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A fundraising event to raise seed money for a Tibetan Community

Centre in Melbourne

Proudly Supported by

Come and bepart of Melbourne’s

first ever Tibetan Festival on July 6th

and 7th 2013...

...and Celebrate His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s

78th Birthday.

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Austral ia New Zealand Tibetan Youth

Festival of Tibet Melbourne

Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th July, 2013

Fitzroy Town Hall 201 Napier Street

Fitzroy.Saturday July 6th

Morning: 10:00am Festival of Tibet Opening Ceremony• Welcome to Country.• Ceremony and birthday

luncheon to honour His Holiness the 14th Dalai

Lama’s 78th Birthday.• Creation of sacred

sand mandala.• Official opening address by Sonam Dagpo,

Australian Representative of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

• Traditional Tibetan music performance.

Afternoon: Entertainment• 2.30pm Lhapsol: An Incense Offering Ceremony,

is performed by Tibetans on a regular basis to mark important events. It is intended to please the deities, ward off evils and purify the environment.

• 3pm Screening of Ngawang Choephel’s award winning film “Tibet in Song”, a testament to his love for Tibet and contains original music composed by Ngawang himself.

• 6.30 - 9pm Tibetan music concert, with internationally acclaimed Tibetan performers

Tenzin Choegyal - resides in Brisbane Australia, his extraordinary vocal ability and diverse musical talents have enchanted audiences around the globe.Lhamo Dolma - currently living in Newcastle Australia, brings to Melbourne her hauntingly beautiful voice which will transport the listener to the highest reaches of the Himalayan peaks. Tenzing Yeshi - Melbourne’s own, singing folk, nomadic songs and Tibetan Opera - all unique Tibetan art forms with mythical & spiritual origins.

9pm Dedication and prayer for the Long Life of His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama.

Sunday July 7th

• 10am Prayer & meditation talk by a Tibetan Lama.• 10.45am Display of traditional Tibetan costumes

and dress.

11am Panel Discussion “Tibet the Third Pole” discussing the importance of the Tibetan Plateau to the global environment.

Includes Guest keynote speakers • Sonam Dagpo, Australian representative of

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.• Dr Simon Bradshaw, Climate Change Advocacy

Coordinator, Oxfam Australia.• Ms Kyinzom Dhongdue, Communications and

Govt. Relations Mgr. Australia Tibet Council.• Gabriel Lafitte, advisor to the Environment Desk

at Tibetan Govt. in Exile, Dharamsala, India.Followed by Q and A Session.

12.30pm Tibetan lunch and refreshments.

1.30 – 4pm Workshops: including Tibetan dance, Tibetan calligraphy and Thangka painting with world renowned Tibetan painter- Karma Phuntsok.

• Personal stories of ex-political prisoners from local Tibetan exile community.

4pm Dissolution of sand mandala and closing ceremony

TICKET PRICES:Saturday Full Day $60 or • Morning: Half day $35 (Includes lunch). • Afternoon: Concert & Movies half day $35

(Includes refreshments).Sunday Full Day $60 2 Day Package $100.(Free for Children age 12 and under. Lunch not included)

Further information and booking www.melbournetibetan.com Phone: 03 9844 5379.