Buddhist monks pray while performing a ceremony in the former King's palace during the Tenchi Festival on May 25, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. The Tenchi Festival takes place annually in Lo Manthang, the capital of Upper Mustang and the former Tibetan Kingdom of Lo. Each spring, monks perform ceremonies, rites, and dances during the Tenchi Festival to dispel evils and demons from the former kingdom. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Elaborately dressed monks prepare to perform ceremonies in the main square during the Tenchi Festival on May 25, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Monks set up dungchen, Tibetan ritual horns, on a monastery rooftop at the end of a ceremony during the Tenchi Festival on May 25, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Elaborately dressed monks prepare to perform ceremonial dances in the main square during the Tenchi Festival on May 25, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Monks perform a ceremony in the former King's palace during the Tenchi Festival on May 25, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Elaborately dressed monks costumed as wrathful guardian spirits perform ceremonial dances during the Tenchi Festival on May 25, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Elaborately dressed monks costumed as wrathful guardian spirits perform ceremonial dances during the Tenchi Festival on May 25, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Buddhist monks play gyaling, traditional Tibetan horns, while performing a ceremony in the former King's palace during the Tenchi Festival on May 25, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

A young monk holds a ceremonial sword for a dancer before a ritual during the Tenchi Festival on May 26, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Young monks perform a ceremonial dance with nga, Tibetan drums, during the Tenchi Festival on May 26, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Elaborately dressed monks perform ceremonial dances costumed as animals during the Tenchi Festival on May 26, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Elaborately dressed monks perform ceremonial dances during the Tenchi Festival on May 26, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Jigme Palbar Bista, the former King of Lo, watches monks perform ceremonial dances during the Tenchi Festival on May 26, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Elaborately dressed monks costumed as dogs prepare to perform ceremonial dances during the Tenchi Festival on May 26, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

A young monk plays a gyaling, traditional Tibetan horn, during the Tenchi Festival on May 26, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Loba men, women, and children are blessed as they walk under an enormous thangka at the end of the 2nd day of the Tenchi Festival on May 26, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

The linga, representative of evil spirits, is displayed in the square before monks come to battle the spirits in a ceremonial ritual during the Tenchi Festival on May 26, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Elaborately dressed monks perform dances during the Tenchi Festival on May 26, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

The tsowo, lead monk during the festival, descends the stairs of the former King's palace before a ceremonial dance during the Tenchi Festival on May 26, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Traditionally dressed representatives of Upper Mustang's villages fire antique guns to chase demons from the city during the Tenchi Festival on May 27, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Elaborately dressed monks perform ceremonial dances outside of the city gates during the Tenchi Festival on May 27, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Monks walk from the Choede Monastery to the city's main square to perform during the Tenchi Festival on May 27, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Monks play gyaling and dungchen, Tibetan ritual instruments, from a monastery rooftop at the end of a ceremony during the Tenchi Festival on May 24, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

The tsowo, or lead monk during the Tenchi ceremonies, performs ceremonial dances outside of the city gates during the Tenchi Festival on May 27, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Monks chant and play music during the final day of ceremonies during the Tenchi Festival on May 27, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Monks play music and perform Buddhist ceremonies outside of the city gates during the Tenchi Festival on May 27, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

The tsowo, or lead monk, performs dances during the final day of the Tenchi Festival on May 27, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Traditionally dressed representatives of Upper Mustang's villages gather before firing antique guns to chase demons from the city during the Tenchi Festival on May 27, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

A young monk plays a drum during the final day of ceremonies during the Tenchi Festival on May 27, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Monks return to the city after performing ceremonies in a nearby field during the Tenchi Festival on May 27, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

A traditionally dressed representative of one of Upper Mustang's villages fires an antique gun to chase demons from the city during the Tenchi Festival on May 27, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Traditionally dressed representatives of Upper Mustang's villages fire antique guns to chase demons from the city during the Tenchi Festival on May 27, 2014 in Lo Manthang, Nepal. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)