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lhasa secrets

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July 16th 2005
A morning prowling around led me through non-touristed alleys of shops selling daily goods like yak butter, and on to the University of Tantric studies. There, various growling chants, in chorus or solo, kept me interested for quite a while. As well, the yak butter sculptures, a highlight of T traditions, were being formed by a couple of young monks. The butter was kept in balls in a pool of c ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet

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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