Tag: Tibet

Putting polygamy into perspective

To us, it might seem taboo, but polyandry and polygyny is regarded as the norm in rural Tibet. Polyandry, when a wife has multiple husbands, and polygyny, when a husband has multiple wives, traditionally signifies affluence. Evidently, a wealthy person can afford to support more wives and children...

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Sky-high learning

Above one of Tibet’s three greatest Gelukpa school monasteries, Sera Monastery, is an abandoned sky burial platform. Located at the top of the mountain, this platform was once the main sky burial site in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Sky burials are the Tibetan Buddhism tradition of carrying the deceased...

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