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Such an ethnically diverse country.

Had to watch this in spurts due to interrupts @Shoshin1. It was amazing, the diversity of cultures/languages etc. Great history of part of the Silk Road used by Marco Polo but from the Chinese perspective. Brief mention of the introduction of Buddhism, remnants of Persian Islam and Zoroastrian religions. May watch the next part of the journey into Xizang/Tibet/Trump Highlands (or whatever name they are festering over) ...
https://blogs.soas.ac.uk/china-institute/2024/12/11/tibet-must-stand/

I watched about 15 minutes of the docu, @Shoshin1 … enough to get an impression of what it was like there. It’s tragic, and it makes me unhappy to see it, although I felt the docu also shows a bit of what ordinary life still goes on there, the little market stalls that have sprung up.

Where China Meets Central Asia

Such an ethnically diverse country.

The loudest Buddhist chanting I have been to was the Nichiren mantra being played at very high volume through speakers.

The Christians now are rescuing their organs.
Maybe the Heavy metal Buddhists (eg @Linc) would be interested in a new project, with 'Plague of Bodhi' (not yet available).

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/25/york-minster-hosts-controversial-metal-concert-as-threatened-protests-fail-to-materialise

Is that the wrong kind of kind? Ah Well! I will be sitting in the quiet corner with the tone deafened...

@Jeroen said:
I came across this beautiful short documentary (37 mins) about the life story of a native woman from Peru who had a rough childhood, left to travel the world, lived in New York but found she got depressed, was given Ayahuasca by a friend and received powerful visions to return to the jungle and become a curandera. I very much enjoyed the story, great cinematography and an engaging sound track!

I’ve listened to and watched this docu about five times now, and I think I’m falling in love… it has such a pure vibe, a really clean energy. The clear waters, the steam, the settlement, the curanderos. Wonderful, it really brings me to rest.