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Lost Treasures of Tibet
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Program Overview
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NOVA travels to the Mustang region in Nepal where a small group of
Westerners are working with local townspeople to preserve murals on
monastery walls.
The program:
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explores the village of Lo Monthang where the way of life has
remained the same for the past 500 years.
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discusses Mustang's importance as a last stronghold of Tibetan
culture, which was mostly destroyed when China invaded Tibet in
the 1950s.
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focuses on the preservation of paintings on the walls of a
monastery in Lo Monthang.
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explores the dynamics between Western preservationists and the
citizens of Lo Monthang.
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examines the importance of Buddhism in Tibetan culture and the
key role the monasteries play in town politics and education.
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documents techniques used by visiting specialists to preserve
the monasteries and their paintings.
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shows the technology used by locals to repair the monasteries.
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compares the Renaissance periods that took place simultaneously,
yet independently of one another, in Europe and Tibet.
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