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The Tibet Museum E-Newsletter Volume VII Issue I June 2013 THE TIBET MUSEUM E-NEWSLETTER IN THIS ISSUE Photo Exhibition at TIPA Photo Exhibitions 1 9th–11th June 2012 During the Fourth All India Tibet Photo Identifcation Support Groups Conference held in Project 2 Dharamsala, the Tibet Museum of the Department of Information and Interna- Tibet Awareness 3 Talk Series tional Relations (DIIR) held photo ex- hibitions titled Glimpses on the History Destruction of Lhasa 4 of Tibet and A Long Look Homeward at the the Tibet Institute of Performing Workshops & Arts (TIPA). Over 150 Indian support- 7 Training ers from across India who participated in the conference visited the exhibition, which aided them in a richer understanding of both Tibet’s history and the sobering reality of China’s occupation. In addition, the museum had the opportunity to host His Holiness the Dalai Lama who had come for the inauguration of the conference and made his gracious presence felt at our photo exhibition. Photo Exhibition in Shimla 6th–9th July 2012 To mark the auspicious occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 77th birthday, and with an earnest request in Shimla, the Tibet Museum hosted a rare photo exhibition titled Biography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Glimpses on the History of Tibet at the famous Ritz Ground—the most tourist- ed attraction in Shimla, on 7 July 2012. The exhibition highlighted the life history of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama as well as the history of Tibet. Around 1,500 people paid to see the exhibition and left with a better aware- ness of Tibetan history. THE TIBET MUSEUM E-NEWSLETTER Photo Identifcation Project Feb.–Mar. 2013 As a part of the Tibet Museum’s Ms.Tsering Dolma and Mr. Thin- ley visited Tibetan settlements near Dehra Dun from 23 February to 3 March 2013 and Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlements from 17–29 Visitors closely examine the photo exhibition in Delhi March 2013 to identify photos. - Photo Exhibition in Delhi terviewing relevant Tibetans, spe- On 31 January 2013, the Tibet - 29th Jan.–2nd Feb. 2013 Museum hosted a photo exhibi- tions. More than 600 photographs The Tibet Museum had yet an- tion on the ongoing crisis of related to Tibetan society, religion, other opportunity to host a photo self-immolations at the India Tibetan settlements, farming and exhibition based on the themes of International Centre in New Delhi agricultural products were identi- A Long Look Homeward and the in order to enhance awareness of ongoing self-immolations happen- the current situation inside Tibet. ing inside Tibet that continue to The exhibition corresponded with monks and other Tibetans. demand freedom for Tibetans and the Gandhian Peace Foundation the return of His Holiness the Da- panel discussion on lai Lama to Tibet. This exhibition Tibet titled “Tibet: was venued at the Press Club of The Current Situa- India on 29 January 2013. Nota- tion and Its Implica- ble guests included Sikyong Dr. tions for India and Lobsang Sangay, Speaker Penpa China” at the same Tsering and other members of Par- venue. liament, important delegates from Delhi and assorted media. The exhibition on self-immolation Another exhibition based on the was also hosted same themes was hosted at the in Jantar Mantar north and south exit doors of Talk- in New Delhi for atora Stadium on 30 January 2013, two days from 1-2 where the inaugural ceremony of Febraury 2013 during the huge Photo Identifcation Project near Dehra Dun the Tibetan People’s Solidarity gathering of the Tibetan Solidarity Campaign was held. Around 4,000 Movement at Jantar Mantar. The visitors comprising Tibetans from exhibition aimed to inform Tibet- India, Nepal and Bhutan visited ans and non-Tibetans about the our exhibition, as well as many In- sobering realities inside Tibet. dian supporters including former Deputy Prime Minister of India Shri. Lal Krishna Advani. Tibet Museum E-Newsletter | Page 2 THE TIBET MUSEUM E-NEWSLETTER Tibet Awareness Talk Series Held Monthly To enhance awareness of Tibet and its overall situation, the Tibet Museum conducts a talk series every month inviting researchers, scholars, and other learned and experienced people. The target audience is tourists from different parts of the world visiting the Tibet Museum who want to learn some- thing about Tibet and participate in a question and answer session and Ms. Kalden Tsomo giving a presentation at the Tibet Museum other post-talk recreations. Ms. Dukten Kyi, researcher for TCHRD, was invited to speak on TCHRD, was invited to speak on Tibet’s struggle for freedom, the Mr. Tsering Dhondup, researcher the issue of self-immolations and new generation of Tibetans and at the Environment and Develop- its various causes and conditions the situation of Tibetan prisoners ment Desk, gave a talk on “The at a gathering of 35 tourists and in Tibet to 32 earnest visitors and Geological Evolution of the Tibet- visitors at the Tibet Museum on 11 tourists at the Tibet Museum on 11 an Plateau” to more than 30 visit- July 2012. September 2012. ing tourists at the Tibet Museum on 15 May 2012. Mr. Tenpa Gyeltsen, researcher Mr. Tenzin Norbu, head of the for the Environment and Develop- Environment and Development Mrs. Tsering Tsomo, Executive ment Desk, spoke on “Non-Vol- Desk, spoke on “Tibet and Its En- Director of the Tibetan Center for untary Resettlement” of nomadic vironment” to 32 foreign tourists Human Rights and Democracy herders to a gathering of 27 earnest and museum visitors on 21 July (TCHRD), presented a discussion visitors at the Tibet Museum on 3 2012. at the Tibet Museum on the current August 2012. human rights situation in Tibet on Mr. Tsering Choedup of the In- 6 June 2012.There were around 46 ternational Tibet Network, Asia people from every corner of the Region, gave a talk on the “Global world who took interest in this talk Tibetan Movement” to an audience that was followed by questions and of 40 people on 12 October 2012. answers. Mr. Tenzin Losel- Ms. Kalden Tsomo and Ms. Tso- searcher for Human Rights Watch mo, researcher for the DIIR Hu- and the International Campaign for man Rights Desk, gave a talk on Tibet, spoke on the topic of “Reli- “The Status and Usage of Tibetan gion – A Hightly Regulated Aspect Language in Tibet” to a gathering of Tibetan Life “ and “Chinese of 30 tourists at the Tibet Museum Mr. Tsering Dhondup Government Control Over Tibetan on 22 June 2012. Mr. Dawa Tsering, former po- Buddhism” to the audience of 40 people on 26 October 2012. Page 3 | Tibet Museum E-Newsletter THE TIBET MUSEUM E-NEWSLETTER excavated sites have no water. And now the authorities want to con- struct a huge shopping center with an underground parking garage in another part of the Old City. Does this mean that we have reached a point at which it is now nigh im- possible to prevent Lhasa from falling into the destructive clutches of hungry ghosts? Remember: in 1994, UNESCO placed the Potala Palace on the A large section of Old Lhasa has been demolished to construct the Barkhor Shopping Mall World Heritage List. But then, in 1996, the village of Shol, which The Destruction of Lhasa underground parking garage alone had stood for 1,100 years at the foot By Woeser containing 1,117 parking spaces. of the Potala Palace was moved Moreover, last year, because the and relocated. At the same time, ur Lhasa is on the verge of de- O colossal “Spiritual Power Plaza,” the Potala Palace, now deprived of struction; this is absolutely not a case of crying wolf! venture built at the edge of the Old public square: a replica of all those City of Lhasa was constructing identical squares found throughout A tourist who has been to Lhasa an underground parking garage, it China, that are meant to display wrote on Sina Weibo: “Today I can was pumping out groundwater day - understand clearly that the origi- and night for over two years, caus- thority. ing anxiety among Lhasa residents has been the construction of an ex- as well as worries about cracks In 2000 and 2001 UNESCO listed travagant tourist-city monstrosity ripping through the Old City of Jokhang and the Norbulingka on Lhasa and depressions that could the World Heritage List as exten- Old City’s street stalls, guest hous- reach the dangerous point of form- sions of the Potala, making Lhasa, es, and its low-end service sector ing sinkholes. Cracks have already already a sacred place in terms have to move out, to be replaced appeared in many places, while of its value for religion, history by high-end art and antique shops, and hotels. Moreover, all the build- ings along the old streets have to have uniform facades and uniform signboards. So is it that China’s cities are to have only this one type of d**ba** Korean-style beauty makeover?” Note that among the photographs that this tourist posted, the “Con- struction Survey” for the Barkhor Shopping Mall presents the scope 150,000 square meters, with an A display image of the Barkhor Shopping Mall, currently under construction Tibet Museum E-Newsletter | Page 4 THE TIBET MUSEUM E-NEWSLETTER and the humanities, a part of the world’s cultural heritage. Nominal- ly, then, it ought to receive protec- tion simply as a matter of course. But in 2002, Tibetans received a deep wound to their hearts: an ar- tillery shell-shaped “Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet” was put up to tower easily over the square, facing off against the Po- tala Palace in the distance.
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