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  2. Polyandry in Tibet - Wikipedia

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    Another kind of marriage, although uncommon, is the "polygynous marriage". In a family where all the children were female, sisterly polygynous marriage represented the most common choice. In traditional inheritance rules, only males had rights over the land, but where there were no males to inherit them, the daughters had the right over the ...

  3. List of organizations of Tibetans in exile - Wikipedia

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    Association of Tibetan Journalists, based in Dharamshala, India. Central Tibetan Administration, also referred to as the Tibetan Government in Exile. Tibet's democratically elected government based in Dharamshala, India. Chushi Gangdruk (Tibet's volunteer defender of Faith), was based in New York City, USA; Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education

  4. William S. Haynes Flute Company - Wikipedia

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    In 1888, they were commissioned by Edward Heindl, the then-Principal Flutist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, to make him a Boehm system wood flute. [3] [4] The Haynes brothers then produced over 500 flutes with the (unrelated) JC Haynes Company in Boston. Their 507th flute was the first of the new Haynes Company, established in 1888. [5]

  5. Tibetan Americans - Wikipedia

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    On the grounds of Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, Bloomington, Indiana. Communities of Tibetan Americans in the Great Lakes region exist in Chicago and in the states of Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. There is a Tibetan Mongol Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, Indiana near the campus of Indiana University. [10]

  6. The Tibet Center - Wikipedia

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    The Tibet Center, also known as Kunkhyab Thardo Ling, is a dharma center for the study of Tibetan Buddhism. Founded by Venerable Khyongla Rato Rinpoche in 1975, it is one of the oldest Tibetan Buddhist centers in New York City. [1] The current director is Khen Rinpoche Nicholas Vreeland, the abbot of Rato Dratsang monastery.

  7. Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art - Wikipedia

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    In 2009, the site was listed on the New York State Register and National Register of Historic Places. A writer in the New York Times referred to the museum's founder under the name Jacqueline Klauber, noting that she used Marchais as her professional name. [4] Office table. Jacques Marchais Coblentz was born in 1887 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

  8. Tibet House - Wikipedia

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    Tibet Houses in New York, Geneva, and New Delhi (1/2 year) — $ 75,000 [30] [31] In 1998 the Tibetan government-in-exile stated that the CIA subsidy was "spent on setting up offices in Geneva and New York and on international lobbying," the Tibet Bureau in Geneva and the Office of Tibet in Washington D.C., formerly in New York.

  9. Flute Force - Wikipedia

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    Flute Force is a New York City-based flute quartet formed in 1981. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Since 2016, the ensemble has consisted of Sheryl Henze, Kathleen Nester, Rie Schmidt and Wendy Stern. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Flute Force has been recognized by critics for its unique composition, wide-ranging programs and recordings, and virtuosic performances of classical and ...