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 Presenting Khada
The white khada, made of grege silk, embodies purity and good fortune. Presenting hada is a common practice among the Tibetan people to express their best wishes on many occasions, such as wedding ceremonies, festivals, visiting the elders and the betters, and entertaining guests. If you are receiving a khada, do remember to accept with both your hands! Raise the khada above your shoulder and bow if you are presenting a khada to a statue or a high lama!
Proposing a toast and tea
Proposing a Toast and Tea when you come to a Tibetan family, the host will propose a toast, usually barley wine. You should sip three times and then drink up. To entertain guests with tea is a daily etiquette. The guest has not to drink until the host presents the tea to you.
Keeping away from Burials
Sky burial is a common form in Tibet. There are many prohibitions. Strangers are not allowed to attend the ceremony. Visitors should respect this custom and keep away from such occasions.
Culture Difference
The Tibetans are among the easiest people to get along with in Asia. But still there are some cultural considerations you should better to pay attention to when you travel in Tibet.
- Do not photo them without permission!
- Always circumambulate gompas and other religious objects clockwise , thus keeping shrines and chortens to your right.
- Don't touch or remove anything on an altar.
- Don't take photos during a prayer meeting. At other times always ask permission to take a photo, especially one using flash. The larger monasteries charge photography fees.
- Don't wear shorts or short skirts in a monastery.
- Take your hat off when you go into a chapel.
- Don't smoke in a monastery.
- Do not eat dog, donkey and horse in Tibet.
- Be aware that Tibetans often gesture with their lips to show a direction, so if a member of the opposite sex pouts at you they are just showing you where to go.
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