Offerings to the Sky Gods
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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. ... [read more]
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. ... [read more] Blog: Honouring the Tibetan Sky Gods in the Mountains
Date: November 9th 2007
Sometimes, having a bad sense of direction is a good thing. This morning, Emily, Max, Luna and I left our hostel at 6 am, ready to catch the pilgrim’s bus at 6. 30 am to the remote Gamden Monastery in the mountains outside Lhasa. After an hour’s drive, we arrived at Gamden when it was still dark. As the monastery is at an altitude of about 4700 m and I hadn’t had breakfast, I felt a bit dizz ... read more
Date: November 9th 2007
Sometimes, having a bad sense of direction is a good thing. This morning, Emily, Max, Luna and I left our hostel at 6 am, ready to catch the pilgrim’s bus at 6. 30 am to the remote Gamden Monastery in the mountains outside Lhasa. After an hour’s drive, we arrived at Gamden when it was still dark. As the monastery is at an altitude of about 4700 m and I hadn’t had breakfast, I felt a bit dizz ... read more
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I am a half-Sicilian, half-German woman who has lived in the UK for fifteen years. I left England on 17th September 2007 for an overland trip (mainly by train) that has taken me so far from Leamington Spa through Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Nepal, and Pakistan, where I celebrated the Winter Solstice festival with the Kalash tribe in the Hindu Kush mountains. I then spent five months in North India, studying yoga, meeting mystics, learning ancient fire ceremonies and working as an English teacher. I never really settled again after that, and have be... full info
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