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Asian American Tenzing Chime

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

TIBETAN

TENZING CHIME

ASPECTS

  • Religion
  • Dress/Appearance
  • Holidays
  • Music
  • Food
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BUDDHISM

  • Offerings daily
  • Prays in a temple
  • Follows Buddha
  • Main goal to reach enlightenment
  • Four Noble Truths
The offerings we give a like 9 bowls of water and we light up candles every morning.

We also have a special praying room in our house where we pray and offer
Photo by neonow

DRESS/APPEARANCE

  • Wear handmade shoes
  • Women wear an apron
  • Wear traditional dress
  • Friendly and welcoming
  • Fur clothing
Traditionally we wear homemade shoes called humdro

Women wear traditional aprons to show they are married

Both men and women wear traditional dresses called chuba. Girls wear aprons on top to show that they are married

Us tibetans are always friendly and welcoming.

In TIbet, its common you see people wearing fur clothing but in america not so much.

Occasions

  • Tibetan New Year
  • Wednesdays
  • March 10
  • HHDL birthday
Tibetan new year, we call it losar. We visit friends and family and have dinner together. Also on New Year's Eve we clean up and have a "fresh start"

Traditionally Wednesday's are the days that we can't eat meat. But since we migrated to America, we do this holiday once in a while not every Wednesday now.

March 10 is Tibetan uprising day.We protest against Chinese rule in tibet through street demonstrations.

HHDL: His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday is always a big holiday for Tibetans. We throw huge parties and pray for long life.
Photo by pennockd

FOOD

  • Dumplings
  • Rice
  • Curry
  • Soup
  • Tibetan "Beer"
We usually eat dumplings on like special occasions like s birthday or something

We eat rice with everything.

We eat curry such as chicken curry,beef curry, madrin curry(egg). This is an indian food

We have an special holiday were we drink soup and in the noodles there is like a fortune you get. We usually do it right after new years

Tibetan beer is really rare. You only get to drink it like twice a year. Its for adults, the first day of New Year all adults drink it in the morning. Its not Beer like you get drunk its kinda like wine.Its all homeade
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