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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1852535, member: 2844"]I should have phrased that more clearly. I didn't mean <u>Tibetan</u> art outside Tibet, we have a few Tibetan artists here in The Netherlands as well.</p><p>What I meant was that figures or other arts outside Tibet are rarely Tibetan. Not the ones made by Tibetans in the diaspora, but the ones we find in shops outside Tibet or Tibetan settlements like the one in Dharamsala.</p><p>Many people think non-Tibetan figures are Tibetan, simply because of the romantic notions surrounding the name Tibet.</p><p>You wouldn't believe how many people post things on the forum asking if they are Tibetan, when they are Chinese, Indian, Nepalese, Thai. The thing is, there is so much more Chinese, Indian, Nepalese, Thai art out there than Tibetan art. It is a matter of maths, there aren't nearly as many Tibetans in the world as there are Chinese, Indian, Nepalese and Thai.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Besides, Tibetans didn't focus as much on manufacturing art as some other Asian nations did. The traditional saying in the Himalayan countries is that the Bhutanese are farmers, The Nepalese are artists, and the Tibetans are priests.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1852535, member: 2844"]I should have phrased that more clearly. I didn't mean [U]Tibetan[/U] art outside Tibet, we have a few Tibetan artists here in The Netherlands as well. What I meant was that figures or other arts outside Tibet are rarely Tibetan. Not the ones made by Tibetans in the diaspora, but the ones we find in shops outside Tibet or Tibetan settlements like the one in Dharamsala. Many people think non-Tibetan figures are Tibetan, simply because of the romantic notions surrounding the name Tibet. You wouldn't believe how many people post things on the forum asking if they are Tibetan, when they are Chinese, Indian, Nepalese, Thai. The thing is, there is so much more Chinese, Indian, Nepalese, Thai art out there than Tibetan art. It is a matter of maths, there aren't nearly as many Tibetans in the world as there are Chinese, Indian, Nepalese and Thai.;) Besides, Tibetans didn't focus as much on manufacturing art as some other Asian nations did. The traditional saying in the Himalayan countries is that the Bhutanese are farmers, The Nepalese are artists, and the Tibetans are priests.[/QUOTE]
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