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The Art Of Thangka

Tweet Spend any time around Tibetan communities and you’ll come across their traditional painting, the thangka. A thangka is a silk painting, sometimes with embroidery, that usually depicts a Buddhist deity, mandala or scene from Tibetan history. The artform serves a dual purpose being both decorative and an aid for meditation. Traditionally, thangka paintings were [...]

Tibetan Refugee Self Help Center, Darjeeling

Tweet A somewhat sad anniversary of sorts passed by recently with the 50th year of the Tibetan Refugee Self Help Center being marked, ironically, on October 1st. In 1959, months after the 14th Dalai Lama fled Tibet for what has become a life in exile, the Refugee Self Help Center was started. At the time, [...]

Faces of Tibet

Tweet To mark the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising, 3000 Tibetans, friends and supporters took to the streets of downtown Taipei on Saturday afternoon to show their hope and fears for the future, and remind the world of the ongoing oppression of Tibetans by the Chinese communist government. Below you can see some of [...]

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