The history of Bon can be traced to the ancient shamanistic traditions of the Tibetan plateau. Initially, Bon was not a single, unified religion but a collection of beliefs and practices related to ...

" Kha means 'mouth', and sey means 'snack'," said chef Yeshi Jampa, co-author of the book Taste Tibet and founder of the ...

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to pray for good luck in the Year of the Snake.

I wanted to make the moment count. After all, it’s not every day you get to meet a man dedicated to fostering global peace, ...

Several countries mark their new year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar involving movement of the Sun and Moon.

Some held them above their heads and bowed several times to the deity in the temple ... at the Lama Temple in Beijing, a historic Tibetan Buddhist institution that draws large crowds on the ...

This ancient snack is synonymous with Tibetan New Year ... plateau before the arrival of Buddhism in the 7th Century CE – where blood offerings were made to deities. "[Instead] of animal ...