: 76 European towns adopt Tibetan villages #IndiaNEWS #DEEP DIVE BY VISHAL GULATIDharamsala, May 3 | In a unique show of solidarity for the non-violent struggle, 76 European towns have formally adopted

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76 European towns adopt Tibetan villages #IndiaNEWS #DEEP DIVE
BY VISHAL GULATIDharamsala, May 3 | In a unique show of solidarity for the non-violent struggle, 76 European towns have formally adopted Tibetan towns and villages, scattered across the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau, as sister cities to demonstrate their support in preserving unique culture and heritage facing threat at the hands of Chinese policies in Tibet.
A book, Thank You Europe For Adopting Tibetan Communes in solidarity with Tibet, funded by Aide a lEnfance Tibetaine, was released by French Senate Tibet Support Group President Jacqueline Eustache-Brinio at a function in Taste of Tibet Restaurant, an excellent outlet for authentic Tibetan and Indian food, in Paris on Monday.
Besides Eustache-Brinio, a delegation from Tibet Support Group in France senate comprising JoAalle Garriaud-Maylam, Andre Gattolin, Alain Houpert and the group secretary Thierry Munier visited the Tibet Office to show their support and solidarity for Tibet.
Tibet Office Paris representative Tashi Phuntsok thanked the senators for their continuous support for the Tibetan cause and updated about His Holiness the Dalai Lamas health and programmes.
The main objective of the town adopting campaign was to preserve the identity of the communes within their own territory as was done for the Romanian communes to broaden the French communes horizon towards other cultures, other people of the world and to act as French citizens, guarantor of a motto which speaks of liberty, equality and fraternity, says Dharamsala-headquartered Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).
It blames Chinas education policy in Tibet that not only threatened linguistic and cultural identity of the Tibetan people, but aggravated the assimilation of minority Tibetan people into the majority Han Chinese.
According to the CTA, the city of Montbeliard in eastern Franche Comte and the municipality of Amfreville la Mivoie became the latest Municipalities in France on October 6, 2012, to adopt Tibetan villages. While Montbeliard formally adopted Kharta, a small Tibetan village at the foothills of Mount Everest, Amfreville la Mivoie adopted Phari in western Tibet.
The six French cities and towns that have adopted Tibetan places are Lavelanet-de-Comminges adopted Narthang; Gensac-sur-Garonne adopted Gadong; Bax adopted Rong; Carbonne adopted Nagartse; Latrape adopted Riwoche and Mailholas adopted Dorjeling.
The Dalai Lama, the traditional spiritual leader of Tibet who fled to India in 1959, is the global face for a campaign that aims to preserve the religious, cultural, and linguistic identity of the Tibetan people.
He often speaks about the Tibetan culture and people who were originally a nomadic with a fairly simple way of life.

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