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		<title>Your Insider’s Guide to Losar Eating — Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second of a two-part series on Tibetan New Year food traditions. In part one, we explored the traditions of the days leading up to Losar, including the preparation of Losar cookies (khapsay), the Eve of Losar Eve&#8217;s soup (guthuk), and the chemar bo. In part two we will look at the Losar holidays [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Insider’s Guide to Losar Eating — Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this two-part series, we&#8217;ll focus on Tibetan New Year holiday food traditions. At Tibetan New Year — Losar —  which usually falls sometime during February or March, a typical central Tibetan family in the countryside will take a 5-day holiday to pray, sing, dance, drink a fair amount of chang, (a kind of beer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open your Generous Heart — Create a Losar Shrine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you probably know, the Tibetan New Year — Losar — is coming up. On February 22, 2012 Tibetans will celebrate the start of the year 2139, a male water dragon year in the Tibetan calendar. Last week, a reader posted on our Tibetan Culture Facebook page  that she’d love to learn how to set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Plan Your Trip to Tibet — 8 Great Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.yowangdu.com/tibet-travel/tibet-travel-planning.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yowangdu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amdo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To expand on the topic of Tibet travel that we began last month with the Top 10 Places to Visit in Tibet, we want to provide you with the best resources for planning your trip to Tibet. Here&#8217;s a &#8220;cheat sheet&#8221; of 8 great blogs, books, reports, websites and agencies, with more detailed reviews below. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Cook Dal Bhat, Tibetan Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yowangdu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dal bhat is a traditional Nepali or Indian food consisting of lentil soup (dal) served with rice (bhat), which Tibetans began to cook after we came into exile. Traditionally Tibetans in Tibet don’t cook dal, but it is a very common dish of Tibetans who live outside our country, especially those who live in India [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Could Mean More? Om Mani Padme Hum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yowangdu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tibetan Buddhism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buddhist mantra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yowangdu.com/?p=1726</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Om mani padme hum is an ancient mantra that is related to the boddhisatva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara, and with therefore the Dalai Lama, who is considered to be an incarnation of Avalokiteshvara. * Tibetans, who typically pronounce the mantra as &#8220;Om mani peme hung,&#8221; believe that Avalokiteshvara, who we call Chenrezig, has a very special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Places to Visit in Tibet</title>
		<link>http://www.yowangdu.com/tibet-travel/tibet-top-ten.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yolanda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Everest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lhasa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a Base in Lhasa, 10 Great Tibet Travel Destinations &#160; Nowhere on earth can you find such an intoxicating blend of humming spirituality, art and raw natural beauty as in the high-altitude holy sites of Tibet. And, basically, every destination is a holy site, every path a pilgrimage, whether you are trekking to Mount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best. Burger. Ever. — The Tibetan Momo Burger</title>
		<link>http://www.yowangdu.com/tibetan-food/momo_burger.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yolanda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beef Dishes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Momos]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yowangdu.com/?p=678</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like so many people, we dearly love the flavor of Tibetan dumplings — momos — and wondered how that great, unique flavor would translate to a burger. A little to our surprise, it tasted fantastic :-) Lobsang shows you how to make the juicy, delicious burgers for yourself on this video. We make these burgers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>His Holiness, Facebook and You</title>
		<link>http://www.yowangdu.com/tibetan-buddhism/his-holiness-the-dalai-lama/tenzin-gyatso-facebook.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yolanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that His Holiness the Dalai Lama has a significant presence on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, with wonderful, updated content on all of them? You can view very recent full-length teachings on the YouTube channel, along with interviews, public talks and more. On Facebook, view images of His Holiness’ most recent trips. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Momos — Recipe for Tibetan Dumplings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yowangdu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beef Dishes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Momos]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yowangdu.com/?p=374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Utterly unique and delicious, Tibetan dumplings are basically the unofficial national dish of Tibet. Every Tibetan family has a slightly different momo recipe, with various theories on how to make them the most juicy and delicious, or how to keep the dough skins to the desired delicate thinness. The variations are endless – momos can [...]]]></description>
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