Friday, July 10, 2009

Tibetan art in exile

Friday 09 May 2008

Intended to help meditation, long painted banners known as Thangkas portray the Dalai Lama or Buddhist deities. Chinese authorities have banned them in Tibet and scholars now have to travel to Dharamasala in India to learn the century-old skills.

Friday 09 May 2008

By Regane Ranucci

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