The Norwegian Tibet Committee, one of the organisations of the Human Rights House in Oslo, has played a key part in staging a big exhibition on Tibet, ranging from traditional culture to contemporary society, religious life and political plight. Chungdak Koren, right, Chairwoman of the Tibet Committe, guides through the exhibition and will introduce a film on refugee children Sunday 12 February. (30-JAN-06)
This article is based on the Norwegian Tibet Committee’s press release for the exhibition. It has been edited for republication here by HRH / Niels Jacob Harbitz. Photo of Chungdak Koren above, Niels Jacob Harbitz, below: Ane Tusvik Bonde. All photos at the exhibition: Ven Mathieu Ricard.
While the curator for the exhibition has been the famous Danish anthropologist Ditte Maria Seeberg, the excellent photos have been taken by Ven Mathieu Ricard, himself a student of the now deceased High Lama Dilko Khenze renpoche, left. Ricard has since become a monk.
The exhibition is aimed at school children and youth. Through film, photo, music and artifacts, Seeberg and Ricard shows the beauty and richness of the Tibetan culture – and how it is preserved in exile.
-The survival of Tibetan culture is at stake
Professor Trine Syvertsen said in her opening address last October that this exhibition is an affectionate homage to the Tibetan people and their way of life. Chungdak Koren said in her inauguration speech said that such exhibitions are very helpful to strengthen the solidarity work for Tibet in Norway, and that the situation in Tibet is not getting better. Koren added that there is an urgent need for the resolution of the Tibet issue, and that the very survival of Tibetan culture, language and religion is at stake. She also expressed her gratitude on behalf of the Tibetan people to the Museum and to Ditte Maria Seeberg. The exhibition will last until April and the museum will organize special programs for schools and institutions all over Norway. Right, Koren posing in front of one of Ricard’s photographs.
Ane Tusvik Bonde, HRH, Kjersti Movold, the Norwegian Council for the Rights of the Kurds, Chungdak Koren, Nina Luhr of HRH and Liv Kjolseth, also of the Norwegian Council for the Rights of the Kurds, all visiting the exhibition yesterday.
