Tibetan exhibition held in Tuscany province of Italy[Sunday, 31 October 2010, 12:14 p.m.]

A Tibetan monk making a sand mandala during the exhibition

Carrara, Italy:
“Support us to save and preserve Tibet’s culture,” said Mr Tseten
Samdup Chhoekyapa, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Representative based
in Geneva at the Oriental exhibition at Carrara in the Tuscany province
of Italy.Mr Chhoekyapa said that the Chinese government was
destroying the Tibetan culture in Tibet. The Tibetan cultural
exhibition represents an ancient culture that is flourishing in exile
while systematically being destroyed in Tibet by the Chinese, he said.

In a special ceremony, the Mayor of
Carrara Mr Angelo Zubbani especially arrived at the exhibition to greet
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Representative. The mayor presented Mr
Chhoekyapa, a marble plate to mark the visit of His Holiness the Dalai
Lama’s Representative. Mr Chhoekyapa said that he was honoured
to address the cultural exhibition of ten countries that share a common
Buddhist culture based on compassion and love. The three days
Oriental Cultural exhibition started on 29 October. The exhibition is
organised by the government of Carrara, famous for the white Italian
marble. The Tibetan exhibition, the largest of the exhibitions was
organised by Mr Tamding Choephel of Milan based Tibet Culture House.
Other countries represented were India, China, Japan, Thailand,
Indonesia, Philippines, Korea, Vietnam and Tibet.