Tibet.......

Tibet is a rich and beautiful land with an average altitude over 4,000m (13,120ft) above sea level. Possessing more than fifty peaks above 7,000m (22,960ft), Tibet is home to eleven Himalayan  mountains over 8,000m (26,240ft). China, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Burma and Kashmir  border the Tibet. Over two million people inhabit this land of rich natural resources and ancient cultures. 

Spiritual  traditions, temples and monasteries, lakes and rivers, and mighty snow clad peaks are just a few  of the intoxicating wonders to be experienced by adventurous travelers destined to visit this 
 place. 


Buddhism, with a history of some 1,300 years is shaped into a unique form of "Lamasm".  Tibetan history, culture and religion are mixed together and infiltrate every aspect of social life.  Tibetan religious arts have a distinctive style with adoption of Indian and Chinese Buddhist  influence, thus forming a pearl of Oriental Buddhist art.People living on the Tibetan plateau, such as Tibetans, Monpas, Lhopas and Moslems, have  their own ways of living, marriage, burial and other ceremonies. Festivals in Tibet are in big  variety.. 




The Tibetan New Year, the largest festival, is followed by others such as the Wangkor  Festival and horse races. For the dead, sky burials, water burials, cremations and stupa burials  are practiced, but the sky burial is the most common. 
 Science and culture in Tibet include technology, medicine, grammar, logic, Buddhist philosophy,  rhetoric, words and expressions, syntax, drama and astrology. Tibet is known as the Sea of  Songs and Dances; folk songs and dances are diverse, especially during the "Shoton Festival" in 
 August.