Tag Archives: Tibetan Culture

• CTA’s Education Department gets maximum budget of 559 million rupees 31 March 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 6 comments

  Low birth rate, emigration of Tibetans to the West, and much lower numbers of new arrivals from Tibet are said to be the reasons for shrinking number of Tibetan children in India and Nepal. ...

• One Tibetan’s greener grass in Bangkok 5 March 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

  For Tibetan restaurateur Yangkyi la the grass is greener in Bangkok in the East, while many other Tibetans rather go West to US, Canada, or Europe, where they hope to find a better future. ...

• We will never change our native spiritual ways 18 February 2019 | Ugyen Gyalpo This post has no comments yet

  They can starve us, brainwash and bleach us Red But the iron spirit of Milarepa that lives within us, The fortitude and courage of Songsten Gampo that breathes within us, Will never yield. ...

• Miss Tibet Tenzin Yonten lands in Manila for Miss Global title 9 February 2019 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has one comment

  Miss Tibet 2018 Tenzin Yonten has landed in Manila for the Miss Global Pageant. She is among 40 national contestants vying for the title, with the Finale set for 11 February. ...

• Tawo Lobsang Palden dies — Pioneer of Tibetan pop music 7 February 2019 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has 8 comments

  A pioneer of Tibetan pop music, Tawo Lobsang Palden, passed away in Germany on Monday. A medical doctor by profession, Palden was also known for composing songs and music. ...

• How a Tibetan hotelier born in exile helped put Shangri-La on the map 20 January 2019 | Thomas Bird This post has no comments yet

  At the age of 16, Dakpa Kelden returned to his father’s hometown and enrolled at elementary school to learn Chinese. Today, he operates boutique hotels in Shangri-La and Lijiang. ...

• Tenzin Yonten crowned new Miss Tibet in New York 23 December 2018 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has 2 comments

  Tenzin Yonten, 23, a film and business student from New York, was crowned the new Miss Tibet 2018 in a glittering ceremony in New York City late last night. ...

• Tibetans in Sydney cancel Dalai Lama Nobel commemoration event 1 December 2018 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 17 comments

  The Tibetan community in Sydney will not celebrate the 29th anniversary of conferment of Nobel Peace Prize on the Dalai Lama due to squabbles over the visit of the President Lobsang Sangay. ...

• Tibetans raise $7,236 for California wildfire victims 25 November 2018 | Tsering Choedup This post has no comments yet

  Tibetan Association of Northern California raised $7,236 for California wildfire victims. Richmond Mayor Tom Butt gave appreciation to TANC, and thanked everyone for their supportive hands. ...

• Nyingma head Kathok Getse Rinpoche dies after accident 21 November 2018 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has 25 comments

  Nyingma head Kathok Getse Rinpoche has passed away in Nepal following an automobile accident two days ago at Hattiban, a village an hour from Kathmandu, according to sources. ...