as part of the tibeten budhist monk's training he must be able to, well, argue.... shame women can't be monks. Everyday or so the monks will go to a common ground within the monastery and debate against one another on anything. The film doesn't do justice to how interesting this is. The general idea is the guy who claps (usually standing and very animated) is asking the questions and the guy who sits answers them. The claping guy must lure the other one into a trap to win the arguement.