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Summer time has arrived in Lhasa! You should know, there is “no summer in Lhasa without picnics”, to quote our good Japanese friend who...

Saga Dawa is one of the major religious festivals in Tibet. Unlike other festivals, Saga Dawa lasts for a whole month. Saga Dawa starts...

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...

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...

Death is a central conflict for all humans. Every civilization tries to resolve this conflict. In Tibet, Buddhism, which is the...

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...

There are many ways to identify ourselves and other people. Nowadays, people define themselves first by names. Most of the times, when we...

Tibetans like having a good snack. Maybe you too. We definitely love it. Good thing, Lhasa has various tasty snacks to offer. Lhasa...

Last time, we discovered together what is “teahouse culture” in Tibet. It is a central place in Tibetan life, where you get all the...

Teahouses are very important in Tibetans’ life. Some even talk about the “culture of teahouses”. As the topic is quite vast, we’ll first...

Personal space is an important topic in terms of interculturality. People from different parts of the world will not have the same...

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” is a blog about daily Tibetan life. There are many blogs about Tibet, for sure. They tend to present Tibet in a very...