'Tibet's language, culture under serious threat'
Dharamshala, Aug. 4 -- The political leader of the Dharamshala-based Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Sikyong Penpa Tsering, expressing concern over the Chinese Communist Party's intensified efforts to "erode" Tibet's identity, has said that Tibet's language, culture, religion, environment, and way of life are under serious threat.
Sikyong while recently addressing the residents of Norgyeling Tibetan Settlement in Maharashtra said that safeguarding this identity is a collective responsibility of all Tibetans in exile. While stressing the importance of preserving the Tibetan language and culture, Sikyong Penpa Tsering said that Tibetan is among the world's oldest languages, with a script dating back over a thousand years, and warned that without active use and preservation, it risks extinction like many ancient languages.
Notably, a recent report by CTA said that Chinese authorities have demolished over 300 Buddhist stupas and a revered Guru statue in the Drakgo County, in the traditional Tibet's province of Kham....
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