Tabot Tabot was a mountainous state founded by monks and barbarians . The monks fled from oppression of Shou Lung to this mountainous terrain , which contained barbarians , monsters and merciless cold winds . The people of Tabot created their own special culture and customs , and many wise men spent their whole lives in the mountains to learn the truth . Geography . The land of Tabot was poor but workable . Shepherds grazed their herds of goats and sheep in the mountains . The lands of Bhutan were surrounded by thick bamboo forests , but other lowland parts of Tabot contained rough hills , grassy fields , and few trees . Tabot was a wild land known to experience avalanches and mud torrents . Fauna . The local draft animals , called yaks , were domesticated many millennia ago . Fluffy snow birds , monkey s and tiger s could be found throughout the country . Yeti were probably the most dangerous creatures found in the countryside . They constantly raided monasteries . Climate . Tabot ' s climate was harsh . The short growing season only lasted six to eight weeks , even in the lower river valleys . This region was dominated by harsh winds and snow storms . The landscape was very severe during almost any time of the year . During harsh winters , bandits were often involved in the looting of these wild and troubled lands . Cities . Many cities in Tabot have still not recovered from thousands of years oppression , and many areas of this wild place are still not mastered . Indigenous population live in both primitive tents and yurts and more " civilized " wood and brick houses . There are many semi - cities in Tabot too , but they are populated by many bandits and murderers so these cities are very dangerous . But the monasteries have retained their wealth and cultural heritage . Here are some of them . U chan Gompa M Tsin Gompa Ko Chung Gompa Pokarr and Lii Gompas Frekang Gompa Hoshki and Buchan Do Gompas Do dzin Gompa Architecture . Most of the farmers live in tents or mud houses with thatched roof . Nobility lived in two or three clay houses with tile roofs . In such houses usually have attics for birds and other things . First floor using for livestock , and the second or third for the family . Social Customs . Every year in Tabot begins with the famous turtle panzer burning ceremony . A question isposed , the shell is placed in cherry red coals , and te priests of Uchan read the answer in the markings that appear . Shell with this information is hung on the wall of the temple to help people and monks can more successful plan this year . Many influential people may ask the oracle to help . Clothes of people who living in Tabot , usually made of yak wool or sheep and painted in red or green . Many men wear on the head caps or fur hats with headphones from the cold . Women usually tightly bundled up in warm woolen dresses black or gray color . They also often wear beautiful scarves and hats . Nobles also dressed in dark graceful clothes and braid their hair in a ponytail . Noble women dress in sophisticated clothes with bells . All children and monks shave their heads . Men of Tabot love face off , and play games of chance . Games such as wrestling , tug of rope and race on horses . They drink , a drink called Stong made from tubers called co wii . Many nomads also stops in the cities to to trade . Most of the tabotans devotees their religious beliefs . Languages . Tabot language is learned easily . la means mountain pass , tso means lake , chu is a river , and the word gompa means monastery . Language that most people have kept very simple , most people speak the same language with local dialects and know very little about the trade language . Travelers usually hire yourself a translator who in does not cost much more than in the countryside . Meanwhile , every day you need to pay money to translator . The main role who played language combine many barbarian tribes , cities and monasteries , in one unit called Tabot . Religion . In tabot very venerated gods and in their honor , conducted festivals and holidays are not inferior in quality festivals at Shou Lung . In honor of the gods , parades that can last many days . Tabot famous for its sages and ascetics who live in the mountains , many of them charlatans but there are great sages such as Smirnk of the Willows of Hokla Mountain , Morka Fooztang from Noko - Ji , Tzu Wan and Ti Horr of Mount Wiz tcu Tan . Often these sages can predict the future , and may have great power . History . Tabot means roof of the world , and its history starts in 585 . Records on Show Lung says when the first of many wrongly accused temples was dissolved , and its population fled to the south west to the wild and mountainous regions . Many monks were looking for the holy land or place where possible was to retire for reflection . Between 585 and 640 in the mountains of tabot was founded fortposts many whose inhabitants , trying to avoid encounters with barbarian kings , who owned thes land . This period was called Years of Frost , since it was a very difficult period in the history of Tabot . The monks had to get used to the terrible climate , equip their homes , to repel the attacks of the local tribes and animals . In 646 Imperor of Ho Dynasty was sent to tabot Shou Lung troops . The remaining monks united their forces with local tribes , and successfully repelled the Shou Lung marauders in the Battle of Tsagang . Commander of monks Ramar and barbarian king Ohn of Han Chao will united and founded a new city on the site of their victory . Tabot old nobles signed a treaty with the monks , stating that land occupied by the monks and the people living there become part of the new state Tabot . Behind the scenes . Tabot is modeled after .