TIBETAN
TRADITION
MADE BY: NILKANTH DESAI
FES 7A
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
1) WHAT MAKES TIBETAN
TRADITION UNIQUE?
2) DETAILS ABOUT THE
TRADITION OF STICKING
OUT TONGUE IN TIBET
1) WHAT MAKES TIBETAN TRADITION
UNIQUE?
IN MOST COUNTRIES, STICKING OUT YOUR TONGUE
WOULD BE CONSIDERED A BIT RUDE, BUT IN TIBET
IT’S A WAY OF GREETING AND A SIGN OF RESPECT.
IT HAS BEEN A TRADITION SINCE THE 9TH
CENTURY, THE TIME OF AN UNPOPULAR CRUEL
KING CALLED LANG DARMA, WHO WAS KNOWN FOR
HIS BLACK TONGUE. TIBETAN PEOPLE STICK OUT
THEIR TONGUES TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE NOT
LIKE HIM AND ARE NOT HIS REINCARNATION.
A TIBETAN’S STICKING OUT TONGUE
2) DETAILS ABOUT THE TRADITION OF STICKING OUT
TONGUE IN TIBET:
• INITIAL PURPOSE : TO GREET PEOPLE IN TRADITIONAL
TIBETAN TRADITION AND A SIGN OF RESPECT.
• RECENT UPDATES : NOWADAYS, THE TRADITION IS GETTING
RARE BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY SOME REGIONS IN TIBET
WHICH STILL DO IT.
• WHAT DO TIBETAN PEOPLE DO FOR GREETING PEOPLE NOW ?
THEY DO HANDSHAKING, NODDING OR BOWING TO GREET
PEOPLE NOW.
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