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The Unique myths about caterpillar is gold in Tibet

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According to Foster Stockwell, he stated that "Western concepts of Tibet embrace more myth than reality. The idea that Tibet is an oppressed nation composed of peaceful Buddhists who never did anyone any harm distorts history. In fact the belief that the Dalai Lama is the leader of world Buddhism rather than being just the leader of one sect among more than 1,700 "Living Buddhas" of this unique Tibetan form of the faith displays a parochial view of world religions". Means that Tibetan are people who are really care about their religion. They take The Dalai Lama as their leader to lead them.

Blue caterpillar fungus made by Tibetan
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According to the Barbara Demick (2008), she has find out that hat Tibetans call the worm is actually not a worm but a fungus. Tibetans assumed the caterpillar as Corduroys sines. Means the caterpillar not only an small animal but they need to be precise more. For example, "feeds on caterpillar larvae. Or, to give the fungus its more poetic name, "winter worm, summer grass," because its appearance changes from one to the other with the seasons", said Barbara Demick. This is because the caterpillar bring luck to the Tibetans. The caterpillar give source of income to the Tibetans because most of Tibetans do not know how to read and write. They only know the number. 

The process to make caterpillar fungus 
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Other than that, the used of the caterpillar is the most treasured ingredient in traditional medicines in Tibet. The prices in the previous few years rise steeply to the point where prime samples are worth their weight in gold. Almost $900 an grain. According to Thomas Yeung (2011), "Tibet’s “herbal Viagra”is formed when a beige fungus, cordyceps sinensis, attacks the body of a moth larva that lives in the soil of Tibetan highlands, eventually killing and mummifying it". The sprouts that grow from it are collected on the Tibetan plateau each spring. Their name, Yarsagumba, roughly translates as “winter worm, summer plant”.Barbara Demick stated that, "Even the most ordinary pickings command prices matching that of French truffles, another famous fungus". She said that the caterpillar also can compete with another famous fungus. Other than that, Nicholas Mott said that, "Sounds like something out of science fiction, right? But for ailing Chinese consumers and nomadic Tibetan harvesters, the parasite called cordyceps means hope—and big money. Chinese markets sell the "golden worm," or "Tibetan mushroom"—thought to cure everything from cancer to asthma to erectile dysfunction—for up to $50,000 per pound. Patients, following traditional medicinal practices, brew the fungal-infected caterpillar in tea or chew it raw". 

                                       Video about the caterpillar is a gold but its also risk 

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Tibetan Etiquette and Taboos

Tibetan is a special nationality, do respect the local customs there or you might have trouble with local people.Tibetan people believe in Buddhism, they have a lot of customs related to their religious belief. Visitors should respect local customs and the traditions while travelling in Tibet. 

Presenting Khadas

Khadas (or Lhatag), one of the most practiced etiquette is to express honesty, loyalty and sincerity. Khadas are offered on the occasions of a wedding ceremony, baby- born, birthday, moving to a new house, festivals, funerals, visiting seniors, pilgrimages and farewells.

Presenting Khadas 

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Etiquette in meeting with guests

Tibetan are quite hospitable even a stranger who have required can be treated with tea, drinks and Zanba. A host will walk out to greet guests, with a bow and both hands at the same level, to welcome when guests arrive. And he host keeps standing by till they get into the house. Family members then stand up to have all guests seated as men at left and women right. The host will take out the finest beverage cup, and fill it with tea or drink

Cultural Considerations

Be aware that your cultural values may differ from those of locals. These may include different concepts of time, personal space, communication, etc., which are not wrong or inferior, just different. Making the extra effort to respect local customs and cultural differences will enhance your interactions with locals during your time in Tibet and contribute to building mutual respect between locals and tourists.

Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Tsongkhapa (1357–1419). The name is a combination of the Mongolic word dalai meaning "ocean" and the Tibetan word་(bla-ma) meaning "guru, teacher, mentor". "The earliest Tibetan religion was a type of animistic tribal belief system. The elements (such as water, earth, wind, and fire) and certain mountain deities were worshipped and appeased with incense offerings. Special rock cairns strung with prayer flags would be conspicuously placed at high mountain peaks and passes to assure good fortune. The prayer flags would often be decorated with the “longta” or wind horse which was a symbol of good fortune", said the Tibetan researcher. 

14th Dalai Lama, Lhamo Dondrub (present Dalai Lama)

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According to the researchers, there are three level of Dalai Lama, "Firstly, on the level of a human being, His Holiness’ first commitment is the promotion of human values such as compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, contentment and self-discipline. All human beings are the same. Secondly, on the level of a religious practitioner, His Holiness’ second commitment is the promotion of religious harmony and understanding among the world’s major religious traditions. Thirdly, His Holiness is a Tibetan and carries the name of the ‘Dalai Lama’".Therefore, his third commitment is to work to preserve Tibet's Buddhist culture, a culture of peace and non-violence.The Dalai Lama is traditionally thought to be the rebirth in a line of tulkus who are considered to be manifestations of the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteśvara. The Dalai Lama is often thought to be the leader of the Gelug School, but this position belongs officially to the Ganden Tripa, which is a temporary position appointed by the Dalai Lama who, in practice, exerts much influence.According to Melissa, "Actually, the Dalai Lama is not technically chosen; rather, he is found. But to understand how it works, you first have to learn the basics of Tibetan Buddhism and its belief in reincarnation". 

History of Dalai Lama

Head of the dominant Dge-lugs-pa (Yellow Hat) order of Tibetan Buddhists and, until 1959, both spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet.

The first of the line was Dge-’dun-grub-pa (1391–1475), founder and abbot of Tashilhunpo monastery (central Tibet). In accordance with the belief in reincarnate lamas, which began to develop in the 14th century, his successors were conceived as his rebirths and came to be regarded as physical manifestations of the compassionate bodhisattva (“buddha-to-be”), Avalokiteshvara.

The second head of the Dge-lugs-pa order, Dge-’dun-rgya-mtsho (1475–1542), became the head abbot of the ’Bras-spungs (Drepung) monastery on the outskirts of Lhasa, which thenceforward was the principal seat of the Dalai Lama. His successor, Bsod-nams-rgya-mtsho (1543–88), while on a visit to the Mongol chief Altan Khan, received from that ruler the honorific title ta-le (Anglicized as “dalai”), the Mongolian equivalent of the Tibetan rgya-mtsho, meaning “ocean” and presumably suggesting breadth and depth of wisdom. The title was subsequently applied posthumously to the abbot’s two predecessors. The Tibetans themselves call the Dalai Lama Rgyal-ba Rin-po-che (“Precious Conqueror”).

According to National Geographic, "The line of Dalai Lamas goes back to a Brahmin boy from the time that Buddha lived. The Tibetan Buddhists believe that the Dalai Lama is always a reincarnation of his predecessor. All Dalai Lamas are believed to be manifestations of the enlightened being Chenrezi, who chooses to be reborn to help others become enlightened. Chenrezi is the patron saint of Tibet and the Bodhisattva (enlightened being) of Compassion. The current Dalai Lama is believed to be the 74th manifestation of the Bodhisattva". Then he will be sent to the monastery.  

Tibetan Buddhist Art

Tibetan artists have played a key role in the cultural life of Tibet. From designs for painted furniture to elaborate murals in religious buildings, their efforts have permeated virtually every facet of life on the Tibetan plateau. The vast majority of surviving artworks created before the mid-20th century are dedicated to the depiction of religious subjects, for the most part being distemper on cloth or murals. They were commissioned by religious establishments or by pious individuals for use within the practice of Tibetan Buddhism and were manufactured in large workshops by uncredited artists.

Many sculptures and paintings were made as aids for Buddhist meditation. The physical image became a base to support or encourage the presence of the divinity portrayed in the mind of the worshipper. Images were also commissioned for any number of reasons, including celebrating a birth, commemorating a death, and encouraging wealth, good health, or longevity. Buddhists believe that commissioning an image brings merit for the donor as well as to all conscious beings. Images in temples and in household shrines also remind lay people that they too can achieve enlightenment.

Mandala of Jnanadakini ,late 14th century

Tibet (a Sakya monastery)

Distemper on cloth; 33 1/4 x 28 7/8 in. (84.5 x 73.3 cm)

Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, 1987 (1987.16)

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Many sculptures and paintings were made as aids for Buddhist meditation. The physical image became a base to support or encourage the presence of the divinity portrayed in the mind of the worshipper. Images were also commissioned for any number of reasons, including celebrating a birth, commemorating a death, and encouraging wealth, good health, or longevity.

Roundel with Karma Lineage, 16th century

Tibet

Ivory; H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2003 (2003.495)

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Different examples of Tibet Buddhist Arts
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Sky Burial

Stupa burial and cremation are reserved for high lamas who are being honored in death. Sky burial is the usual means for disposing of the corpses of commoners. However, it is not considered suitable for children who are less than 18, pregnant women, or those who have died of infectious disease or accident. The origin of sky burial remains largely hidden in Tibetan mystery. 

According to Augustine Towongsing (2012), "Sky burial is a ritual that has great religious meaning. In fact, the Tibetan people are encouraged to watch this ritual, to face death openly and to feel the impermanence of life. Tibetan residents believe that the body is no more than an empty vessel – spirit, or soul, of someone out of the body that will continue the cycle of life to another life …" 

The corpse is offered to the vultures. It is believed that the vultures are Dakinis. Dakinis are the Tibetan equivalent of angels. In Tibetan, Dakini means "sky dancer". Dakinis will take the soul into the heavens, which is understood to be a windy place where souls await reincarnation into their next lives. This donation of human flesh to the vultures is considered virtuous because it saves the lives of small animals that the vultures might otherwise capture for food. Sakyamuni, one of the Buddhas, demonstrated this virtue. To save a pigeon, he once fed a hawk with his own flesh.

Local lamas and tourists look at a flock of vultures.

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In much of Tibet and Qinghai, the ground is too hard and rocky to dig a grave, and, due to the scarcity of fuel and timber, sky burials were typically more practical than the traditional Buddhist practice of cremation. In the past, cremation was limited to high lamas and some other dignitaries, but modern technology and difficulties with sky burial have led to its increasing use by commoners.

Sky Burial Ceremony

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Tibetan sky of burial

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Known as sky burial or celestial burial to outsiders, this is the Tibetan practice of jhator, or the giving of alms to birds, in which the body of the deceased is dismantled to facilitate faster and more thorough consumption by vultures. To foreign eyes, this unique funeral rite may seem callous or morbid. Yet within the spiritual and geographic contexts of Tibetan culture, it is the perfect fate for the body humans leave behind in death.

Polyandry in Tibet

In Tibet, polyandry (marriage of one woman to more than one husband) was accepted. Brothers would marry one woman, and the children of the marriage would inherit the land. The term for polyandry where the husbands are brothers to each other is fraternal polyandry.

Like many cultural customs, polyandry in Tibet was compatible with specific challenges of geography. In a country where there was little tillable land, the practice of polyandry would reduce the number of heirs, because a woman has more biological limits on the number of children she can have, than a man does. Thus, the land would stay within the same family, undivided. The marriage of brothers to the same woman would ensure that brothers stayed on the land together to work that land, providing for more adult male labor. The practice would also ensure that if one husband needed to travel -- for instance, for trade purposes -- another husband would remain with the family and land.

Polyandry is now against the law in Tibet, though it is occasionally still practiced. Historically, the social system compelled marriage within a social class. Initially, when the People's Republic of China annexed Tibet, political systems in many regions of Tibet remained unchanged. Then starting between 1959 and 1960 political reforms changed the land ownership and taxation systems. Professor Melvyn Goldstein believed this had a direct impact on Tibet's traditional marriage system. 

A Tibet woman with her two husbands

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Tibetan Clothing

Due to the different geography, climate and natural conditions in the vast Tibet Autonomous Region, each region has its unique folk costumes to cope with the natural environment and different climate.

The Tibetan robe is the commonest. In the cities or towns, this is made from the high grade woolens, while in farming and pasturing areas, Pulu and fur are used, respectively. It is necessary to have belt to tie up the Tibetan dress. The flowered aprons that the Tibetan women wear are very unique, with florid color and characteristic patterns. In addition, Tibetan people like to wear hats, including felt hat, leather hat and golden flowered hat. Footwear is normally what is called Tibetan boots. The Tibetans wear many ornamental articles, respectively adorning their hair, ears, chest, waist and hand.

Fully dressed Tibetan women

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A chuba is a long sheepskin coat made of thick Tibetan wool worn by many of the nomadic peoples of high altitude in the cold mountains of Tibet. In the past, chubas were made from strips of hand-woven woollen cloth; they were originally the un-dyed white colour of the sheep's wool from Tibet. More recently, black or brown dyes have been used. On trading trips to Tibet, people often wore sheep skin chubas, jackets or pants.

Two women at Drepung Monastery wearing U-Tsang chubas.
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Kho or Bakhu is a traditional dress worn by Bhutia, ethnic Tibetans of Sikkim and Nepal. It is a loose cloak type garment that is fastened at the neck on one side and near the waist with a silk or cotton belt, similar to the Tibetan chuba, but sleeveless. Women wear a silken full sleeve blouse called honju inside the kho; a loose gown type garment fastened near the waist, tightened with a belt. Married women tie a multi-coloured striped apron of woolen cloth called pangden around their waist. Male members wear a loose trouser under the kho. The traditional outfit is complemented by embroidered leather boots by both men and women

Both man and woman wearing Kho/Bakhu

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Tibetan Cuisine

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With much of the country at high altitude and struggling with poverty, most of the Tibetan diet is limited to a few key crops and meats that make up a short list of staple foods, often filling and warming.

Although much of the Tibetan food found in McLeod Ganj, the home of the Dalai Lama in India, is vegetarian, meats such as yak and mutton are common parts of the Tibetan diet. As with much of the world, easy-to-grow potatoes often find their way into stews. Yak products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt are highly prized for both their taste and health benefits.

Tibetan cuisine includes the culinary traditions and practices of Tibet and its peoples, many of whom have found refuge in India and Nepal.It reflects the Tibetan landscape of mountains and plateaus and includes influences from neighbours (including China, India and Nepal).It is known for its use of noodles, goat, yak, mutton, dumplings, Tibetan cheeses (often from yak or goat milk), butter and soups. Sepen is a Tibetan hot sauce.

Sepen

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Tibetan crops must be able grow at the high altitudes, although a few areas in Tibet are low enough to grow such crops as rice, oranges, bananas, and lemon. The most important crop in Tibet is barley. Flour milled from roasted barley, called Tsampa, is the staple food of Tibet, as well as Sha Phaley (meat and cabbage in bread). Balep is Tibetan bread eaten for breakfast and lunch. There are various other types of balep bread and fried pies. 

Sha Paley

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Thukpa

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Thukpa a dinner staple. It consists of noodles of various shapes, vegetables, and meat in broth. Tibetan cuisine is traditionally served with bamboo chopsticks, in contrast to other Himalayan cuisines which are eaten by hand. Small soup bowls are also used by Tibetans, and the rich are known to have used bowls of gold and silver.

Tibet Architecture

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Tibet has produced one of the world's most unique and easily-recognizable forms of architecture. Nevertheless, systematic study of Tibetan architecture is still a comparatively unexplored field.Tibetan construction activities can be traced back over 1300 years, when the first Buddhist temples were built in central Tibet. One of these, the Lhasa Jokhang, still exists and yields important information about the origins and early development of Tibetan architecture.

Tibetan buildings are not only a fascinating blend of man-made structure and nature, but they are well-suited for local climatic and geographic conditions. After they have outlived their usefulness, every part can be re-used, and if lived to decay, they simply become hills of earth and stones again. Buildings are generally made from locally available construction materials, and are often embellished with symbols of Tibetan Buddhism.

Example unique building in Tibet
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For example, private homes often have Buddhist prayer flags flying from the rooftop.Walls that are constructed of stone or rammed earth may be up to a meter thick at the base. In large structures such as temples and manor homes, walls slope inward to create an illusion of greater height. Windows are usually small because the walls are so heavy that large openings would make the structure weak and unstable. In the past, windows featured paper-covered wooden latticework, but nowadays almost universally use glass.

How Tibet Communicate with people???

From my research, there are only two languages that are always being used the Tibetan which are Tibetan language and Chinese language. But then, English also is practically among the Tibetan to help the tourism sector.

Tibetan Language

The main language for Tibetan is the first official language together with the Chinese of the Independent Region of Tibet. Other than that is the self-directed regions and the surrounding areas of the Chinese countryside of Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai and Yunnan is the Tibetan of the family of Sino-Tibetan languages. A subgroup of the Tibetan or also been known as Burmese languages. According to Irene Thompsom  (2013), she stated that “Burmese, or Myanmar language is belongs to the Lolo-Burmese sub-branch of the Tibeto-Burmese branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. There are two registers of Burmese language which are a formal and a colloquial one. The formal register is used in official publications, radio and TV broadcasts, literary works, and formal speech. The colloquial register is used in daily communications”.

                                               Burmese Writing in Tibet

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    Learnt to speak Burmese language Source from youtube 

Tibetan is the mother language of approx. The only state that has as its official national language a Tibetan dialect, is the Kingdom of Bhutan. The Tibetan language is divided into several of local dialects, and Tibetans often find it difficult to understand it each other. But they still using it for the official used in Tibet. 

Uniqueness of Traditional Dance in Tibet

Qamo Dance

The other traditional dance in Tibet that i think unique is Qamo Dance. Qamo is a spiritual dance related to Tibetan Buddhism. It is used to reduce evil spirits in monasteries. Qamo dance is originally was a symbolize dance where participants dress up or wore ceremonial masks. A traditional, sacrificial lifetime ceremony was held. Since the killing of lifetime goes against Buddhist rule, lifetime are no longer can be killed. 

Qamo dancers 

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Duoma

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Drawings are now relieved. At the end of the dance, the performers take an image of  Duoma or people called as the leading demon, made of butter into wildness to burn it, which will drive away evil and automatically will bring good fortune in the coming next year in Tibet.

                                                          A video source from youtube

Traditional Dance in Tibet

In my previous entry, I already wrote about the uniqueness of Tibetan..right??

So..In this entry, i would like to share to all of you a few traditional dance in Tibet..

I hope all you will enjoy it..

The first one is Guoxie Dance. Guoxie means village in Tibetan. Guoxie is a circle dance performed by a group of people in Tibet. Guoxie dance is popular in rural Tibet. During the performing Guoxie, men and women dance hand in hand singing in rotation. Besides that people who are not dancing in the rotation will cheering from all around to give support to the dancer. At festivals, people in Tibet will dance and sing from sunset to sunrise. Guoxie dance also may be the most common and unique dance in Tibet because all people in Tibet know how to perform this dance. But the most well-known Guoxie dance version is found in Shannan.

Guoxie circle Dance

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                                                   Example of movement in Guoxie Dance
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I hope from this entry, all of you will gain some new knowledge about traditional dance in Tibet which is Guoxie Dance.

The Uniqueness of Tibetan

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Almost every people who live as Tibetan can talk, they also can sing. They love to sing and dancing in a crowd. Tibet people will sing anytime for any event for example they like to dancing and singing at festivals, weddings, gatherings and  during their leisure time.  For the Tibetan, dancing and singing are always together or in simple word, they cannot be separated.

A Tibetan woman singing in a festivals

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A Tibetan couple dancing 

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I do research about the traditional dance, based on historical documents,  they said that folk religion and magicians in Tibet have been joining popular dances into their culture for thousand years. The example of traditional dance in Tibet are Wild Bull Dance, Yak Dance, Deer Dance, Crane Dance, Peacock Dance, Sorcerers’ Dance, Drum Dance and other kinds of folk dances have been passed down from generation to generation to keep continue the traditional dance of Tibet. Dances in Tibet can be divided into two types which are  “Xie” and “Zhuo”: “Xie” is the major dancing type, and “Zhou” is the minor dancing type.

Other than that, Tibet are also a country who is popular as Tibetan Buddhism. Based on "Sometimes called Lamaism) is the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed in Tibet and the surrounding Himalayan region beginning in the 7th century CE. Tibetan Buddhism is a religion in exile, forced from its homeland when Tibet was conquered by the Chinese. At one time it was thought that 1 in 6 Tibetan men were Buddhist monks.