Saving a tibetan tradition

Trinley, 76, narrates Buddhist folktales depicted in the Thangka paintings using a wooden stick. Usually, it takes hours, but sometimes even days to finish a story. He is one of the few remaining performers of this ancient art. Chen Nan reports.

In Barkhor Street, a bustling commercial center and popular tour site in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, where the symbolic Jokhang Temple is located, Trinley takes to the stage and attracts crowds with Lamamani, a traditional Tibetan performance which involves singing and storytelling.

Every day at around 9 am, the 76-year-old man arrives there and prepares to perform.