A website on Tibetan culture? run by the China Association
for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture (CAPDTC) has
been launched, just in time for the Tibetan New Year on
Tuesday.
The website, www.tibetculture.net,
provides an introduction to Tibetan society, and features the
protection and development of local culture, a source with the
CAPDTC told Xinhua on Sunday.
The website offers 20 columns of interest, including "Tibetan
News," "Study on Tibet," "Religious World," "Focus on Tibet,"
"Listen to Tibet" "Tibetan Folk Customs," "Green Outlook," "Tibetan
Celebrities" and "Cultural Exchanges".
"Tibetan News" provides news updates, while "Listen to Tibet"
replays local radio broadcasts on-line in both the Tibetan and Han
languages, the source said.
CAPDTC is a non-governmental organization consisting of people
from both home and abroad who care for the protection and
development of Tibetan culture.
Raidi, a Tibetan and vice chairman of the Standing Committee of
the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, serves as
one of the three honorary chairmen of the association. The
association's chairman is Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, also vice chairman
of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference, China's top advisory body.
(Xinhua News Agency February 27, 2006)