Salt Butter Tea
Lhasa in summer time: let's go for a picnic!
Summer time has arrived in Lhasa! You should know, there is “no summer in Lhasa without picnics”, to quote our good Japanese friend who...
Search
Salt Butter Tea
- 5 min
Saga Dawa, the Holy month of the Tibetan calendar
Saga Dawa is one of the major religious festivals in Tibet. Unlike other festivals, Saga Dawa lasts for a whole month. Saga Dawa starts...
Salt Butter Tea
- 1 min
Death in Tibetan culture (Part 3: A short Lhasa people’s interview on death-related matters)
This week, we would like to give you something a bit different, a bit special! Few weeks ago, we dug into the idea of death in Tibetan...
Salt Butter Tea
- 5 min
Death in Tibetan culture (Part 2: What are the funeral ceremonies in Tibet?)
This article is the second part of our series about “Death in Tibetan culture”. If you have not read the first part, we invite you to...
Salt Butter Tea
- 5 min
Death in Tibetan culture (Part 1: How do Tibetans perceive death?)
Death is a central conflict for all humans. Every civilization tries to resolve this conflict. In Tibet, Buddhism, which is the...
Salt Butter Tea
- 5 min
Living in Lhasa at an altitude of 3600m
What is it like living in Lhasa at an altitude of 3600m? You might wonder if living in Lhasa, at 3600m altitude, feels different. The...
Salt Butter Tea
- 5 min
Tibetan people's first names
There are many ways to identify ourselves and other people. Nowadays, people define themselves first by names. Most of the times, when we...
Salt Butter Tea
- 5 min
Lhasa people’s favourite snacks
Tibetans like having a good snack. Maybe you too. We definitely love it. Good thing, Lhasa has various tasty snacks to offer. Lhasa...
Salt Butter Tea
- 5 min
Tibetan teahouses (part 2: Having tea and snacks)
Last time, we discovered together what is “teahouse culture” in Tibet. It is a central place in Tibetan life, where you get all the...
Salt Butter Tea
- 3 min
Tibetan teahouses (part 1: The culture of teahouses)
Teahouses are very important in Tibetans’ life. Some even talk about the “culture of teahouses”. As the topic is quite vast, we’ll first...
Salt Butter Tea
- 3 min
Personal space in Tibet
Personal space is an important topic in terms of interculturality. People from different parts of the world will not have the same...
Salt Butter Tea
- 4 min
Greetings and farewells
When you meet people from a different culture, the first question you ask yourself is how they communicate between each other on a...
Salt Butter Tea
- 4 min
About Salt Butter Tea
“Salt Butter Tea” is a blog about daily Tibetan life. There are many blogs about Tibet, for sure. They tend to present Tibet in a very...
