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Garden at Norbulingka Institute  
   

Garden at Norbulingka Institute

Himalayan India

June 10th 2008
Tuesday 10 June Pleasant drive to the Norblinka Institute where traditional Tibetan Artistry is still being taught. It has pretty gardens in the Japanese style with little waterways; water trickling out of mouths of stone lions' heads; trees & fluttering prayers flags. We watched woodcarvers cutting intircate designs out of wood for furniture in both the old fashioned way with a large han ... read more
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Indian Flag The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more
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