Tibetan Calligraphy with Tenzin Phentok

Cosmopolis, 18 Rue Scribe

In Asia, calligraphy is much more than a writing art: the gesture, the stroke and the thought are closely linked. In Tibetan tradition, writing, inspired by Sanskrit, plays an important role in the transmission of culture and texts. Tenzin Phentok offers visitors who wish to write their name in Tibetan. An opportunity to discover the forms and gestures specific to Tibetan calligraphy and to leave with one's name written in the Tibetan alphabet. Demonstration offered as part of the 'Tibet, still and always' exhibition presented at Cos…