Lama rocks for Tibetan New Year
After starting off the new Tibetan Water Sheep Year 2130 in customary prayer and meditation Monday, the Dalai Lama quickly switched to glad rags and swayed to the music of India’s leading rock band, Parikrama.
Lama rocks for Tibetan New Year
Tibetan leader Dalai Lama greets people at Mcleod Ganj, 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Dharamsala, India, Monday, March 3, 2003. The three-day celebration of Losar, the Tibetan New Year begins Monday at Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama lives. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Local doctor commutes to Tibet
Dr. Nancy Harris may be one of the few Bay Area residents who suffers from culture shock as result of her commute. Last week Harris, who lives half the year in Moss Beach, returned from Lhasa, Tibet, where she’s been working as a physician in local communities since 1990.
Young Buddhist girls perform a ritual dance inside a Buddhist shrine…
Young Buddhist girls perform a ritual dance inside a Buddhist shrine in front of their religious leader Dalai Lama at Mcleod Ganj, 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Dharamsala, India, Monday, March 3, 2003. The three-day celebration of Losar, the Tibetan New Year begins Monday at Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama lives.
Photo by Rafiq Maqbool