there's already a giant underground market between thailand, tibet, nepal, china, and vietnam / laos for such pharmaceuticals, fertility drugs, aphrodisiacs, and illegal substances, I dont think jumping on the bandwagon now is a good idea, lol.

Shady Sands

United States4021 Posts

August 04 2012 02:53 GMT

#23

On August 04 2012 11:38 Caihead wrote:

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Maybe then the solution is to organize "sex tours" of Tibet, like the tour packages some less-reputable firms offer for Thailand/SE Asia. With such a supply of 15-16 year old girls who are asking to get pregnant, we wouldn't even have to pay them anything lol.

Carson

Canada820 Posts

August 04 2012 04:44 GMT

#24

This is an awesome blog. Thanks for the time that went into it.

I'm headed to China (specifically Qingdao) in January, and I plan to travel Nepal/Tibet and experience some of those places that are so amazingly old and historic.

5/5 ofc

StorkHwaiting

United States3465 Posts

August 04 2012 06:29 GMT

#25

On August 03 2012 18:23 felisconcolori wrote:
I would have to disagree only with the use of the word "gods" - while different Buddhist traditions have tulku and devas, they aren't "gods" in the sense that we as westerners would normally understand. Having said that, I'm not surprised when you say that some religious leaders appear to have rather expensive life styles. A tulku (mentioned above) is a way of saying a lama that gets to choose their Rebirth - and there are inheritance traditions that means a reincarnated lama can gain a substantial amount of stuff over however many reincarnations may be attributed to them. And, yeah... the top of a religious group seems to seldom follow the tenets the lower followers do, regardless of religion. (Example - The Catholic priest in my area that administers a shelter and food assistance program drives a Porsche 911. Not the cheap one.) The only thing I can think with regards to Buddhist monks in Mercedes is... maybe it was a donation to the monastery? (I can hope.)

Tulkus are part of the Tibetan theocracy. Devas are a higher state of being, but NOT a Buddha-deity. Neither of these are gods, but there most certainly are gods in the Buddhist pantheon. They're known as Bodhisattvas, ie. Avalokitesvara, Yama Lord of Death, etc.

Great write-up. About time someone changed the crappy narrative Hollywood and Western media's been trying to spew.

Also, last I heard the Tibetan zone was shut down. Did you have any issues getting in? Did you use a US passport? How long did it take you to get the visa? Was it handled by your NGO or?

StorkHwaiting

United States3465 Posts

August 04 2012 06:35 GMT

#26

On August 04 2012 03:03 Mothra wrote:
Very interesting, thank you. It's always sad to see a culture turned into a commodity to be advertised and sold. Similar thing happened to the Native Hawaiians.

...Similar thing happens everywhere. That's what they just did to Dubstep. That's what Lady Gaga did to the Lower East Side. That's what people did to California surf culture. That's what Korea does with Kpop. That's what PSY just did with Gangnam style. People will commodify and sell anything that's not nailed down.

Newbistic

China2912 Posts

August 04 2012 08:50 GMT

#27

Superb read. Keep us updated please!

ulan-bat

China403 Posts

August 04 2012 10:32 GMT

#28

On August 04 2012 10:48 Caihead wrote:

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... What? I'm sorry but the Chinese han general populus (not living in tibet) have some of the best perceptions of the Tibetan people and other minority groups.

Ask around you if you have the opportunity. I'm talking about any kind of people from poor farmers to educated young boys and girls. Hard to find a positive view. Neutral or negative opinions are plenty though.
Whatever, i guess "no Han on this earth has a positive outlook on tibetans" was too strong, it wasn't the point though (point being the land retrocession is unthinkable).

teddychico123

2 Posts

October 29 2013 16:03 GMT

#29

I just came across this post, specifically in my research about the white tents and cultural fertility practices. I do health outreach to the Khamba Tibetans, and have for the last ten years. One of the opportunities I have been offered is to go into the schools and teach health related topics on sexuality for the young people. There is a high out of wedlock pregnancy rate. I really need to know if the white tents legend is true. I have heard stories, but have never witnessed it, nor was it verified by any of the local Tibetans I work with and know. They have lived there all their lives and never heard of such a thing. Is it in the most rural areas? I really could use verification on this, only because it will go into my documentation reports. Thanks.

TheKwas

Iceland372 Posts

October 29 2013 17:00 GMT

#30

I asked earlier about verification about the White Tent issue and got no reply. If you google "tibet white tent sex", the top result is actually just this thread, and none of the other results even mention this myth (the other results are actually more prone to talk about how sexually conservative traditional Tibetan culture is).

Looks to me like some Tibetan/Chinese person thought it would be funny to prank a clueless tourist with an outlandish story.

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