༄༅། སུད་སི་དང་ལིཀ་ཏེན་སིཊཡན་བོད་རིགས་མི་མང་ཟློས་གར།

Who we are

With passion, we preserve Tibetan culture and present it to the world.

In 1949, Tibet was occupied by the Red Army, marking the end of its status as an independent state. As the suppression and human rights violations intensified, the Tibetan people, in a desperate act of rebellion on March 10, 1959, faced a brutal crackdown. His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama fled to India, seeking political exile, and approximately 100,000 Tibetans followed him into exile.

To preserve the unique Tibetan culture of music and dance, His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama guided the establishment of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) in India in 1960. Similarly, the Tibetan Folklore Society was founded in Switzerland in 1966 to ensure the preservation of Tibetan culture.

We are the folklore ensemble of the Tibetan Community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, nurtured over generations by selfless volunteers, enthusiasts, actors, and visionaries. Our objective is to safeguard our distinct Tibetan culture and pass it on to the younger generation growing up in the Western world.

Our group, currently comprising 25 dedicated members, sacrifices leisure time for this cause. We typically rehearse twice a month on Sunday afternoons. The fees earned from our performances constitute our sole source of income, covering various expenses such as travel, rental of rehearsal spaces, and maintenance of costumes and instruments.