Tibetan art in exile - FRANCE 24

Latest update: 09/05/2008

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Tibetan art in exile

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.

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