The Lost World of Tibet, BBC Documentary

• Tibet was a free nation
• 1940s
• location was impossible to reach
• remained frozen in time
• Chinese banned festivals
• Buddhism is central to culture in Tibet
• Prayers are released into the universe
• water, fire, earth, and air flags
• morality, meditation, wisdom
• monks were 20% of the male population
• expect to stay in the monastery for the rest of their lives
• men and women had long hair
• monks had their hair shaved
• Dalai Lama stayed in the Summer Palace
•  mother and father stayed with the Dalai Lama
• Dalai Lama had to attend cabinet meetings
• routine only varied during festivals
• dance to protect from spiritual forces
• horse races, foot races, performed as a duty to the landlords
• 1950, People's Liberation Army of China overwhelmed Tibet 
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