Tibetan children
village
During our visit in Dharamsala we were invited to Tibetan children
village. This is a school in India that take care of the small
children that are sent across the border in Himalaya from Tibet to
have the chance to attend a Tibethan school. Here they learn the
old tibethan traditions.
As usually it was Pema that opened the doors for us, he had earlier
been a Headmaster in this school. When we arrived we had tea with
Dalai Lamas sister who now is the Headmaster of the school.
Thereafter we met the children that lives here without their
family, just to have the chance to get a tibethan education. Some
of the children are very small when they arrive across the
mountains. The school also has a nursery for the youngest of
them.
We were also invited to attend a big celebration during our visit.
It was a jubilee that they celebrated under much pomp and
circumstance. The children put on a big show and behaved like
welltrained small soldiers. it was nothing that one can compare to
a Swedish school.
Dalai Lama and Karmapa did also attend this celebration.
You will find more about this school on this site:
www.tcv.org.in