Thupten Dadak has spent the past three decades preserving and celebrating Tibetan culture in Minnesota. And a new exhibit at the Hennepin History Museum is latest of his efforts. Through artifacts and ...

Built in the 17th century by a predecessor of the current Dalai Lama, the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, has ...

Local Tibetan actors and musicians in the next two weeks are claiming the spotlight in Minneapolis to honor their heritage through a "walking play" that explores the life and legacy of the 14th — and ...

You would not think that something as innocuous as yogurt would rile authorities in China. But last August, a yogurt festival in Tibet was met with a police crackdown. “Shoton” is the Tibetan Yogurt ...

Language has a strange place in the intangible cultural heritage safeguarding efforts of Chinese governments and UNESCO. Languages themselves are not recognized on UNESCO’s lists nor are there ...

A compact but rich new exhibit is entering the Minneapolis Institute of Art's permanent collection. On Saturday, Sept. 14, the Mia will unveil its Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room, a collection of Tibetan ...

The recent transfer of cultural artifacts, including several Tibetan Buddhist relics, from the US to China may help advance the Chinese government’s efforts to distort Tibet’s history and appropriate ...

The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage acknowledges and respects the right of artists, performers, Folklife Festival participants, community-based scholars, and knowledge-keepers to ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibetan rights groups have criticised a U.N. cultural organisation's decision to extend world heritage status to an extensive plateau area in a heavily Tibetan area, saying it ...