In McLeod Ganj there are a lot of Tibetan people who have escaped the restraints of China. 45 minutes away from McLeod Ganj is the only Tibetan national museum in the world, the Norbulingka Institute, with beautiful gardens, museums and a temple.
This is a great way to get a taste of Tibetan culture which is unfortunately being killed by China. There is a museum showing hand-painted dolls hand-crafted by monks and it was 20rs to enter and I didn't want to pay this so the lady let me take this one photo then leave without paying:
After an afternoon at the Norbulingka Institute we headed to the conversation group at the LIT (Learning and Ideas for Tibet). Held in a flat, this conversation group was being held on the topic of "TRUST". There are four questions and the young Tibetans must write answers in English, with the help of the volunteers and then stand up at the end and give their answers. Some of the answers and stories from these young people were truly harrowing and very eye-opening to the suffering they have endured. At the end the organisers made all the first-time volunteers and Tibetans stand up and sing a song which was totally mortifying on my part as I sounded like a screeching cat whose tail had just been caught in a door. In comparison, all the Tibetan songs that were sung were lovely, who knew all Tibetans have pitch-perfect singing voices. If anyone is visiting McLeod Ganj I would definitely recommend a trip to LIT and every Wednesday they have a film night were Tibetan films and documentaries are shown and home-baked chocolate momos are consumed, yummmmm!!!!!
This is a great way to get a taste of Tibetan culture which is unfortunately being killed by China. There is a museum showing hand-painted dolls hand-crafted by monks and it was 20rs to enter and I didn't want to pay this so the lady let me take this one photo then leave without paying:After an afternoon at the Norbulingka Institute we headed to the conversation group at the LIT (Learning and Ideas for Tibet). Held in a flat, this conversation group was being held on the topic of "TRUST". There are four questions and the young Tibetans must write answers in English, with the help of the volunteers and then stand up at the end and give their answers. Some of the answers and stories from these young people were truly harrowing and very eye-opening to the suffering they have endured. At the end the organisers made all the first-time volunteers and Tibetans stand up and sing a song which was totally mortifying on my part as I sounded like a screeching cat whose tail had just been caught in a door. In comparison, all the Tibetan songs that were sung were lovely, who knew all Tibetans have pitch-perfect singing voices. If anyone is visiting McLeod Ganj I would definitely recommend a trip to LIT and every Wednesday they have a film night were Tibetan films and documentaries are shown and home-baked chocolate momos are consumed, yummmmm!!!!!
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