Tibetan Opera actresses pose with Fuwa dolls, the mascots for the Beijing Olympic Games after a dress rehearsal with the Tibet Autonomous Region's Tibet Opera Troupe in Lhasa, April 8, 2008. Tibetan Opera has a history of more than 600 years and is in China's first list of intangible cultural heritage under national protection.

Tibetan Opera actors wearing traditional masks dance during a dress rehearsal with the Tibet Autonomous Region's Tibet Opera Troupe in Lhasa, April 8, 2008. Tibetan Opera has a history of more than 600 years and is in China's first list of intangible cultural heritage under national protection.

A Tibetan Opera actress poses with a Fuwa doll, the mascot for the Beijing Olympic Games after a dress rehearsal with the Tibet Autonomous Region's Tibet Opera Troupe in Lhasa, April 8, 2008. Tibetan Opera has a history of more than 600 years and is in China's first list of intangible cultural heritage under national protection.

(Xinhua News Agency April 11, 2008)