Flinders University Students Find Themselves at a Colourful, Nepalese Festival

COUNTRY: Nepal
PROGRAM: UniBreak Groups
PROJECT: Education
WRITTEN BY: Heidi Stokes, Flinders University

We have been extremely privileged to spend some time here in Tashi Ling and even luckier to be here for one of the Tibetan Festivals. These festivals only happen about four times per year, so we were thankful that we'd coincidentally timed our trip so well. This particular day celebrated the 24th anniversary of the Dalai Lama receiving a Nobel Peace Prize.


This special day consisted of speeches, singing, cultural dancing and more delicious food. We were also lucky enough to dress up in the traditional Tibetan outfits, which made us feel pretty beautiful after a month of limited showers and hairy legs.

We are all (Andy included) starting to feel quite emotional about leaving this beautiful place.

Thought of the Day - For every new word we learn in Tibetan, our English gets worser.