Tibetan people

The Tibetan people are a people living in Tibet and some surrounding areas. They are one of the largest among the fifty-six nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to constitute the Zhonghua Minzu (Chinese nation), although in anthropological terms they could be regarded as comprising more than one ethnic group. According to an official census of 1959, the number of Tibetans in the PRC was 6,330,567 [1]. The SIL Ethnologue documents an additional 125,000 speakers of Tibetan living in India, 60,000 i ...

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Tibet boasts a rich culture. Tibetan festivals such as Losar, Shoton, Linka, and the Bathing Festival are deeply rooted in indigenous religion and also contain foreign influences. Each person takes part in the Bathing Festival three times: at birth, at marriage, and at death. It is traditionally believed that people should not bathe casually, but only on the most important occasions. Tibetan people - Art. Tibetan art is deeply religious in nature, from the exquisitely detailed statues found in Gompas to wo ...

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The Bhutias or Bhotias are people of Tibetan origin, who migrated to Sikkim, India and Bhutan some time after the 15th century. They migrated through Bhutan and they are very closely related to the main Bhutanese population, the Ngalop, who are sometimes classifed as Bhutia. In Northern Sikkim, where the Bhutias are the majority inhabitants, they are known as the Lachenpas or Lachungpas. The language spoken by the Bhutias is Sikkimese, which is 65% intelligible with Dzongkha, the language of Bhutan. Most of ...

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Losar is the Tibetan word for "new year." Lo means year and sar means new. Losar is the most important holiday in Tibet. Losar is a three day celebration. On the first day of Losar, a beverage changkol is made from chang (Tibetan rice wine, similar to Japanese sake). The second day of Losar is known as King's Losar (gyalpo losar). Losar is traditionally prece ...

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A nomadic tribe, the Tangut moved from place to place and eventually settled in West Sichuan. From the moment they entered this region they have undergone a process of sinicization, a term meaning the adoption of Chinese cultural characteristics. Eventually the Tangut state was founded in the year 982 by Li Deming (李德明). Known in the Chinese language as "Xi-Xia" (西夏), the Tangut people called their state "phiow¹-bjij²-lhjij-lhjij²", which translates to "Th ...

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A nomadic tribe, the Tangut moved from place to place and eventually settled in West Sichuan. From the moment they entered this region they have undergone a process of "sinification," a term meaning the adoption of Chinese cultural characteristics. Eventually the Tangut state was founded in the year 982 by Li Deming (李德明). Known in the Chinese language as "Xi-Xia" (西夏), the Tangut people called their state "phiow¹-bjij²-lhjij-lhjij²", which translates to "Th ...

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Tangut, Tangut - History, Tangut - Script, Tangut - Religion

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Losar rituals include painting houses, wearing new clothes, and resolving quarrels and debts. Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. ...

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Bhotiya - Byangsi. The Byangsi are a little known tribe living along the Kuthi-Yangti River valley, high up in the Himalayas on the border with Tibet and Nepal. Adherents of Bön, their population of 1,500 speak a Tibeto-Burman tongue. Bhotiya - Chaudangsi. They Chaudangsi live along the Mahakali valley between India and Nepal. Adherents of the age-old Bön religion, their population of 1,500 speak a Tibeto-Burman tongue. < ...

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Among the Bhutias, the Lachenpas and Lachungpas have their own traditional legal system called the “Dzumsa” which means the meeting place of the people The Dzumsa is headed by the village headman known as the Pipon. Dzumsas of North Sikkim have been given full protection by the state government by deeming a status of Panchayat ward and the Pipon, a status of Panchayat head. The Bhutia aristocrats were called Kazis and were an integral part of Chogyal monarchy prior to 197 ...

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Bhutia, Bhutia - Bhutia in Sikkim

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The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is a democratic, international organization. Its members are indigenous peoples, occupied nations, minorities and independent states or territories who have joined together to protect their human and cultural rights, preserve their environments, and to find non-violent solutions to conflicts which affect them. UNPO provides a legitimate and established international forum for member aspi ...

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Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: Xīzàng or 藏区 Zàngqū [the two names are used with different connotations; see Names section below]) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. With an average elevation of 4,900 m (16,000 ft), it is often called the 'Roof of the World'. All or most of historic Tibet (depending on definition) is currently a part of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Tibet - ...

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Like the vast supercontinent Eurasia, the culture of Asia is the aggregate of the cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies, religions, and ethnic groups in Asia. The continent is often divided into geographic and cultural subregions, including the Caucasus, Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia (the "Indian subcontinent"), North Asia, and Southeast Asia. (Southwest Asia and the Middle East are often considered geographically but not culturally Asian). Asian cultures also range ...

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Tibetan can refer to: Of or relating to Tibet. The Tibetan people, an ethnic group. The Tibetan language. The Tibetan Spaniel dog breed. Other related archivesTibet, Tibetan Spaniel, Tibetan language, Tibetan people, dog breed, ethnic group

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The term diaspora (Ancient Greek διασπορά, "a scattering or sowing of seeds") is used (without capitalization) to refer to any people or ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional ethnic homelands; being dispersed throughout other parts of the world, and the ensuing developments in their dispersal and culture. Originally, the term Diaspora (capitalized) was used to refer specifically to the populations of Jews exiled from Judea in 586 BCE by the Babylonians, and Jerusalem in 135 ...

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Ü-Tsang (Wylie: Dbus-gtsang, Tibetan: དབུསགཙང་ Simplified: 卫藏; Traditional: 衛藏; Hanyu Pinyin: Wèizàng), or Tsang-Ü, is one of the traditional provinces of Tibet, the others being Amdo and Kham. Geographically Ü-Tsang covers the central and western portions of the Tibetan cultural area, including the Tsang-po (Gtsang-po) watershed, the western districts surrounding and extending past Mount Kailash, and much of the vast Chang Tang (Byang-thang) plateau to the north. ...

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The main religion of the Tangut state was Buddhism, which played a very important role in Tangut society. It is believed that Tangut emperors were viewed as partially spiritual beings. This is reflected by the fact that some sources indicate emperors were referred to as bodhisattvas, which are deities or beings who have attained enlightenment worthy of passage to nirvana but who remain on earth to help mankind. The entire Buddhist canon was translated into the Tangut language over a span of 50 years—a remarkable feat, compared to the time it took the Chinese to accomplish the same task. Some conflicting sources claim the Tangut ...

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The above list is not comprehensive or definitive. Only a few have been given much historical attention. There is much talk currently (after Hurricane Katrina in 2005) of a New Orleans or US Gulf Coast diaspora, but only time will tell how significant a number of those evacuees will indeed not return. During the Cold War era, huge populations of refugees continued to form from areas of war, especially from Third World nations; all over Africa, South and Central America, the Middle East, and east Asia. A Biblical prophecy about ...

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Diaspora, Diaspora - List of notable diasporas

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Until contact with European influence, some cultures would build renewable buildings. For example, in Japan, the temples of Kyoto and Nara might be over 1,000 years old in style, but be completely rebuilt, in the same style, every few generations or so. The primary reason for this was that the materials might be wood and thatch rather than stone and tile. Other cultures might build from stone, but the jungles and forests might overgrow the buildings, as in Angkor Wat. ...

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Thrangu Rinpoche - Early Life and Exile. Thrangu Rinpoche was installed at Thrangu Monastery in Kham (eastern Tibet) after his identification by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa and Tai Situ Rinpoche at age five. He is one of the principal lamas there, although (somewhat counterintuitively) Traleg Rinpoche is the supreme abbot of the complex. He fled to India following the Chinese communist invasion in 1959 At the age of thirty-five Thrangu Rinpoche took the geshe examination in Bengal and was awarded th ...

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