Indian culture now includes Tibetan influence, as after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Dalia Lama along with his followers were given shelter in India. At Calangute on the road to Baga, one comes across a Tibetan market selling their cultural art forms in many ways, from ornaments, jewellery as seen here, to musical instruments I have never seen before. Its nice to walk across and see all the stuff up for sale, and meet these peace loving people. One wonders how it feels knowing that their country is far away, and perhaps wish to be back. How does one feel, being away? They are of course Indians now, and although the sorrow of being away from ones country, or more likely the sorrow of being snatched a country is bitter pain, one hopes its some what consoled in the soothing embrace of India.
We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
Dalai Lama
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It is interesting to see more modern jewellery from Tibet as i have only seen the very traditional examples.
Hi Caitlin,
Well i guess they make use of whats available in the Indian market to build them. But they do look a lot different for sure than the traditional Indian jewelery.
Cheers Anurag
The jewelries are very nice .. i am wondering if I can get the contact number of the shop ^__^
Hi Aster,
I dont think they have a contact number as these are street sales near Calangute. You should be able to find similar jewelries in any tibetan market.
Regards Anurag