Tibetan culture
Plateau people's traditions
Tibetan culture encompasses the traditions, arts, religion, and way of life developed on the high plateau of Central Asia, shaped profoundly by Tibetan Buddhism.
It includes distinctive practices like sky burial, butter sculpture, thangka painting, and monastic education.
The Dalai Lama remains its most recognized spiritual figure.
Tibetan culture extends beyond Tibet's borders to communities in Nepal, Bhutan, northern India, and the diaspora: Tibetan culture has survived decades of suppression.
- prayer flagsStrung cloths carrying blessings
- thangkaTibetan religious fabric painting
- HimalayasAsia's highest range
- sacred lakeReligiously significant body of water
- lamaAndean beast of burden
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