Tibetan culture
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Tibet developed a distinct culture due to its geographic and climatic conditions. While influenced by neighboring cultures from China, India, and Nepal, the Himalayan region's remoteness and inaccessi
Tibetan Gelug monk and sand mandala
Prayer flags
Woodblock printing
The Image of Tibetan prayer flags Wind Horse
Chuba
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A chuba, also called a chhupa, is a warm ankle-length unisex robe worn in Tibet and by members of the Tibetan diaspora. It is worn with the left side wrapped over the right and bound around the waist
Tibetan culture
…wear a heavy silver ring decorated with a huge ornament of either coral or turquoise. Their costume is not elaborate. It normally consists only of a chuba, a long capacious robe with wide, elongated sleeves which hang almost to the ground. This is caught up at the waist by a woolen girdle, so that its…
Elderly pilgrim wearing a chuba, Tsurphu, Tibet
Young woman wearing a decorated chuba
Lobsang Sangay wearing a chuba at a solidarity rally