Speaking is singing, walking is dancing - that's the Tibetan way. Tibetan people have long been renowned for their exceptional musical gifts, and they take immense pride in this. When a young Tibetan ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper examines the musical variations of the phet, a Tibetan word sung in chod dbyangs chants practiced specifically by the Kagyu sect.

After the 2015 earthquake, many mountain communities in Nepal stopped celebrating festivals because they were in mourning. More than three years later, devotional songs are being heard again. Last ...

Local Tibetan actors and musicians in the next two weeks are claiming the spotlight in Minneapolis to honor their heritage through a "walking play" that explores the life and legacy of the 14th — and ...

View more photos on Flickr. HOUSTON, August 19, 2019 — For the fifth consecutive year, Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in southern India returned to Asia Society Texas Center to ...

Fourteen years after it was last performed, a “walking play” about the life and teachings of the Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama is returning to Minneapolis. The play, called “The Buddha Prince,” was co ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . The Yearbook for Traditional Music is a refereed scholarly journal which carries essays, reviews, and reports in the area of traditional music and ...

The Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler galleries will offer a series of free public events on the opening weekend of “In the Realm of the Buddha,” a celebration of the sacred arts of Tibetan Buddhism, on ...

Around the world at the moment Buddhists are celebrating the birth and enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, known to history as the Buddha Shakyamuni. The date varies slightly according to country and ...

DHARMSALA, India — A group of chanting Buddhist monks is in line for a Grammy award, and exiles from Tibet hope the nomination will raise Western awareness of Tibetan culture and their homeland’s ...

The Forbidden City (aka the Palace Museum) is home to the former imperial palace, official residence of the emperor, his family, and entourage during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). The ...