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2009 was a year of progress on the roof of the world.

In the August 2009, three renodeling projects on the Potala Palace, the Norbulingka and Sakaya monasteries, were completed costing 380 million RMB...

In March, Lhasa held a festival "Songs by Emancipanted Serfs". A stage drama "Forbidden to be Born" was also restaged.

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Tibet, Reaching the Sky

Tibet, Reaching the Sky

Tibet 2009- Culture

Video Part 1: Culture 2009

[September]

Dawa Dorje, singer of band Jiuyanshi, returns to hometown for inspiration

[October]

Tenzin, a Thangka artist, joined a singing contest in Lhasa

[October]

Artists from GC Art Yard prepare for Songzhuang Art Festival in Beijing

Tibet 2009- Environment

Video Part 2: Environment 2009

[April]

Zhang Yuqian, a writer, went to yingchiin

[September]

Construction of bio-gas pool

[October]

Tashi, an old man from Zhongba County, paid a visit to his hometown

Tibet 2009- Religion

Video Part 3: Religion 2009

[August]

Living Buddha Dortan Dawa to build a stone scripture dagoba on the Medicine King Hill

[September]

Incense-maker Lungri Gyangtsho: To be closer to Buddha

[End of the year]

Liing Buddha Tandzin Dorje finishes his first album of songs

More Culture Events

August: Three renodeling projects on the Potala Palace, the Norbulingka and Sakaya monasteries, were completed costing 380 million RMB.

Between August and October:The musical " Charming Tibet" was performed on a national festival stage to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People´s Republic of China.

March: While Beijing held a large-scale exhibition, "50th Anniversary of the Democratic Rreform of Tibet", Lhasa held a festival "Songs by Emancipanted Serfs". A stage drama "Forbidden to be Born" was also restaged.

More Environment Events

Februrary: The State Council approved a 15.5 billion RMB project forthe Protection and Construction of the Ecological Safety Screen in Tibet.

March: The Autonomous Region of Tibet formally announced that its most important infrastructure for the future would be ecologically-centred.

December 23rd: The Environmental Protection Office of the Tibet Autonomous Region was established, making a mile stone inthe economic and social development of Tibet.

More Religious Events

April: A ceremony took place in Jokhng Monastery for those applying for the highest degree among Doctors and Divinity. This was the most impressive ceremony held in a monastery of the Gelugpa Seet of Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet

July 25th: The 11th Panchen Erdeni Qoigyi Gyibo was initiated into the senior stage of monkhood in Tashilhunpo Monastery. Seventy -nine representatives from 39 major monasteries of the five sects of Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet attended the ceremony.

Novermber 9th: Tibeatn believers celebrated the Descension Day, their annual traditional religious festival.

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