Tibetans
High plateau dwellers
Tibetans are the indigenous people of Tibet, a high-altitude plateau region in Central Asia now largely under Chinese control.
The term covers both those living in Tibet and the diaspora communities that formed after the 1959 uprising and the Dalai Lama's exile.
Tibetan culture is strongly associated with Buddhism, mountain adaptation, and distinctive traditions in art, medicine, and monasticism.
Tibetans have lived at extreme altitudes for thousands of years.
Flat highland area
- EverestTallest peak on Earth
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- LhasaTibet's administrative center
- highlandsElevated, hilly land areas
high altitude · thin air · roof of the world · Himalayan · base camp · glacier · permafrost · mountain pass
Tibetan religious fabric painting
- prayer flagsStrung cloths carrying blessings
- butter teaTibetan salted tea drink
- sky burialTibetan aerial interment practice
- momoSouth Asian filled dumpling
singing bowls · incense · festivals · traditional medicine · horse racing · sand mandala · butter sculpture · wool weaving
Tibetan Buddhism's supreme leader
- lamaAndean beast of burden
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
mandala · mantra · meditation · reincarnation · bodhisattva · sangha · tantra · sutra
Himalayan ox or chatter
- herdingManaging animal groups
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- nomadismMigratory way of life
- tentPortable fabric shelter
grazing · livestock · encampment · highland · grassland · seasonal migration · sheep · goats
Banishment from homeland
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- DharamsalaIndian hill station, Buddhist center
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- NepalSouth Asian mountain nation
India · stateless · asylum · activism · self-immolation · resistance · preservation · identity
Belonging to ancestral group
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- minoritySmaller part of whole
- clansRelated family groups
- ancestryFamily line of descent
lineage · kinship · traditional dress · cultural preservation
Writing using sound-units
- honorificsRespectful name additions
- literary traditionInherited body of texts
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- Buddhist textsSacred dharma writings
plateau
Flat highland area
- EverestTallest peak on Earth
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- LhasaTibet's administrative center
highlands · high altitude · thin air · roof of the world · Himalayan · base camp · glacier · permafrost · mountain pass
thangka
Tibetan religious fabric painting
- prayer flagsStrung cloths carrying blessings
- butter teaTibetan salted tea drink
- sky burialTibetan aerial interment practice
momo · singing bowls · incense · festivals · traditional medicine · horse racing · sand mandala · butter sculpture · wool weaving · turquoise jewelry
Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhism's supreme leader
karma · mandala · mantra · meditation · reincarnation · bodhisattva · sangha · tantra · sutra · enlightenment
yak
Himalayan ox or chatter
tent · grazing · livestock · encampment · highland · grassland · seasonal migration · sheep · goats · horseback
exile
Banishment from homeland
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- DharamsalaIndian hill station, Buddhist center
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
Nepal · India · stateless · asylum · activism · self-immolation · resistance · preservation · identity · human rights
ethnic identity
Belonging to ancestral group
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- minoritySmaller part of whole
- clansRelated family groups
ancestry · lineage · kinship · traditional dress · cultural preservation
syllabary
Writing using sound-units
- honorificsRespectful name additions
- literary traditionInherited body of texts
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- Chinese peoplesHan Chinese, Manchu, Uyghurs, Mongols, Li
- populationspatients, inpatients, outpatients, elderly patients, stroke patients
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- TibetLhasa, Dalai Lama, prayer flags, prayer wheels, yaks
- Asian peoplesChinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Thai
- minoritiesethnic minorities, religious minorities, minority rights, Roma, Kurds
TibetansHan Chinese
China's predominant ethnic group
occupiers · Chinese · Chinese Communist Party · mainland Chinese · Beijing
Tibetanslowlanders
Plain and valley inhabitants
Japanese · Filipinos · Vietnamese · Bengalis · Nepalese
- Tibetan peopleHimalayan ethnic group
- Tibetan monkBuddhist cleric from Himalayas
- Tibetan BuddhismHimalayan tantric spiritual tradition
- Tibetan PlateauElevated Asian landmass
- Tibetan Book of the DeadBuddhist death transition scripture
- Tibetan chantsRitualistic Buddhist vocal prayers