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History of Tibet
The Tibet Buddhist
historical work known as the Mani-Kabuum mentions both the
dehydration of the Tibetan lakelands and the legendary ape -like
origins of the Tibetan race, The first Tibetans are said to have
been the offspring of a monkey emanation of Avalokiteshvara
(Compassion Buddha of Tibet) representing compassion and
sensitivity who mated with an ogress of the rocks-symbolizing
the harshess of the Tibetan environment –at Tsethang,
Mt. Gongpori cave above Tsethang in south Tibet.They gave birth
to six children, Indicative of six types of sentient being,which
later multiplied to 400.devided into four large tribes and two
smaller groups, Gradually the monkeys evolved into human,
displaying both their paternal compassion and maternal
aggression and the Tsethang means" Playground” for monkeys..
Buddhism
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Buddhism was first introduced to Tibet in 173 CE during the
region of the 28th Yarlung King Thothori, but had apparently no
impact. The first official historic introduction of a Buddhist
scripture into Tibet happened during reign of a King Hlato.
Buddhism revived, with the help of King Yeshe O. A real revival
occurred after 1042, when Atisha-di-Pankhara purr Tibetans "Back
on the right Track". He presented the Buddhist philosophy in a
very clear and condensed manner, which became the basis for
philosophical teachings in most Tibetans traditions. Buddhism is
still prevent in Tibet and the temples and monasteries that were
destroyed are rebuilt. The Chinese government still has a strong
hold on religious practices, including placing a limit on the
number of religious buildings
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Peoples Of Tibet
 The majority of Tibet's population of
1,890,000
are Tibetans. Tibet is so thinly populated that it averages out
1.6 8 persons per square kilometers.
About 90% of the people
live on farming and husbandry. Farmers live
in the valleys of Tsangpo River(Brahmaputra) and its major tributaries
Kyichu and
Nuuang-chu. this area produces barely, wheat, peas and rape-seed, the great northern grassland which occupies a good
half of Tibet is the home of nomads,
yaks and sheep. Nomads have
no fixed abodes, and keep roaming along fine pasture together
with all their belongings-
tents and Livestock. The remaining
population, approximately 10%, live in towns earning their
living mainly On business and handicraft, and many are factory
workers and government officials.
 Ideology of people in this land differs greatly from any other
nationality both at home in china and in the world. Religion
seems almost everything. Many live for the next life, rather
than for the present. They accumulate deeds of virtue and pray
for the final liberation-enlightenment. Lips and hands of the
elders are never at still, either busied in murmuring of the six
syllable mantic prayer OM Ma Ni Pad Me Hum (Hail the Jewel in
the Lotus) or in rotation of hand prayer wheels, or counting of
the prayer beads. Pious pilgrims from every corner of Tibet day
to day gather at Jokhang Temple and Bharkor Street offering
donations and praying heart and soul for their own Selves, for
their friends, and for their friends' friends.
Frequent visitors to Tibet can make out folks from different
regions judging by costumes and dalects. Folks from agricultural
regions dress in woolen home-woven gowns, and those from the
grassland clad in sheepskin. men folk from chamdo wear huge
tassels of black or red silk which were used in old days for
protection in fight, while the Lhasa residents are more stylish
and modern. Dialects in tibetan are in variety, but mainly can
be categorized into three: Lhasa, Chamdo and Amdo.
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Music and dance
 Song
and dance have always been an important vehicle
for social
contact in Tibet,. There are free-form mountains and nomadic
ballads. Lyric poems such as the hundred thousand songs of Milarepa and regional folk songs from Batang, Kham and Amdo in
Tibet.There are wedding songs, Labour songs, Round dance songs,
Archery songs,
Drinking songs, Love songs and songs in the form
of repartee or playful rejoinders….Many more….
Landscape
The area
covered vy the Tibetan plateau and adjacent sino-Tibetan border
ranges which are sometimes poetically referred to as the “Roof
of the world” or “The first heaven on earth” forms an
enormous.The land locked region in central Asia 2.300.000 square
kilometers in area.It encompasses TIBET including the eastern
province of Kham and Amdo which is the culture heartland of
inner Asia.
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Himalayan Region
The world’s
highest mountain range which comprises 110 peaks above 7.300
meters and more then10 above 8.000 meters. The highest being
Mount Everest (8848 meters) and also some of other snow
mountains which is more then 8.000 metres as known today in
Tibet, Mount Cho Oyu, Mount Lhotse, Mount Shishapalma, Mount
Namchibalwa, Mount Kawakarpo.
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Altitude Sickness
This is an environment related conditions
that can effect anyone who ascends to rapidly to high elevations
without acclimatizing properly. We request you to read any book
of trekking or consult your doctor for this matters.
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