Women's Day on 24 November 2007

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pazu

23-Nov-2007 10:13
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Women's Day on 24 November 2007

Today is the Women's Day in Tibet, hard to explain everything in English, but if you are men, you'll probably be asked for some money by ladies, Tibetan think that if a man doesn't give money to a lady, the man will be very bad luck.

Just on today!

Also, there'll be a huge crowd in the Jokhang Monastery at 5am and 5pm.

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pazu

23-Nov-2007 10:18
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Today is the 15th Day of the Tenth Lunar Month of the Tibetan calendar. The name of the festival should be something like "phu-men tu-chin" in Tibetan, or "Jixiang Tianmu Jie" in Mandarin Chinese, or Palden Lhamo Festival in English.

Okay, here's some information from the Wikipedia:

Shri Devi (skrt.) or Palden Lhamo (tib.) is a protecting Dharmapala of the teachings of Gautam Buddha in the Gelug school Tibetan Buddhism. She is the consort of Mahakala and is the protecting goddess of the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama.

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lhasaipso

23-Nov-2007 11:33
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as far as i recall she is the protector of tibet

and don`t you mean good luck ?
because bad luck why should any man give money?

sewage

23-Nov-2007 23:06
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Bad luck if he doesn't give money. Is there a Men's Day?

pazu

24-Nov-2007 02:23
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Sewage, I asked my Tibetan friends and they said, "Womnen's Day, men give money to women or the men will have bad luck; Men's Day, women got money from men or the men wouldn't have good luck..."

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lhasaipso

24-Nov-2007 08:16
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i love Tibet

sewage

24-Nov-2007 09:41
Posts: 394

Oh brother.

ljb8899

24-Nov-2007 15:03
Posts: 133

Tashi Delak

Here's a group of women in Kham and Amdo, based in Xining, that need all the money you guys can give. So in the spirit of "phu-men tu-chin" make a small (or very big) donation, even a few dollars will go a long way. They deserve all the help you guys can muster and it will generate good Karma for you in return.
(I've been donating weekly for the past 5 months. They use Paypal so it's easy.).

http://www.shemgroup.org/index.html

Travel safe...

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michab108

24-Nov-2007 18:55
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Women's day was awesome!! The barkor was packed, the people were great, and everyone was super nice. I love Women's day!

pazu

24-Nov-2007 18:59
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Michelle, so the important question, how much did you get on that day?

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Spinn Cafe , Lhasa, Tibet - we are based in Lhasa
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ljb8899

24-Nov-2007 20:12
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Where can we see photos ?

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Everestguy

25-Nov-2007 06:03
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we had a big party for women's day in Amdo with few organizations were participated ,we had big talks on improve Tibetan community and women's rights which is great . lets say have all the mothers in the world have a peace and long life . blessing !!!

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