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| Tibet Art | |
- KASDARWIN OF ABA PREFECTURE |
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| Destination | |
| - Salt Well Town
on the 'Roof of the World' |
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| Tibet Culture | |
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KOKO AND HIS POTTERY JARS |
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| Tibet Art | |
| - KASDARWIN OF ABA PREFECTURE | |
| Kasdarwin, meaning in Tibetan "a dance performed by people wearing armor", was a kind of sacred folk performance which, before the Heshui people of olden times went out for a battle, was conducted for the soldiers to pray for victory and their relatives to pray for their safe return… |
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| Road Story | |
| - On The Border -- Tradition and Transactions by the Holy Mountain |
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| Situated in southeastern Ngari Prefecture within the Tibet Autonomous Region, adjacent to what many in the region consider to be the sacred mountain of Kangrinboqe and the holy lake of Mapam Yumco, the trading town of Burang neighbors both India and Nepal. |
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| Highlights of the Month | |
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Visits Controlled to Protect Potala Palace -Tibet's Third Civil Airport to Begin Service in July - New Type of Airbus Flies to Tibet - Tibet flights - Qinghai-Tibet Railway Facilitates Local Tourism - Lhasa Boasts Good Air Quality Most Days of the Year - Ecological Safety Zones Being Established in Tibet - Dawa Sherpa Sets Mt. Qomolangma Speed Climb Record - China Starts Mapping Its Largest Area of Uninhabited Land - Be realistic about peak |
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| Photos of the Month | |
| - Annual tangka unfolding ceremony in Lhasa | |
| - The Road to Tibet | |