The Mystical Arts
of Tibet are coming
to Ada!

The monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery will come to Ada March 1-4, 2001 to share their culture, music and traditions with us during several special events as part of their Sacred Music Sacred Dance tour.

Opening Ceremonies -- Thursday, March 1, 2001, noon, at the Ada Arts and Heritage Center, 400 S. Rennie.

Lecture -- Friday, March 2, 2001, noon, at the Ada Arts and Heritage Center.

Concert -- Saturday, March 3, 2001, 7:30 p.m., Dorothy I. Summers Theatre. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children and full-time students with valid ID.

Robed in magnificent costumes and playing traditional Tibetan instruments, the Loseling monks perform ancient dances and music featured on the Golden Globe nominated soundtrack of Seven Years in Tibet, starring Brad Pitt. Their performance includes a look at instrumental music, ceremonial chant and ritual dance, as well as a demonstration of the process of debate and inquiry in monastic life.

Tickets are on sale at The Medicine Chest Pharmacy, 500 N. Monta Vista;
Gem Jewelers, 101 W. Main; and the Ada Arts and Heritage Center, 400 S. Rennie.

Closing ceremonies -- 3 p.m. Sunday, March 4, 2001, Ada Arts and Heritage Center.

Throughout their stay in Ada, the monks will create a mandala sand painting, an intricate, traditional work created with grains of crushed, vegetable-dyed marble funneled into a complex pattern over several days. The act of constructing it is considered a way to reach the enlightened state, and each grain of sand is painstakingly poured to generate energies for global healing. When the mandala is finished, it is destroyed by pouring it down a river to allow the water to flow to the ocean and circulate the healing. The public is invited to watch the monks at work at any of these times:

Thursday, March 1, 2001 -- noon to 6 p.m.
Friday, March 2, 2001 -- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 3, 2001 -- 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 4, 2001 -- 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

We hope you'll join us for one or all of these events!