Tag Archives: Tibetan Culture

• Miss Tibet crowning Wednesday, winner sad at being only aspirant 12 February 2013 This post has no comments yet

  The Karnataka capital of Bangalore is set for a unique event Wednesday -- the crowning of Miss Tibet 2013 where the winner was the lone contestant. ...

• Ahead of festival, eerie silence in Dalai Lama’s abode 10 February 2013 This post has no comments yet

  An eerie silence prevails at McLeod Ganj near Dharamshala, where thousands of Tibetans and their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, have been living for over half a century, ahead of the Losar. ...

• Lone applicant to be crowned Miss Tibet 2013 5 February 2013 | Tibet Sun onlinenews This post has no comments yet

  The lone applicant for the Miss Tibet Pageant 2013 is to be crowned Miss Tibet 2013. The coronation ceremony will take place in Bangalore on 13 February. ...

• Sikyong Sangay appeals for no Losar celebrations 24 January 2013 | Tibet Sun onlinenews This post has no comments yet

  The political head of the Central Tibetan Administration Lobsang Sangay appealed to the Tibetan people not to celebrate Losar, the Tibetan New Year. ...

• Wild yak making comeback in Tibet 16 January 2013 This post has no comments yet

  Yak on the high Tibetan plateau, over-hunted almost to extinction, are making a comeback with a recent count finding nearly 1,000 of them. ...

• Your Call with Dalai Lama 7 January 2013 This post has no comments yet

  On Your Call, Dalai Lama takes on some questions from across the country, including one from Narayana Murthy of Infosys. This is the full transcript of the interview. ...

• Remembering Martyr Kalsang Jinpa 2 January 2013 | Letter from Tibet This post has no comments yet

  The actions of these nearly one-hundred Tibetan martyrs, including Kalsang Jinpa, have erected a stone pillar of non-violence, freedom, equality, and liberty in the world that will remain firm for many aeons to come. ...

• Tibet capital undertakes facelift and preserve ancient area 22 December 2012 This post has no comments yet

  The government of Tibet's capital city has begun a seven-month, 1.2 billion yuan ($196 million) project to help preserve Lhasa's ancient heart. the project will update the Barkhor area's infrastructure. ...

• Café Tibet, Berkeley: intriguing dishes 20 December 2012 | Simon FF Young This post has no comments yet

  Going to Café Tibet is like going back in time, with a spinning prayer wheel at the front door and walls filled with memories of lost Tibet. ...

• Tibet Solidarity Day observed in Bir and Chauntra 10 December 2012 | Tenzin Rabga This post has no comments yet

  Exile Tibetans marked World Human Rights Day and the commemoration of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with prayers in Bir and Chauntra. ...