Tibetan Tartan Launched

[macwilkin]

I wonder if they'll send some of the material to His Holiness the Dali Lama? I've seen photos of one of his visits to Canada where the RCMP Pipes and Drums played for him -- evidently His Holiness was very impressed by the pipes.

Thanks for posting this.

T.

[ccga3359]

evidently His Holiness was very impressed by the pipes.

T.

Aren't we all?

[gilmore]

Actually, they are not Tibetan tartans, but Buddhist tartans designed by people living in Scotland, one of whom is of Tibetan origin. Not unlike, say, an Episcopalian tartan designed by some one living in the US of British descent.

Plaids and checked cloth have been made and worn by Tibetans, Bhutanese and others in central Asia for millennia. See, e.g., the Tokharian tartan here: http://www.tartans.scotland.net/tart...an_id=2654.htm

"The 'Mummies of Urumchi' which were found in the Mongolian Desert were at least from 3000BC. They were clothed in various woven designs of which this was one."

These are the first Buddhist tartans that I know of. Has anyone heard of others?