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A Tibetan Buddhist monk performs during a Cham dance ritual at the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xigaze, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Feb 28, 2014. The Cham dance is a ritual performed by Tibetan Buddhist monks to exorcise evil spirits. The dancers wear masks of various animals and mythical figures as they perform to the accompaniment of religious music. At the Tashilhunpo Monastery, a main base of the Geluk school in Tibetan Buddhism, the Cham dance is usually performed two days ahead of the Losar, the Tibetan New Year, which falls on March 2 in 2014.[Photo/Xinhua]
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