The Art of Exile



painting of tibetan children exchanging gift

"REMEMBRANCE OF MY FRIEND" BY TSETAN CHOMPHEL. BORN IN TIBET IN 1976. CAME TO TIBETAN HOMES AT AGE NINE.

"That's me, standing in the road. It is the time that I am leaving Tibet. I am the one on the right, in blue, and this is my friend. We are saying goodbye. I am offering him a kathak (auspicious white scarf). We use them during Losar, on His Holiness's birthday or on a special occasion like this when someone is saying goodbye." next...


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