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Lhasa is a city and administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. The main urban area of Lhasa is roughly equivalent to the administrative borders of Chengguan District, which is part of the wider Lhasa prefecture-level city, an area formerly administered as a prefecture.
Lhasa is the second most populous city on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining and, at an altitude of 3,490 metres (11,450 ft), Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world. The city has been the religious and administrative capital of Tibet since the mid-17th century. It contains many culturally significant Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka Palaces.
Lhasa literally means "place of the gods". Ancient Tibetan documents and inscriptions demonstrate that the place was called Rasa, which either meant "goats' place", or, as a contraction of rawe sa, a "place surrounded by a wall," or 'enclosure', suggesting that the site was originally a hunting preserve within the royal residence on Marpori Hill. Lhasa is first recorded as the name, referring to the area's temple of Jowo, in a treaty drawn up between China and Tibet in 822 C.E.
Lhasa de Sela (September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010), also known by the mononym Lhasa, was an American-born singer-songwriter who was raised in Mexico and the United States, and divided her adult life between Canada and France. Her first album, La Llorona, went platinum in Canada and brought Lhasa a Félix Award and a Juno Award.
Following this success, Lhasa toured with Lilith Fair, then joined her sisters in a French circus troupe, contributing her husky voice to the musical backdrop. She lived in Marseille and began to write more songs, then moved back to Montreal and produced a second album, The Living Road. Once again, she toured in support of her album, and she collaborated with other musicians on their projects. During this time, BBC Radio 3 honored her as the best world music artist of the Americas in 2005. She published a book about her impressions of life on the road.
Lhasa recorded a third album, titled Lhasa, but she was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 around the time it was released. She endured severe treatments but these did not halt the illness. She died on New Year's Day 2010. A memorial program of her music was put together in January 2012, performed in Montreal by artists who had worked with her.
The Potala Palace (Tibetan: པོ་ཏ་ལ, Wylie: Po ta la, ZYPY: Bodala ) in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. It is now a museum and World Heritage Site.
The palace is named after Mount Potalaka, the mythical abode of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. The 5th Dalai Lama started its construction in 1645 after one of his spiritual advisers, Konchog Chophel (died 1646), pointed out that the site was ideal as a seat of government, situated as it is between Drepung and Sera monasteries and the old city of Lhasa. It may overlay the remains of an earlier fortress called the White or Red Palace on the site, built by Songtsän Gampo in 637.
The building measures 400 metres east-west and 350 metres north-south, with sloping stone walls averaging 3 m. thick, and 5 m. (more than 16 ft) thick at the base, and with copper poured into the foundations to help proof it against earthquakes. Thirteen stories of buildings—containing over 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines and about 200,000 statues—soar 117 metres (384 ft) on top of Marpo Ri, the "Red Hill", rising more than 300 m (about 1,000 ft) in total above the valley floor.
00:00 Con toda palabra 04:29 La marée haute 07:54 Anywhere on this road 12:32 Abro la ventana 16:35 J'arrive à la ville 22:34 La frontera 25:38 La confession 29:22 Small song 31:51 My name 36:08 Pa' llegar a tu lado 40:43 Para el fin del mundo o el año nuevo 45:06 Soon this place will be too small
00:00 De cara a la pared 04:16 La celestina 09:05 El desierto 13:00 Por eso me quedo 16:50 El payandé 20:24 Los peces 24:20 Floricanto 28:23 Desdeñosa 33:07 El pájaro 37:06 Mi vanidad 41:21 El árbol del olvido
Lhasa, Street Life, Tibet - China please read more: https://blog.myvideomedia.com English see below [dt.] Das Straßenleben in Lhasa, Tibet in China spielt sich zum größten Teil rund um den Jokhang Tempel, der das religiöse Zentrum Tibets darstellt, ab. Der Anteil der Han Chinesen in Lhasa beträgt rund 20%, wobei sich dieser hauptsächlich auf den Inneren Stadtbezirk Chengguan konzentriert. Hier beträgt der Anteil der Han Chinesen ca. 35%. Armeeangehörige sind dabei nicht berücksichtigt. Alltagsleben und Religion sind in Tibet kaum voneinander zu trennen, so dass es nicht erstaunt, dass sich Händler, Pilger und spielende Kinder ungezwungen mit der restlichen Bevölkerung mischen. ********[en.] The street life in Lhasa, the administrative capital of Tibet, China, mostly takes place ar...
"Rising" by Lhasa de Sela from the album Lhasa de Sela, available now. Download on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/if38d9?IQid=youtube Subscribe to Nettwerk's YouTube channel: http://smarturl.it/nettwerkyoutube
Travel video about destination Lhasa in Tibet. Now an autonomous region of China,.Tibet is an intriguing and mysterious land of snow high up in the Himalayas that borders Nepal, Bhutan and India. For centuries it was a dream destination for scientists, adventurers and missionaries and, once almost inaccessible, it was a blossoming yet hidden kingdom. Lhasa, the ‘holy city’ and ‘place of the gods’ is the capital of Tibet and also its largest city.The Jokhang Temple was originally built as a shrine for a special Buddha statue. In the seventh century the statue was a valuable wedding gift from the Chinese Emperor to Princess Wen Chen who had it transported to Lhasa. Around seven kilometres west of Lhasa’s city centre is the old summer residence of various former Dalai Lamas. The Norbuling Ka,...
The splendid Potala Palace in Lhasa! At sunrise, throughout the day, at sunset and at night. Potala Palace was the main residence of the Dalai Lama until 1959. Construction began in 1645 under the Fifth Dalai Lama, over an earlier palace from 7th century. Altitude of 3,700 m (12,100 ft). Recorded October 2013 in HD with Panasonic TM900. Music: Phil Thornton - Temple Valley More from Tibet: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... If you enjoyed this video please like, share, comment, favorite! More from Tibet: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=... Visit my channel to see more of the most beautiful places on our planet: https://www.youtube.com/milosh9k This video is licensed/shared under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License - http://creativecommons.or...
Lhasa today looks nothing like it did many years ago. That’s no fault of the Tibetans of course. After the Chinese occupation started in 1949, they quickly set about to move Tibet a “great step forward”. Yes, there are modern conveniences like paved roads, plumbing, electricity, motorized vehicles, electronics, mobiles phones and the like, but it can be safely assumed that an independent Tibet would’ve eventually adopted many of these things if they wanted to. Today, Lhasa has the feel of a modern Chinese city. The infrastructure is unmistakably Chinese, but the majority of the people are unmistakably Tibetan. The way they dress, look, and act is so different from Han Chinese that it’s very easy to differentiate who’s who. Source: modernlhasa This footage is part of the professionally-...
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Suerte maldita de llevar cadenas
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