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Traditional Arts & Crafts
Tibetan Thangka
A type of sacred Buddhist painting, Tibetan thangka are created to be used in devotional meditation in places of worship or in private homes. They are intended to help people to contemplate or think about things, often as instructed by a spiritual teacher. A thangka could also be used as a reference for details of posture, attitude. In this way, a thangka provides iconographical information in pictures, but there might also be a text of the same meditation provided in writing.A thangka comprises more than the painting; because it was designed to be able to be Read more
Geography
Tibet
hemmed in by the high Himalayas, Tibet is a plateau region in Central Asia often called the ‘Roof of the World’. Its inaccessibility has lured adventurers and explorers from all over the world, who are rewarded for their efforts with breath-taking vistas.Tibet is mostly under the administration of the People’s Republic of China but it is also officially claimed by the Republic of China (Taiwan). The Chinese government and the Government of Tibet in Exile since 1959 disagree over when Tibet became a part of China and whether its incorporation into China was Read more