The first day of Metal Tiger Tibetan Losar is on February 14, 2010 and we will celebrate it with the community members, their friends and family on the same day.

TAW has lined up quite a few fun filled activities to make it enjoyable for every participants.

Please mark your calendar and wait for more details to follow.

VENUE:  Egan Hall

TIME:     Gathering around 12:30 Pm

DATE:      Sunday, February 14, 2010

As announced at our Nobel Prize Day celebration that we have initiated to start an informal Buddhist Study Class in keeping with constant advises His Holiness beginning January 2010.

This is to  formally confirm that the “Buddhist Study Class” will be held at Sakya Gompa on every second Tuesday of the month from 6:30 to 8:00 PM.  Sakya Gompa Khenpo Jampa Tenphel will be the chief instructor of this ‘Buddhist Study Class.’

The first session will be on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 and these sessions will be tentatively three parts as :

1.       30 minutes of talk on the subject  
2.       30 minutes of   Q & A
3.       30 minutes of group discussion

Our community members are strongly urged to consider to joining  these study sessions. TAW is very confidant that these sessions will be educative and greatly help each participant to have a better understanding of   various aspects of Tibetan Buddhism to make us  a better Buddhist, a Buddhist of 21st century as His Holiness always emphasis to the Tibetans and follower of Buddhism.

A Very Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all the community members, your  near and dear ones.

Tashi Namgyal

Time:  12:00 noon - 5:30 pm

The Tibetan Association of Washington holds it 14^th annual Tibetan Festival at Seattle Center, the world famous home of Space Needle.

The 14th TibetFest is  dedicated to commemorate Tibetan people’s 50 Years In Exile.

The highlights of Festival:

•      The Tibetan cultural group of Toronto, led by their Cultural Director Mr. Tsering Topgyal,  will be the guest performer at the festival.  Toronto is known for its excellence in Tibetan cultural performance. They are the winner of first ever Tibetan cultural contest of North America in Madison, Wisconsin in 2008.

•          Seattle Tibetan Weekend school will present their newly learned Tibetan songs and dances.    They will also exhibit different costumes worn by people from different regions of Tibet.

•        Visitors to the festival can also visit Tibet Tent on Fisher roof and enjoy a photo Session in Tibetan Dress.

•      The members of the Tibetan Community of Vancouver, Canada, will join and offer several enchanting presentations.

•      There will be side talks on Tibetan history, political affairs, culture, tradition and their way of life.

•       Stewart Rose and his wife Susan will yet again co-host the screening of movies of Tibet. The films will include seven years in Tibet, Cry of the snow lion, Leaving Fear Behind and recently released “Dalai Lama Renaissance- check more at www.DalaiLamaFilm.com

•          Tibetan Bazaar will offer an opportunity to visitors to shop variety of Tibetan handicrafts, books on Tibet and souvenir items.

•    The Children’s Corner is one of most sought after venues at the festival. Tsewang Chamatsang will blend the thoughts of children from east and west.

•       Food show in the Center House gives an opportunity to try how easy or difficult is it to make and eat “Tsampa”, roasted barley flour which is the traditional staple diet of the people on the Roof of the World.

•          Food vendors will be there to offer you to taste Tibetan delicacies and traditional food item.

It is a  FREE   EVENT,  COME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

On the occasion of the 50 years of Education and Reconstruction, the Tibetan Refugee Community all over world  is organizing events to thank their host country and international community for all the support and sympathy the Tibetan people have received over the past 50 years. The main official function is held in New Delhi, India presided over by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on March 31, 2009. A delegation of the Tibetan Community of Washington traveled to Olympia to meet with the Governor and Secretary of State on Monday, March 30, 2009.

The delegations was met by Mr. Brent Heinemann, Director of International Relations and Protocol on behalf of the Governor and  Secretary of State Mr. Sam Reeds.

Through them the delegation expressed their deepest gratitude on behalf of the Tibetan Community of the State to the general population of the State for all the support.