Tag Archives: Tibetan Culture

  • Tashi Wangchuk Welcoming the pot-bellied Tibetan Spiderman 24 April 2013 | Tashi Wangchuk This post has one comment

    Do we really need to stick to the centuries-old teaching methods by which we learned the least, and hated the most? ...

  • Dalai Lama: I would be pleased if my successor was female 23 April 2013 | Cathy Newman This post has no comments yet

    The Dalai Lama tells Cathy Newman why he would be pleased if a woman was his successor and how they may do a better job than the male contenders. ...

  • Tashi Wangyal Remembering Gompo Dhatsenpa: Obituary | Tashi Wangyal This post has no comments yet

    On the morning of 6 April, Mr Gompo Dhatsenpa made his somber decision to close his eyes for the last time and embark upon his next journey to a distant world unknown. ...

  • Tibetan monks coming to visit Norman 10 April 2013 | Staff reporter This post has no comments yet

    Tibetan monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery will be in Norman through Saturday. The Sand Mandala of Wisdom will be created during those days. ...

  • Sonam Tashi aka Acho Danny Norbu Tsering: Remembering a superstar 21 March 2013 | Sonam Tashi aka Acho Danny This post has no comments yet

    Tibetans have lost a superstar in Norbu Tsering -- a celebrated performer of Ache Lhamo, and a major force in preserving its Kyomolung tradition. ...

  • Sonam Phuntsok A dream of performing at Norbulingka 18 March 2013 | Sonam Phuntsok This post has 5 comments

    Without the work of Norbu Tsering la, Tibetan opera would not even exist any more. His has been the biggest contribution by far, by anyone, to the preservation of Tibetan culture. ...

  • Opera master Norbu Tsering passes away 15 March 2013 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 4 comments

    Tibetan opera master Norbu Tsering passed away at a hospital in McLeod Ganj on Thursday evening after a prolonged illness. He was 86. ...

  • Beauty whose heart beats for Tibet 10 March 2013 | Anusha Vincent This post has no comments yet

    Growing up, Tenzing Lhamo always thought models in beauty pageants were 'such elegant creatures with beautiful long legs'. She wanted to become one, some day. ...

  • Millions for a mastiff at China Tibetan dog expo | Tom Hancock This post has no comments yet

    A year-old Tibetan Mastiff was up for sale on Saturday for five million Chinese yuan ($800,000), at a dog show in Baoding, ...

  • New Miss Tibet donates prize money for Tibetan activism 14 February 2013 | Tibet Sun onlinenews This post has no comments yet

    Tenzing Lhamo, in accepting the title, spoke about the self-immolations in Tibet and her commitment to work for a free Tibet. ...