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Semshook

Transcending Tragedy at Cinequest 2010

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,110]

Now in its 20th year, the Cinequest Film Festival, held each year in San Jose, Calif., presents a global smorgasbord of independent films by visionary filmmakers.

Destinations: India | Tibet | Singapore | Uzbekistan
Topics: Culture | People | Religion | Performing Arts | 20th Century History | Art | Ancient History
Thukpa

Recipe: Thukpa

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,110]

Thukpa is popular throughout all the Himalayan countries, and there are as many preparations as there are cooks who make it. The best thing is that Thukpa may be made with or without meat, and may include any number of vegetables.

Destinations: Nepal | Tibet | Bhutan
Topics: People | Religion | Performing Arts | Ancient History
Little Buddha

Film Review: Little Buddha

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,110]

In this film adaptation of a true story, a Tibetan Buddhist lama's search for the reincarnation of his former teacher leads him to Seattle, and then back to Bhutan for the verification process of...

Destinations: Tibet | Bhutan
Topics: People | Religion | Performing Arts | 20th Century History | Ancient History
Black Narcissus

Film Review: Black Narcissus

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,110]

Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, Black Narcissus tells the story of a cloister of nuns from the Convent of the Order of the Servants of Mary, who travel to the Himalayas to establish an Anglican...

Destinations: Nepal | Tibet | Bhutan
Topics: People | Religion | Performing Arts
Kundun

Film Review: Kundun

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,110]

Directed by Martin Scorsese, Kundun tells the story of Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth and present-day Dalai Lama, from the discovery of his whereabouts and validation as the reincarnation of the Buddha...

Destinations: China | Tibet
Topics: People | Religion | Performing Arts | 20th Century History | War & Conflict
A memorial stupa in Zhongdiang

A Wish and A Prayer

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

The people of Yunnan province introduced me to many different ways to make good luck wishes for my future.

Destinations: Yunnan | Tibet | Lijiang River | China
Topics: Adventure | Festivals | 20th Century History | Art | Traditions | Ecotourism | Culture | Economy | People | Religion

eTirth.com my Dream work

Saurabh Chavda - etirth [60]

eTirth is my dream work. I love explore different faith, especially Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism and Chritianism. Currently I am exloring and working on three relions, Hindu, Sikh and Jain. I...

Destinations: Bangladesh | Nepal | Pakistan | Tibet | Mount Everest | Singapore | India | China | Thailand
Topics: Festivals | Traditions | Culture | Religion

Film review: Seven Years in Tibet

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,110]

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
Yeti Airlines, on the airstrip in Simikot (9,400'), Nepal.

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 4

Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931]

1st pass, after Simikot We flew from sea level to Simikot at 9,500 feet, and started walking -- up. Amazing, how quickly it all comes back: the agony, first. The slow, panting ascent on astonished,...

Destinations: Nepal | Lhasa | Himalayas | Tibet
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Religion
Fruit seller on the roadside, Nepalganj, Nepal.

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 1

Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,931]

Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you go off line, unplug the modem and pull out the power cord. That's when the umbilicus is severed, and the...

Destinations: Nepal | Lhasa | Nepalganj | Tibet
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Religion
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