Tag Archives: Tibetan Culture

  • Tenzin Paldon crowned Miss Tibet 2017 5 June 2017 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

    Director Lobsang Wangyal announced that this year's Pageant was his last, saying that after 10 years it is time for change, and that someone else should carry forward the legacy. ...

  • How CTA plans to spend US$23 million: An interview with Kaydor Aukatsang 13 April 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

    The five-year Tibetan Self-Reliance and Resilience (TSRR) programme funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was launched in October 2016. ...

  • India and China nominate Tibetan medicine system for UNESCO honour 12 April 2017 | Divya A This post has no comments yet

    In 2010, the Rajya Sabha passed a bill to include Sowa-Rigpa under Indian systems of medicine. The government has approved the establishment of a National Institute of Sowa Rigpa in Leh. ...

  • Top Tibetan lama abandons monkhood to marry old friend 30 March 2017 This post has 33 comments

    A senior Tibetan lama at the centre of a long-running row over one of Buddhism's most important titles has abandoned the monkhood altogether after marrying a childhood friend in India. ...

  • Lukar Jam’s poem in tribute to Elliot Sperling 14 March 2017 | Tibet Sun Editor This post has 4 comments

    "Weren’t you close to him?” Yes, of course, not only that, we were same student and son of the same teacher and we have clear bonding. If there is a heaven, please, you wait for me. ...

  • Tibetans condemn Lukar Jam for attacking the Dalai Lama 11 March 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 61 comments

    A letter signed by 2,221 Tibetans and titled "Lukar Jam: Enemy of Tibetans" called for all Tibetans to disassociate from him for his unceasing baseless criticism against the Dalai Lama. ...

  • US denies visa to Tibetan women’s football team 27 February 2017 | Naresh K Thakur This post has no comments yet

    Though invited by former English football player and manager Gordon Harold Jago to the Dallas Cup, "US Embassy rejected our visa stating that we don’t have any strong reason to go there." ...

  • Laden Tshering Samdup Bob Dylan and the Tibetans | Laden Tshering Samdup This post has 6 comments

    Now would have been an appropriate time for the Nobel Academy to give cognizance to Tibetan literature, and to attempt to protect it from the machinations of the Chinese. ...

  • Tenzin Tsedup Evolving Tibetan community in North America: Challenges and opportunities 22 February 2017 | Tenzin Tsedup This post has no comments yet

    Tibetan Associations and Cultural Centres are central to the preservation of our cultural heritage including identity and language. ...

  • Tibetan religious ritual: The water offering 21 February 2017 | Laden Tshering Samdup This post has no comments yet

    The water offering or Yongchap is conducted in the early morning as a token of our selfless devotion to the deities and our gurus. ...