Apr 24 2007

Potluck and Tibetan cultural event

In the spring of 2006, The Weekly ran an article about the upcoming pilgrimage that Lopezian Cedar Bough and her husband Karsangjamtso (Karjam) Saeji were planning on the Tibetan Plateau.

The couple began walking from Karjam's hometown in late June, and three months and 1,615 miles later they arrived in Lhasa, exhausted and elated. Hurrying to the most holy site of Tibetan Buddhism, the Jokhang Temple, they performed prostrations on the smoothed stones before looking around for a hotel room.

As they journeyed they were welcomed warmly by communities along the way. Once a twelve-year-old boy came to their rescue as they were descending an almost impassable gorge.

On Friday, April 27, at 6:30 p.m., Karjam and Cedar Bough have planned a potluck, slide show, and live music event at Lopez Center. After sharing food with new and old friends, their loose idea is to have an introduction to their pilgrimage with maps and basic information about Buddhist pilgrimages in Tibetan culture, then Cedar Bough will alternate reading passages from the book she's writing about their journey with showing slides. The slides and stories will be less than an hour in length. Karjam is planning to demonstrate Tibetan traditional dance as well as sing a selection of songs, both traditional and his own original compositions.

They request that people bring utensils and plates or bowls to cut down on potluck waste.

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