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2008 West Lakes Meeting of the Association of American Geographers: Field Trips
**Space is limited for both events. To reserve your space, please confirm with Dr. Jim Biles (jbiles@indiana.edu | 812 856-4447)
- Fri, Nov. 14 (AM) - Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center (More information forthcoming)
- Thubten Jigme Norbu (Tagtser Rinpoche) left Tibet in 1950 to educate the world about the atrocities in Tibet and the actions of the PRC. He was one of the first high profile Tibetans to go into exile and was the first Tibetan to settle in the United States. In 1979, Rinpoche founded the Tibetan Cultural Center (TCC) in Bloomington, Indiana, a center devoted to preserving Tibetan culture and religion. In 2007, His Holiness broadened the mission of the center to include Mongolians and officially renamed it as "The Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center (TMBCC)."
- The TMBCC has a Cultural Building, housing Tibean works of art such as Tibetan Butter Sculptures and painting of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Tibetan historical figures. The Cultural building also has a Library of Tibetan related works and a Gift Shop where visitors may purchase articles made by Tibetan and Mongolians
- Fri. Nov. 14, 3:00 (FREE) - Guided Tour - The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction
- Tour limited to 20 participants.
- Tour participant(s) should meet on the 3rd floor of Morrison Hall, which is just behind Memorial Hall, on 3rd Street between Hawthorne and Ballentine Streets.
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