Born in November 1956 in Nepal in a family of Tibetan refugees, Kelsang Chukie Tethong was raised in a musical family which deeply influenced her as a child.In the mid-60s she and her sister, Namgyal Lhamo, were chosen to join the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA), Dharmsala, which was established soon after the Tibetans came into exile in 1959.It is the only institution working to preserve the traditional Tibetan performing arts in all its various forms, which are facing threat of extinction in Tibet as a result of the occupation of Tibet by Communist China.


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