Symposium on Himalayan Culture to Begin April 19
Sensing the apparent danger to the Himalayas, a campaign called ‘Himalaya Family’ was started two years ago to save the Himalayan culture from gradual disintegration due to terrorism, false propaganda and various conspiracies from foreign
UN Report Cites Gender-Specific Crimes Against Tibetan Women
The Commission on Human Rights referred to the status of Tibetan women during its discussion last week on the item dealing with the integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective-Violence Against Women, the Tibet Bureau reports from Geneva.
Younger generation should pay attention to their culture: Karmapa
The 9th ´Shoton´ (great curd festival) concluded on the 11th of April in the presence of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa. The last group to perform for the 9-day long Opera festival was the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA).
Miss Tourism wants to wipe out global poverty
South African Charlene Gerber, who wants to wipe out poverty in the world if given the power, has been crowned Miss Tourism Intercontinental 2003. The 20-year-old university student from Pretoria beat 30 other finalists to win the title at the Crowne Plaza Riverside Hotel on Saturday.
Paradise in peril
High on the Tibetan Plateau, the city of Lhasa is threatened with submersion, but not by its neighboring river. With the large influx of Han Chinese over the past several decades, the character of this once exotic and isolated city is changing rapidly.