Intangible Cultural Heritage in Tibet (12)

Tibet storytellers rap "King Gesar", and herders record this touching story with various types of recorders. (Photo from Xinhua)

"Gesar" was produced about before 2000 years ago, which is evolved based on national literature of ancient Tibetan myths, legends, poetry, proverbs, etc. It mainly focuses on the story describing the son of god, a demigod hero Gesar. He subdues a demon to save the weak.

All the above traditions were included in the list of the national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.