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Tibetan humour
On one of our trips we encountered some special Tibetan child's play: let's scare some tourists.
Cruising through the Tibetan landscape, we approached some village. As always, many kids played around in between the surrounding trees. Suddenly, we saw one kid hung with a rope tied around his neck, head tilted, tongue from his mouth, with a cheering crowd of fellow kids around him... as dead as he could be. Apparently we just missed the scene of a crude hanging. We were flabbergasted. Then, the hung kid opened his eyes and smiled at us, and we could see that the rope wasn't tied around his neck but underneath his arms. Very funny indeed (as a matter of fact, I think it actually was really funny, but not then).
Cruising through the Tibetan landscape, we approached some village. As always, many kids played around in between the surrounding trees. Suddenly, we saw one kid hung with a rope tied around his neck, head tilted, tongue from his mouth, with a cheering crowd of fellow kids around him... as dead as he could be. Apparently we just missed the scene of a crude hanging. We were flabbergasted. Then, the hung kid opened his eyes and smiled at us, and we could see that the rope wasn't tied around his neck but underneath his arms. Very funny indeed (as a matter of fact, I think it actually was really funny, but not then).
Anyway, where are we now? We are in Lhasa. Today we went to Drekung monastery by bike, which is, although we are acclimatised, still a significant effort. Apart from that, DongFeng trucks are the wrong vehicle to battle with. Scary traffic indeed, but the surprised smiles of passing Tibetans did us a lot of good. In the monastery, a miracle happened. God appeared to us in the shape of a fat sheep, that guided us through the monastery. It waited when we stopped, and yelled at us to come further. Thank you, sheep.
The last few days we have been indulging ourselves in the luxury this modern time has to offer. Hot showers, plenty of food and more of this. Lhasa is, when you know where to look, a pretty sophisticated city. On the other hand, that pilgrimage thing that fills this city with people crawling on the floor does get me suspicious, though.
I have been shopping for stuff to give to friends and family, and for a Thangka to please myself with. This thangka quest led me into the home of some people that apparently wanted to sell some painting, but appeared to be evil villains with fake thangka's after all. Bad luck. I am becoming a thangka expert though. That is the good news. The bad news is, I still haven't found what I am looking for...
I just heard that SARS broke out in Beijing. We planned to stay a couple of days in Beijing, so let's give ourselves a minute to think about how to prevent bringing it home. Any suggestions?
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