Glimpse of the kitchen in a Tibetan monastery

Updated: 2013-11-05 13:31

(China Tibet Online)

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The monastic kitchen often provide yak butter tea during the routine sutra-chanting assembly in the morning and afternoon in the main hall of a monastery. The major product of a monastic kitchen might be the yak-butter tea, sweet Tibetan tea and Zanba (highland barley power mixed with yak butter). Thus, butter casks and tea kettles are the most popular kitchen wares.

Glimpse of the kitchen in a Tibetan monastery

Photo shows a Tibetan monk boils tea to make the butter tea in the monastery's kitchen. The monastic kitchen often provide yak butter tea during the routine sutra-chanting assembly in the morning and afternoon in the main hall of a monastery. The major product of a monastic kitchen might be the yak-butter tea, sweet Tibetan tea and Zanba (highland barley power mixed with yak butter). Thus, butter casks and tea kettles are the most popular kitchen wares. [Photo/China Tibet Online]

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