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An ethnic Tibetan monk walks in front of stones shortly before they will be covered by a giant thangka, a sacred painting on cloth, to be displayed on a hill outside a monastery in Tongren, northwest China's Qinghai province Monday February 2, 2009.

An ethnic Tibetan monk walks in front of stones shortly before they will be covered by a giant "thangka," a sacred painting on cloth, to be displayed on a hill outside a monastery in Tongren, northwest China's Qinghai Province on Monday, on February 2, 2009. [China Daily]

 
Young ethnic Tibetan monks attend a prayer meeting at a monastery in Tongren, northwest China's Qinghai province Monday February 2, 2009.

Young ethnic Tibetan monks attend a prayer meeting at a monastery in Tongren, northwest China's Qinghai Province on Monday, on February 2, 2009.  [China Daily]

 
Ethnic Tibetan monks display a giant 'thangka', a sacred painting on cloth on a hill outside a monastery in Tongren, northwest China's Qinghai Province on Monday, on February 2, 2009. Local Tibetan monks and pilgrims gather to celebrate Monlam, or Great Prayer Festival, one of the most important festivals in Tibetan Buddhism.
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