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  2. Tibetans - Wikipedia

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    Tibetan folk opera, known as lhamo, is a combination of dances, chants and songs. The repertoire is drawn from Buddhist stories and Tibetan history. [49] Tibetan opera was founded in the fourteenth century by Thang Tong Gyalpo, a lama and a bridge-builder. Gyalpo and seven girls he recruited organized the first performance to raise funds for ...

  3. Tibet - Wikipedia

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    Tibetan Buddhism is a primary influence on the art, music, and festivals of the region. Tibetan architecture reflects Chinese and Indian influences. Staple foods in Tibet are roasted barley, yak meat, and butter tea. With the growth of tourism in recent years, the service sector has become the largest sector in Tibet, accounting for 50.1% of ...

  4. Tibetan culture - Wikipedia

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    The Tibetan calendar is the lunisolar calendar, that is, the Tibetan year is composed of either 12 or 13 lunar months, each beginning and ending with a new moon. A thirteenth month is added approximately every three years, so that an average Tibetan year is equal to the solar year .

  5. Tibetan - Wikipedia

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    Tibetan may mean: of, from, or related to Tibet; Tibetan people, an ethnic group; Tibetan language: Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard; Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dialect; Tibetan pinyin, a method of writing Standard Tibetan in Latin script; Tibetan script; any other of the ...

  6. Etymology of Tibet - Wikipedia

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    This definition excludes the former domains of the Dalai Lamas in Amdo and eastern Kham which are part of Qinghai, Gansu, Yunnan, and Sichuan. When the Government of Tibet in Exile and the Tibetan refugee community abroad refer to Tibet, they mean the areas consisting of the traditional provinces of Amdo, Kham, and Ü-Tsang.

  7. Kora (pilgrimage) - Wikipedia

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    Kora (Tibetan: སྐོར་ར, Wylie: skor ra, THL Simplified Phonetic Transcription: kor ra) is a transliteration of a Tibetan word that means "circumambulation" or "revolution". Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhist or Bon traditions.

  8. Tibetan Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Tibetan Empire (Tibetan: བོད་ཆེན་པོ, Wylie: bod chen po, lit. ' Great Tibet '; Chinese: 吐蕃; pinyin: Tǔbō / Tǔfān) was an empire centered on the Tibetan Plateau, formed as a result of imperial expansion under the Yarlung dynasty heralded by its 33rd king, Songtsen Gampo, in the 7th century.

  9. Tibetan mythology - Wikipedia

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    Other common Tibetan myths include Tibetan ghosts, this is often due to Buddhism and so there are many similarities to Indian ghost mythology. These include the hungry ghosts who are a symbol of greediness and unfulfillment of the tulpa which is a manifestation of high-ranking monks' wishes.