The 20th Tibetan Shoton (Opera/Curd) festival will be celebrated at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA), Dharamshala. His Holiness the Dalai Lama will grace the opening ceremony on March 27. The ten-day festival will see 12 different troupes of opera performers from India and Nepal. The festival will be concluded with a performance by TIPA on the life of Lord Buddha on April 5.