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Unveiling the tangka at the world's highest monastry

July 21st 2005
I am starting to suffer from all of those early wake ups. Bene is consoling me by telling me that I can have a lie-in the next day. So, yet again, up at 04:00 in the morning to catch our bus to go and see the great Tangka unveiling at Ganden Monastery. The minibus is packed full and we are ready to go. A group of happy Japanese, complete with white gloves, high tech walking sticks, silly hats ... 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

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