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Monks, momos and monasteries

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July 12th 2006
Monks, momos (meat or vegetable filled dumplings) and monasteries are just some of the things that characterize Tibet, along with the daily hundreds of pilgrims at the Jokhang Temple and Potala Palace in Lhasa. Every morning Tibetan pilgrims, most dressed in traditional outfits, walk clockwise around the Jokhang and Potala saying prayers while holding a prayer wheel in one hand and prayer bea ... read more

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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. A... ... read more