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Tibetan monks are debating in Sera Monastery.
Debating is a traditional learning method in Tibetan Buddhism. Young monks study Buddhist classics through asking and answering questions with interesting clapping gestures. Sera Monastery is a famous Buddhist institute in Lhasa.
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Square in front of Jokhang temple.
Jokhang Temple, one of the holiest sites of Tibetan Buddhism and listed on UNESCO world cultural heritage.
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Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (LXA) is one of the highest airports in the world.
Tibet's economy has maintained two digit growth for 25 consecutive years and the cultural tourism industry is becoming an important growth incentive of Tibet's economic development.
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Prayers spinning the prayer wheels.
The prayer wheels, around and under the Potala Palace, is the traditional worship route. Everyday many Lhasa people and pilgrims from other places of Tibet come here to pray.
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Lhasa people dance in Zong Jiao Lu Kang park under Potala Palace.
Zong Jiao Lu Kang park, is a beautiful city park located under the Potala Palace, first built in the 17th century. Now it is a popular destination of leisure and recreational activities for Lhasa people.
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Pilgrims holding prayer wheel walking on Barkhor Street.
Barkhor Street ( or Bakuo Street), a historical residential and business district around the Jokhang Temple, is also the traditional worship route for pilgrims of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Prayers spinning the prayer wheels.
The prayer wheels, around and under the Potala Palace, is the traditional worship route. Everyday many Lhasa people and pilgrims from other places of Tibet come here to pray.
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Pilgrim kneels piously on Barkhor Street.
Barkhor Street ( or Bakuo Street), a historical residential and business district around the Jokhang Temple, is also the traditional worship route for pilgrims of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Young monk feeds stray cat in Jokhang temple.
Jokhang Temple, one of the holiest sites of Tibetan Buddhism and listed on UNESCO world cultural heritage.
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Pilgrims holding prayer wheel walking on Barkhor Street.
Barkhor Street ( or Bakuo Street), a historical residential and business district around the Jokhang Temple, is also the traditional worship route for pilgrims of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Tibetan elderly women are shopping on Barkhor Street.
Barkhor Street ( or Bakuo Street), the traditional worship route for pilgrims of Tibetan Buddhism, is a historical residential and business district around the Jokhang Temple.
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Prayers spinning the prayer wheels.
The prayer wheels, around and under the Potala Palace, is the traditional worship route. Everyday many Lhasa people and pilgrims from other places of Tibet come here to pray.
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A yak statue on the business street in Lhasa.
Yak is the symbol of Tibetan plateau. Tibet's economy has maintained two digit growth for 25 consecutive years.
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Tibetan monks are debating in Sera Monastery.
Debating is a traditional learning method in Tibetan Buddhism. Young monks study Buddhist classics through asking and answering questions with interesting clapping gestures. Sera Monastery is a famous Buddhist institute in Lhasa.
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View of Earth from space, over India, China and Bhutan, Himalayan lakes, STS-68
View of Earth from space, over India, China and Bhutan, Himalayan lakes, STS-68
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CLEAN : Tourists visit Tibet's Potala Palace
In a government organised media tour, tourist are seen visiting the Potala Palace - classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994 - in Lhasa, the capital of China's politically sensitive region of Tibet (Footage by AFPTV via...
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What the China-India Border Dispute is Really About
Jun.22 -- The boundary between China and India represents the longest contested border on the planet. Confrontations between the two sides have turned deadly in recent years, as China becomes increasingly aggressive in the region.
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VOICED : What place for Buddhism in secular France?
VOICED : What place for Buddhism in secular France?
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EXILES PROTEST AFTER CHINA TV BLAMES DALAI LAMA FOR TIBET IMMOLATIONS
Tibetan exiles in India on Thursday dismissed as "propaganda" China's accusation that the Dalai Lama had orchestrated a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans.
Dozens of Tibetans protested in New Delhi on Thursday, chanting anti-China...
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Dalai Lama expresses concern over ecology of Tibetan plateau
1. Wide of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama greeting audience from the podium; sitting down
2. Wide of hall
3. Cutaway audience
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader:
"Northern India... Brahmaputra, these major...
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HONG KONG: WORLD BANK/IMF ANNUAL SUMMIT: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Hong Kong, China, Tibet, Laos, Vietnam, Kuching, Malaysia/ Calcutta, India - 21 & 24 September 1997 and file
Kuching, Malaysia - 21 September
1. Smog-filled road scene with cars
2. Pans smog-covered countryside
Mekong Delta,...
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Tibet - Tibetan stock exchange
Rising majestically to the heavens, the Potala Palace on the "roof of the world" stands as a symbol of spiritual achievement. Its presence is a magnet drawing faithful Tibetan Buddhists intent on investing through prayer to improve their...
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CLEAN : What place for Buddhism in secular France?
CLEAN : What place for Buddhism in secular France?