Tibetan Voices 2005 Calendar
Book Description
The loss of traditional cultures is one of the most pressing issues facing modern society. It is this awareness that has motivated photographer Brian Harris to document the lives of the world's indigenous peoples for over thirty years. For the past fifteen years, Brian has used photography of Himalayan Buddhist culture and landscape to raise funds and publicity for Seva's sight-restoration project...
MoreThe loss of traditional cultures is one of the most pressing issues facing modern society. It is this awareness that has motivated photographer Brian Harris to document the lives of the world's indigenous peoples for over thirty years. For the past fifteen years, Brian has used photography of Himalayan Buddhist culture and landscape to raise funds and publicity for Seva's sight-restoration projects in Tibet, India, Nepal and Tanzania. Of the 45 million blind people in the world, 90 percent live in poverty - 80 percent of this blindness is either preventable or correctable. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this calendar benefit the Seva Sight Programs.
Sample caption:
"As a weather controller, much of my time was spent in a three-story red house built in the very center of the fields I was to protect; from there I could see any clouds approaching. It is well known that, through the study of cloud movements, it is possible to determine the kind of weather that is approaching.... I stopped hailstorms for twenty-two years, until I was forty four, and on no occasion did hail fall on those fields. There are nagpas who possess the skills necessary to bring rain, but my practice only permits me to stop hailstorms."
-as told by Karma Lhundup in "Controlling Weather"
Publisher | Amber Lotus |
Binding | Calendar |
Reading Level | Uncategorized
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# of Pages | 26 |
ISBN-10 | 156937421X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1569374214 |
Publication Date | 07/12/2004 |
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