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Amala, the life and struggle of the Dalai Lama's sister
Culture · Saturday, October 31 · 15:00 · Nantes
Cosmopolis, 18 Rue Scribe
Free
AMALA, THE LIFE AND STRUGGLE OF THE DALAI LAMA'S SISTER. Realisation: Geleck Palsang. Inde, 2022. VO in English and Tibetan, subtitled in English, 50 min. For most of her life, Jetsun Pema lived in the shadow of her elder brother the Dalai Lama, who as head of the Tibetan people in exile has embodied Tibetan Buddhism for 70 years. Yet the woman nicknamed Amala (mother in Tibetan) has tirelessly worked for more than 50 years to protect and promote Tibetan identity through education. She notably ran the Tibetan refugee nursery in India, which
