Spring-Summer 2010 KÜNPEN TAMSAR Trace Foundation’s Quarterly Newsletter KÜNPEN TAMSAR Trace Foundation’s Quarterly Newsletter Paola Vanzo, Editor-in-Chief Peter Wiegand, Editor, Writer & Layout Wendy D’Amico, Editor & Writer Irma Orlandi, Writer Khamtsoji Translator Tenpa Translator Thupten Gonpo Translator Wangxiu Cuo Translator Kristina Dy-Liacco, Proofreader Jeremy Burke, Proofreader Tenzin Gelek, Proofreader Kunsang Gya, Proofreader Stephanie Johnston, Layout and Design Thank you to our contributors Michael Eigen, Sienna Craig, and Kabir Heimsath Trace Foundation Board Andrea E. Soros Eric Colombel Executive Director Enrico Dell’Angelo Trace Foundation 132 Perry St. Suite 2B New York, NY 10014 Unless otherwise noted all contents and photos ©Trace Foundation, 2010. Neither may be reproduced in any way with- out permission from Trace Foundation. For more information contact
[email protected]. Künpen Tamsar is published quarterly by Trace Foundation, in Tibetan, Chinese, and English. An electronic version of this newsletter may be found at www.trace.org/tamsar.html Note on Transcription System Used: All Trace Foundation publications use The Himalayan Library (THL) Simplified Phonetic Transcription of Standard Tibetan for Tibetan terms that appear in our English-language articles. More information on this transliteration system can be found under the “Reference” tab at www.thlib.org In cases where Chinese and Tibetan names exist, the Tibetan is used with the Pinyin in parentheses— e.g., Lhoka (Shan- nan). For the sake of simplicity, where Tibetan names are only transliterations of Chinese names, the Tibetan has been dropped (e.g., Sichuan, not Sitrön). Where Chinese names are transliterations of Tibetan names, the Pinyin has been dropped (e.g., Nakchu, not Naqu).