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andy  yen

taboos

andy yen asked 5 months ago. Tags: Tibet

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are there any religionary taboos when I travel Lhasa?

 

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moonlight answered at 5 months ago

1. Do not photograph them without permission.

2. Do not talk the sensitive issues like politics &, religion.

3. Take your hat off when entering a chapel.

4. Do not take photos during a prayer meeting and in some larger monastery, you may need to pay a small fee for the privilege of taking a photo.

5. Do not touch or remove anything on an altar.

6. Do not wear shorts or short shirts in a monastery and do not smoke in a monastery.

7. Do not eat horse, donkey and dog when in Tibet.

8. Always walk around monasteries, piles of Mani stones, pagodas and other religious structures in a clockwise direction.

9. Never touch Tibetan People on the head.

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