.