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Film review: Seven Years in Tibet

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Based on a true story, the 1997 Jean-Jacques Annaud film stars Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who, during an attempt to scale the Himalayan peak Nanga Parabat, is interned...

Destinations: Lhasa | Tibet
Topics: Culture | People | Literature | Religion | Performing Arts | 20th Century History | Art
Potala Palace contains many original statues, scrolls, and other Buddhist/Tibetan artifacts. It is an important site for Tibetan pilgrims and is open to the public as a museum.

The Don Juan of Dalai Lamas

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* * * * * I sought my lover at twilight Snow fell at daybreak. Residing at the Potala I am Rigdzin Tsangyang Gaytso But in the back alleys of Shol-town I am rake and stud. Secret or not No matter.

Destinations: Lhasa | Tibet
Topics: People | Literature | Religion | Ancient History
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