CULTURAL FESTIVAL OF TIBET: 2 TO 4  APRIL 2018

Organised in collaboration with the Central Tibetan Administration the festival celebrates Tibetan culture and brings together art, religion, cultural lifestyle, medicine, history, literature, film and educational activities, exhibitions, talks, discussions, film screenings and performance

 

Exhibitions: 

AT THE GANDHI-KING MEMORIAL PLAZA, 2 TO 4 APRIL 2018, 11:00 TO 19:00

 

Tibetan Medicine and Astrological Institute - A display of Tibetan medicine, consultation, and astrology

Norbulingkha Institute – A display of Tibetan arts, handicraft, wood carving, metal work, thangkha painting and apparel

Library of Tibetan Works and Archives – A display of books

Tibet House – A display of books

Tibetan Nomads from Ladakh

Dekyiling Tibetan Settlement– A display of carpet, apron and yata weaving

 

AT SEMINAR ROOMS I TO III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX, 2 TO 4 APRIL 2018, 11:00 TO 19:00

From the Collection of Tibet Museum

An exhibition of photographs of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s escape and entry into India; India and Tibet: Ancient Ties, Current Bonds; and Tibet’s Journey in Exile

 

Tibetan Calligraphy

By Jamyang Dorjee, well-known calligrapher

 

Butter Sculpture Installation by monks of Gyuto Monastery

 

Sand Mandala Installation by monks of Gyuto Monastery

 

AT 12:00 IN GANDHI-KING MEMORIAL PLAZA

Inauguration of the Festival

Chief Guest: Smt Sheila Dixit, former Chief Minister of Delhi

 

Artists of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts will present the ‘Thank You India’ song

 

FROM 13:00 ONWARDS IN THE MULTIPURPOSE HALL

Tai Situ Rinpoche - Guide to Mindfulness and Cultivating Lasting happiness

Moderator: Dr. Renuka Singh

 

FROM 15:00 TO 16:30

Panel discussion on India and Tibet: Ancient Ties, Current Bonds

Speakers: Dr. Lobsang Sangay, President of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile; Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche; Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan; and Smt Madhuri Sondhi

 

Moderator: Shri Rajiv Mehrotra

 

FROM 17:00 TO 18:00

The Healing Science of Traditional Tibetan Medicine

Speaker: Dr. TsewangTamdin, Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute

 

FROM 18:15 TO 19:15

Cultural Performance

By artists of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts, Dharamsala