Tibet Announces the Dalai Lama’s Tour of South Americ
Five South American countries are on the travel itinerary of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama from April 26// to May 12. ..The cities he will go to are Sao Paulo, the largest city of Brazil, Buenos Aires, the Argentine capital, Santiago (Chile), Lima (Peru) and Bogota (Colombia). ..In Brazil, the Dalai Lama will also visit Zu Lai, the biggest Chinese Mahayana Buddhist temple in South Ame...Exiled Tibetans In India To Adopt Organic Farming
Tibetans in India is to take up organic farming according to the decision taken by the Tibetan government in exile, which is based in the hill town of Dharmasala.// ..'Under an integrated development programme by 2007, $25 million will be spent on organic fertilisers,' said a spokesman of the Tibetan government led by the Dalai Lama. ..There are over 100,000 Tibetan refugees living in India an...A bath in divine dew, sunshine, herbal soup, joss-stick smoke or incense is a Tibetan tradition for health and longevity.// ....Sitting in a room lit with homemade joss sticks and incense is just one of the ways Tibetans bathe. According to the Tibetan medical code, there are a myriad ways to cleanse, build physique and improve fitness. ....The most popular cleansing rituals include river baths...Climate Change Reorganized Tibetan Culture 700 Years Ago: Study
Changes in weather 700 years ago might have forced Tibetans to reorganize their society, an anthropologist has claimed. ......Mark Aldenderfer of the University of Arizona, who is leading a research project in far western Tibet, is quoted by national Geographic as saying in preliminary findings that an abrupt shift in the Asian monsoon caused famine, population movements and political reorgani...Digital Music Project Aims to Save Tibetan Folk Songs from Extinction
An international team of anthropologists have embarked on a project to save Tibetan folk songs from extinction. ......Led by anthropology professor Gerald Roche, the volunteer-run Tibetan Endangered Music Project (TEMP) aims at digitalizing and archiving all the songs collected online, and return them back to the community. ......"The goal is to digitalize the songs we record and return them t...Tibetans to Introduce Organic Farming
Tibetan refugees plan to introduce organic farming in India with the help of an Italian NGO . ......"A pilot organic village will be set up in each of the 12 major agricultural settlements spread across India," said Ngodup Dorje, head of the agriculture and cooperative division of the Tibetan government-in-exile here. ......The model villages will receive all inputs in the process of organic co...Traditional Tibetan Medicine Gaining Acceptance in Himachal Pradesh
Traditional Tibetan system of medicine is gaining acceptance among visitors and locals here for its herbal and holistic approach in treating illnesses. ......Derek Mayer, a visitor from the Untied States said that they have been practicing this for a very long time. I would rather go see a Tibetan doctor than any other kind of doctor. ......Natural herbs, minerals and metals combined and prepar...Chinese Eco-tourism Causing Infanticide Among Tibetan Monkeys
A new study by researchers has claimed that Chinas desire to promote eco-tourism is leading to the deaths of Tibetan monkeys in their infancy in the Mount Huangshan Scenic Area of the countrys Anhui Province. ......According to National Geographic, the skyrocketing infant mortality of Tibetan macaques is being precipitated by them being confined to a restricted range and regularly competing for...A group of scientists, organized by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), has expressed fears about global warming having a debilitating impact on Tibet in the near future . ......According to them, the Tibet faces the possibility of shrinking glaciers, frozen earth melting, grasslands turning yellow and rivers drying up. ......The scientists came to their conclusions after exploring the source of the Yang...