The People of Tibet

Tibet a country in pursuit of peace and faith. American a country in the pursuit of freedom and happiness. Both of these countries were pushed to the brink by outlying nations, using them for their own personal benefits and not accounting for the people who occupy there spaces. America was a country ruled over by the tyranny of the British Empire, enforcing laws that had no place on American soil such as passing a famous law in in 1773 giving the British East India Company tax-free status in the colonies. All other tea continued to be taxed, and American tea companies couldn't compete (Mueller). Leading to the Boston Tea Party and later the Revolutionary War. Tibet’s relationship with China had spread across centuries, “His Holiness (13th Dali Lama) described the relationship with the Manchu emperors as a "patron-priest" relationship, which was something significant in the histories of both Tibet and China, going back to the time of Genghis Khan” (O’Brien), this all changed when China took hold of Tibet through military action, and imposing there will on the Tibetan people until 1912. After both

Drastic changes occur in the flora due to weather and subsequently lead to the disappearance of many animal species and with these changes, the people adapted. For thousands of years the plains would evolve, change and create a, “history of movement and adjustment, crisis and resolution” .

The book “Love and Honor in the Himalayas: Coming to know another culture” is ethnography by Ernestine McHugh. In the beginning of the book, the author talks about how she developed her interest in the field of anthropology during her undergraduate study since “at that time [she] knew little about [it,] but [she] had mapped out a project relating to culture and the aesthetics of life” (McHugh). It was her mentor Gregory Bateson, under whom she had developed this project who inspired her to carry out this project in Nepal. Although her attempts at writing about her experience failed the first time, during her graduate schooling she was encouraged by her advisor Roy D’Andrade to continue. This book revolves around the ethnic Gurung community who live at the foothills of the Annapurna Mountain; just about thirty miles up from the famous tourist destination in Nepal called Pokhara. At the age of twenty-one, the village where the author lived was called “Tebas.” Although Nepal is a country filled with people who follow Hinduism and the official language is Nepalese, she chooses a place in north central Nepal where people mostly spoke in their own ethnic language which is very similar to Tibetan on contrary to the popular Nepalese language. In this book she talks about how she fully immerses herself in the field work and in the process tells the story of the people who let her in their house and more importantly made her a part of their family. Throughout her stay she was treated

In 1950, China sent 40,000 Chinese troops, ironically known as “the People’s Liberation Army”, to invade a relatively large and peaceful country named Tibet for their abundant resources. Due to this national crisis, the position of the 14th Dalai Lama was given to Tenzin Gyatso (“Birth to Exile”). Over the next few decades, China’s harassment of Tibet caused a myriad of problems, such as famines, the destruction of many sacred Buddhist monasteries and other cultural sites, etc. Thirty year after the initial Chinese invasion, the people of Tibet protested out of outrage that nothing has changed for thirty years, to which China responded with brutal force to stop the protesters. Due to the Dalai Lama’s

From the beginning, the Tibetan women have been viewed by males in the culture as a type of second class citizen, even to the point that women were described negatively. The Tibetan women were also seen as seductresses from a man's point of view and were not considered to have the spiritual ways to become enlightened. Questions that will be addressed are since the women take the brunt of the responsibilities, why are they treated as a second class citizen? Why is it that Tibetan women are considered not equal even though they work just as hard or harder as the Tibetan men? Do the men of Tibet fear that the women may have the intelligence to further themselves than what they give credit and continue to keep the women underneath the men?

18.  What role did Central Asian and West African pastoralists play in their respective regions?

Although Minik father (Qisuk) was told by Peary that the expedition was to see other parts of the world and view how others lived by Peary, it was far from the truth. They were there only to be examined and studied as part of Peary’s underlined motives of exploitation. This story also shows how even from that particular time how cultural anthropology affects not only the subject but also its entirety research that causes facts and fiction of holism to be questioned. Furthermore, it reveals

Due to the dependence upon naturally occurring sources of food, which are not always found in the same abundance as in agricultural cultivation, hunter-gatherers are usually found in bands of less than fifty people and in areas with low population density. This subsistence strategy

In “Karl Heider discsses Dani sweet potatoes,” it shows that’s production mode of subsistence and a poverty culture because people use simplest tool to planting, which is stick. In their cultures, they have to use stick to clearing off the old brush and weeds from soils before they started to plant. Planting is the only from them to get food in Karl Heider’s video. In another video, “Boran Herdsman,” it shows Pastoralism mode of subsistence because Boran’s culture is depended on cattle for living. They always have to move one place to another place for cattle. They usually get food from the animals they cattle. The knowledge they need is to know how to take care of animals and how to raise them. In these videos, both are agriculture because

In Tibetan Nation, Warren Smith says “whatever their original connections –and these will probably remain unknown- the Chinese and Tibetans have differentiated to an extent that they formed two distinctly different ethnic groups from a relatively early time.”[2]

The Nepalese Gurkhas have been serving under the British since 1815. They have partaken in every war that Britain has been involved in from the Pindarr War to WWII. The Gurkhas are considered by many to be one of the Worlds finest armed units. The Gurkha corps are definitely the most elite fighting force in the British Army and they have consistently proved their worth in every battle they have fought, whether it was a victory or defeat. The common Gurkha has a diamond-hard will, and indomitable fighting spirit that clearly distinguishes him from his peers. For the Gurkha is no common soldier. He is a warrior to the core, and a not a man to be taken lightly.

For this student of Buddhism, the movie Seven Years in Tibet was a historically correct, religiously sound, and moving depiction of the beauty and power of this eastern non-monotheistic faith. Furthermore, the grand biography of the Austrian climber Heinrich Harrier, not only illustrated the supernatural aspects of the faith, but also its folkloric magic. Additionally, it tackled the political struggles, both externally and parochially, that embroiled the country in the aftermath of World War II. Moreover, so poignant were these struggles that the Chinese government banned both the lead actor and the producer from ever visiting China. Lastly, the main theme of the movie, was one of purification and redemption in the tale of how an egotistical mountain climber evolved when exposed to this compassionate and generous culture.

“The Chinese are practicing cultural genocide in Tibet” (Tofani 3). The quotation said by the Dalai Lama accurately describes what exactly is going on in Tibet. The issue in Tibet and the so called “cultural genocide” coined by the Dalai Lama can be briefly explained by the specifics on the problem in Tibet, the causes of the problem which is embedded into Tibet’s history of invasion and oppression, and the various solutions and relief groups dedicated to freeing Tibet.

The purpose of this paper is to give a descriptive account of the current atrocities being implemented by the Communist Chinese in the unlawfully occupied state of Tibet and the events, political and militant, that gave rise to these events since Communist Invasion and occupation in 1959. I plan to give a brief description of the political, legal, and military issues as well as the human rights violations that have occurred since 1959. This paper will convey my deep resentment towards human suffering, especially genocide and the apathetic response to it, the highest atrocity of man in my opinion.

In midland mountainous regions from 2,500 to 3,200 meters above sea level, sub-Tibetan groups (or groups of Tibetan ethnicity and culture) grow one crop of wheat or barley per winter and one crop of buckwheat during the summer. The climate in this region is cool and dry, and the dry-field agriculture used requires less labor than rice cultivation. This allows them to raise cattle, water buffalo and goats to supplement their diet.[4]At even higher altitudes, where low levels of moisture permit only a single crop of wheat or barley, yak, which are well suited for high altitudes, become a major component of the lifestyle.[5] In the northern areas of Nepal, Tibetan pastoralists travel to altitudes reaching up to 5,200 meters as they seek out pasture for their animals during the summer monsoon season, although few permanent habitations can be found above 4,000 meters. Where possible, these groups make up for shortages in grain and other goods by trading wool, butter, meat, and draught animals. They may also hunt, fish, and forage for wild plants, although habitat destruction from deforestation has caused a decline in the availability of game and fish resources in much of Nepal, making it increasingly difficult to rely on these assets for food.[6]