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Celebration of the 20th anniversary of the International Shang Shung Institute
in collaboration with Asociaţia Culturală Comunitatea Dzogchen, Romania
through an inedit cultural event for Romania about:
„THE PRECIOUS TREASURE OF THE UNIQUE TIBETAN CULTURE”
Bucharest, Saturday, 9th of May 2009
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the international Shang Shung Institute, the Austrian branch of the Institute organized a Tibet-Day event at the Central University Library in Bucharest, Romania. The main aim of this event was to present the unique treasure of Tibetan culture to the Romanian people, as up to now they have had little information about the richness of the various aspects of this marvelous culture.
The organization and carrying out of this happening was a wonderful example of functioning collaboration between all the institutions founded by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu - the international Shang Shung Institute, the international Dzogchen Community and A.S.I.A. (Association for International Solidarity in Asia). Although at the beginning it seemed it would be quite difficult to organize such a special event in Bucharest as none of us live in the Romanian capitol, in the end it worked out really very well and more than 150 people enjoyed a fantastic afternoon.
The program started with some Tibetan music by three young Tibetan singers and dancers from Austria who played (Tibetan) guitar, sang excellently and danced very beautifully. After a short introduction by Dr. Gabriella Schneider from the Dzogchen Community, the director of the Shang Shung Institute Austria, Oliver Leick, gave a talk on “The unique treasure of Tibetan culture and its value for our everyday life” followed by Dr. Gino Vitiello from Italy who gave a very informative talk on Tibetan Medicine. In between the talks our Tibetan friends entertained us with Tibetan songs and dances.
In the break between the first and second part people were able to sample Momo, traditional Tibetan dumplings, made by our Tibetan friends – and everybody really enjoyed them. After some Tibetan music Oliver Leick spoke about the history, the aim and the work of the international Shang Shung Institute. Then Aldo Oneto from Italy gave an introduction to Tibetan Ku-Nye massage and also demonstrated it on three people.
In the entrance hall of the Central University Library, besides an exhibition of beautiful photos of Tibet contributed by ASIA, people could also get precise information about the activities of the Dzogchen Community in Romania and about Merigar East, and purchase some of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu’s books in Romanian.
There was some very positive feedback from the people who attended this event and hopefully some of them will also come for the retreats. We all did our very best and we hope that we were able to plant a seed that will manifest some fruit in the future.
Thank you to everybody who helped this special event take place.
Program:
14.00: Tibetan song and dance
14.05 Welcoming of the guests, presentation of the program
14.15 Talk: The Treasure-box of Tibetan Culture and its Benefits for our Daily Life
15.15 Tibetan songs
15.30 Introduction to Tibetan medicine
16.30 Traditional Tibetan food: tasting of freshly cooked Momos
17.00 Tibetan songs
17.15 Presentation of the mission and work of the international Shang Shung Institute
17.45 Introduction to Ku Nye Tibetan massage
18.15 Tibetan songs
18.30 Demonstration of the Tibetan Ku Nye massage
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