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Posted: 9/08/05

International Week of Tibet Coming to TAMIU

 

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The Architecture of Enlightenment, Making of a Tibetan Mandala (sacred painting), will be at Texas A&M International University Sept. 26 through Oct. 2. The series includes lectures, a film and a concert and will be held at the TAMIU Student Center and in the Centro Cultural in Nuevo Laredo.

All events are free and open to the public.

The events kick off with "A Long Look Homeward," a photo exhibit and a journey through Tibet's history as narrated by 11 members of the Tibetan community in exile who act as the exhibition's curators.

The curators' personal stories are interwoven with the story of their nation and are accompanied by images chosen by them that illustrate those stories, in addition to chronicling the invasion and colonization of Tibet. The exhibit will be at the second floor of the TAMIU Student Center through Oct. 2.

The rest of the week's activities include:

Tuesday, September 27 - "Inner Revolution, Tibet a Spiritual Nation," a conference by Marco Antonio Karam will be held at 10 a.m. at the TAMIU Student Center Auditorium, room 236. Also on Tuesday, "La Cultura Tibetana," a lecture/talk by Tsewang Phuntso will start at 5 p.m. in the Centro Cultural in Nuevo Laredo. The conference will be simultaneously translated into English. At 7 p.m., Nawang Khechog, a Tibetan concert, will be held at the TAMIU Center for the Fine and Performing Arts.
 
Wednesday, September 28 - "Middle Way," a conference by Tsewang Phuntso will be held at 10 a.m. in the TAMIU Student Center Auditorium, room 236. "Nawang Khechog," Tibetan concert will take place at 1 p.m. in the Centro Cultural in Nuevo Laredo. At 5 p.m., "Democratization of the Tibetan Community in Exile, Current Achievements and Future Challenges," a lecture/talk by Tsewang Phuntso will be held at the TAMIU Student Center Auditorium, room 236.
 
Thursday, September 29 - "Tibet's Living Culture," a conference by Tsewang Phuntso will be held at 10 a.m. in the TAMIU Student Center Auditorium, room 236. "Compassion," a conference by Tenzine Thutop will be held at noon in the TAMIU Student Center Auditorium, room 236. Later at 5 p.m., Marco Antonio Karam will hold the lecture: "Revolución Interior: Tibet, una Civilización Espiritual" (Inner Revolution: Tibet, A Spiritual Civilization).
 
Friday, September 30 - Lecture/talk "Tibetan Community in Exile" by Tsewang Phuntso at 10 a.m. in the TAMIU Student Center Auditorium, room 236. "Kundun," a film by Martin Scorcese, will show at 1 p.m. in the Centro Cultural in Nuevo Laredo. From 4 - 6 p.m., Marco Antonio Karam will hold a seminar on the "Introduction to the Theory and the Practice of Tibetan Buddhism" at the TAMIU Student Center Auditorium, room 236.
 
Saturday, October 1 - The "Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Tibetan Buddhism" continues in the TAMIU Student Center, room 236 at 9 - 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m. - 2p.m., 4 - 6 p.m., and 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
 
Sunday, October 2 - Learn about holistic healing with Dr. Namgyal Tenzin, a graduate of the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute at 10 a.m in the TAMIU Student Center. The program ends with "Symbolism, Creation and Dissolution of the Tibetan Mandala" at 2 p.m. in the TAMIU Student Center. Afterwards, the mandala's sands will be ritually deposited in the Rio Grande.

For more information on International Week of Tibet, contact Ninfa Cantú at 712.1122, e-mail ninfa.cantu@elmanana.com.mx or visit www.casatibet.org.mx.  A link is also available on the University's Web site.


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