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| Currency Yuan | Language Mandarin, Cantonese and many others | Time Zone (GMT+03) Moscow |
| Who doesn't remember October 8, 1997...it was an early Friday evening and we, the lucky audience of Sino-cinephiles, were about to be whisked away, away to a magical place of love, earnestness, and discovery. Going into that dim theatre, who would have imagined that even the evil Nazis and their political machinations couldn't ground the indomitable spirit of Heinrich Harrer (An Aryan Brad Pitt) as he summited the Himalayan peaks in the sweeping - Seven Years in Tibet. Who wouldn't remember the loving friendship of mutual respect and wonder that emerged, not unlike a monarch butterfly from a chrysalis, between Heinrich and the young Dalai Lama? We brave movie goers can agree, having gone on such an epic journey, that truly, for Mr. Pitt's character: "At the end of the world his real journey began."
Decade old movie references aside, all TRUE students of pop cultural purity would agree that Brad had nothing on the Beastie Boys and their all star casts of Tibetan Freedom Concerts, held on not one, but BOTH American coasts to show saffron solidarity with the swathed Buddhist bad boys of peace, the chanting monks cum Tibetan choir. All that rap, pop, and rock n' roll didn't ever wind up freeing Tibet from the evil clutches of Red China, but it did make for some great live music, three disc box sets.
Tibet as a sovereign nation is mere ideal, a potential dream. At present, China claims the land and people of Tibet as its own (within the state title, the Tibetan Autonomous Region) , this political reality has been in effect since 1959 when the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government were forced into exile. Surrounded by its Chinese overseers, this Tibetan minority exists in an extremely mountainous convergence zone, wherein the Indian subcontinent ruptures against the Eurasian continental plate, creating the Earth's highest peaks. In fact, Tibet is at such a high nation, with elevation averages hovering around 16,000 feet, that it is aptly referred to as "The Rooftop of the World." The spiritual home to the exiled Dalai Lama, the holy center of Tibetan Buddhism emanates from Lhasa, and the ornate Potala Palace. Today, tourism is increasing into the mysteries of the mountains. Hostels and restaurants are springing up to welcome these early adventurers. Tibet is still relatively untouched, go now before it becomes as hackneyed as the Great Wall. |
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