Tibetan culture week scheduled
( 2003-11-25 23:39) (Xinhua)
The "2003 China Tibetan
Culture Week'' will be held in Thailand from December 4 to 18, the State Council
Information Office announced yesterday.
This will be the first time for China to feature Tibet in a large-scale
cultural exchange activity in Thailand. A delegation, consisting of 69 people
and led by Li Bing, the deputy director of the office, will go to Thailand.
The culture week will present the reality of today's Tibet to the Thai people
through various cultural activities, said an official with the Information
Office of the State Council.
Events to be staged throughout the week include a photo show, an exhibition
of Thangkas, or the typical ancient silk paintings of Tibet, Tibetan song and
dance performances, and a movie show.
A group of China's leading Tibetologists and living Buddhas from Tibet will
also visit Thailand during the culture week for an exchange of views with
experts and scholars there.
These activities are expected to introduce Tibet's traditional culture,
religion and history, as well as the autonomous region's social and economic
progress and the latest developments of Tibetology.
The culture week is sponsored jointly by the Information Office, the
government of the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Chinese Embassy in Thailand.
China staged the event in Australia and New Zealand in 2001 and in Belgium
and Canada in 2002.
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