Tibet

His Holiness the Dalai Lama's speech when accepting the US Congressional Gold Medal in Washington, DC, USA, on October 17th, 2007. (www.dalailama.com) Video courtesy of International Campaign for Tibet

dance

Miss Tibet 2016 Contestants learning the dance move with their dance teacher at Mcloed Ganj. All the girls are nervously trying their best and enjoys learning new things.

Flash mob performance by Tibetan people at a Nagchu market square in Tibet. The performers are enjoying themselves as well as warming themselves up to beat the cold weather.

river · hills

Indian and western people perform the circumambulation or Parikrama of Mount Kailash. They circumambulate on the Mount Kailash trekking route in Tibet autonomous region of China.

Lhasa today looks nothing like it did many years ago. That’s no fault of the Tibetans of course.

river · hills

The Brahmaputra enters India in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, where it is called Siang. It makes a very rapid descent from its original height in Tibet, and finally appears in the plains, where it is called Dihang.

Tenzing Sangyi gets her hair done by a hair stylist prior to the show. Tenzin Sangnyi was crowned the Miss Tibet 2016 at the pageant’s final round held at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) in McLeodganj on Sunday.

politics

The Tibetan independence movement is a movement for the independence of Tibet and the political separation of Tibet from the People's Republic of China.

music · school

Red Light Passengers, a Delhi based band from Northeast India performing at Tibetan Freedom Concert 2014.

highway · river

Driving towards Kyakyaru on a rainy day. Saga or Kyakyaru is a town and township and seat of Saga County in Shigatse Prefecture in southern Tibet.

ceremony · river

The Mindroling Monastery has a long history. Mindroling (pronounced as Minh-dro-lyng) literally means a 'Place of Perfect Emancipation' in Tibet and is a place of worship for the Nyingma sect of Buddhism.

politics

The Tibetan independence movement is a movement for the independence of Tibet and the political separation of Tibet from the People's Republic of China.

A contestant of Miss Tibet 2017 was asked about the importance of wearing make-up. Let's hear her response! She says that people use makeup because they want to get noticed and to look beautiful on special occasions.

village

A group of villagers climbs up the mountains in search of the famous Cordyceps caterpillar-fungus This mummified caterpillar is the most expensive fungi in the world. In neighbouring Tibet it is known as yarsagumba.

river

Oil lamps lit up inside a shop in Majnu Ka Tila. Different style of Tibetan paintings are displayed at Thangka shop. Majnu-ka-tilla (MT), is a Tibetan colony in Delhi, India that was established around 1960.

ceremony · music

Tibetan temple music is particularly renowned in the west for its two forms of multiphonic singing known as jok-kay (low tone) and bar-da (high tone).

hills · school

Tibetan carpets are made by hand and can take several months to complete. The process begins with the cleaning and brushing of pure wool. This process is always carried out by the elder women of the village.

lake · river

Lhanag-tso or Black Lake appears dark blue and is very salty. There are no plants, no cattle or sheep around the lake. Everything seems lifeless. That is why the lake got the name of “ghost lake or black lake”.

ceremony · river

The Mindroling Monastery has a long history. Mindroling (pronounced as Minh-dro-lyng) literally means a 'Place of Perfect Emancipation' in Tibet and is a place of worship for the Nyingma sect of Buddhism.

river · highway

Tibetan people load their luggage in the truck at Mansarovar lake in Tibet. They unpack their tents and load them into the truck. One can see the Toyota Land Cruiser and people play near them at Lake Mansarovar.

dance

Girls from Delhi Tibet Youth Hostel dance to 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo' during Reclaim Tibet Rise Up concert in Delhi.

Monk distributes holy water among Tibetan devotees at the Kalachakra in Bodhgaya in 2012. The word kalachakra means cycles of time, and the Kalachakra system presents three such cycles -- external, internal and alternative.