The miserable life of Tibetan serfs !

refer to:
http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/index.php
a site of Oxford University with 6,000 old photographs of Tibet!
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The True Face Of The Dalai Lama
by Kalovski at 4-2-8
http://www.rense.com/general81/faeeof.htm
[Part.2]
Class Society in Old Tibet
Tibet was a feudal society before the revolutionary changes that started in 1949. There were two
main classes: the serfs and the aristocratic serf owners. The people lived like serfs in
Europe's "Dark Ages," or like African slaves and sharecroppers of the U.S. South.
Tibetan serfs scratched barley harvest from the hard earth with wooden plows and sickles. Goats,
sheep and yaks were raised for milk, butter, cheese and meat. The aristocratic and monastery
masters owned the people, the land and most of the animals. They forced the serfs to hand over
most grain and demanded all kinds of forced labor (called ulag). Among the serfs, both men and
women participated in hard labor, including ulag. The scattered nomadic peoples of Tibet's
barren western highlands were also owned by lords and lamas.
The Dalai Lama's older brother Thubten Jigme Norbu claims that in the lamaist social order,
"There is no class system and the mobility from class to class makes any class prejudice
impossible." But the whole existence of this religious order was based on a rigid and brutal
class system.
Serfs were treated like despised "inferiors"­the way Black people were treated in the Jim Crow
South. Serfs could not use the same seats, vocabulary or eating utensils as serf owners. Even
touching one of the master's belongings could be punished by whipping. The masters and serfs
were so distant from each other that in much of Tibet they spoke different languages.
It was the custom for a serf to kneel on all fours so his master could step on his back to mount
a horse. Tibet scholar A. Tom Grunfeld describes how one ruling class girl routinely had
servants carry her up and down stairs just because she was lazy. Masters often rode on their
serfs' backs across streams.
The only thing worse than a serf in Tibet was a "chattel slave," who had no right to even grow a
few crops for themselves. These slaves were often starved, beaten and worked to death. A master
could turn a serf into a slave any time he wanted. Children were routinely bought and sold in
Tibet's capital, Lhasa. About 5 percent of the Tibetan people were counted as chattel slaves.
And at least another 10 percent were poor monks who were really "slaves in robes."
The lamaist system tried to prevent any escape. Runaway slaves couldn't just set up free farms
in the vast empty lands. Former serfs explained to revolutionary writer Anna Louise Strong that
before liberation, "You could not live in Tibet without a master. Anyone might pick you up as an
outlaw unless you had a legal owner."
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Originally from http://www.bestcyrano.org/cyrano/?p=507

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[gbmkhm01]

Stop lying, corrupted descendents of brutal serfowners !

[tibet168]

The Brutal Nazi CCP invaded Tibet in 1949. 6,000 monasteries, nunneries, temples,_ and their contents were destroyed. 1.2 million Tibetans died as a result of China's policies. All people including Chinese and Tibetans deserve the basic human rights to preserve their cultures, express their political views, and freely practice their religious beliefs. I pray_ this happens in Tibet and China soon. TIBET WILL BE FREE AGAIN! 

[DarkprinX2500]

@Ganeschar if that's true .. then why are their female politicians in China.. duh

[DarkprinX2500]

@iamlumin naah.. i don't think your tibetan.. your an agent.. CCP FOREVER!!!

[DarkprinX2500]

@tibet168 CCP FOREVER!!!

[CuriosityRoads]

Did you know that the Free Tibet movement is supported primarily by zionists and zionist christians who fully support Israeli occupation of Palestine and the brutal genocide of the Palestinian people? Food for thought.

[alfredzlee]

@BuddhaChrist13

Answers to your questions:

1/ They can' t. See Mongols.

2/ We all influenced by western lifestyles for sure... Now you could ask the young people there whether they want the old way of life back... By the way, you think that Africa should be a natural place? You selfish western people.

3/ Tibet has been a part of China Empire for more than 400 years. The ruler today just inherited the legacy. It might be different for colonism. Unlike hawaii, Northen Ireland, its culture thrive

[alfredzlee]

@tibet168 At that time, the whole population is about 1.2million, and DL cooperated with CCP and sent gift to Chairman Mao... I don't admit there is problem in Tibet... But please don' t make up history... The serf did live a very bad life...

[energyalt56]

@Bodgyalo319 ur comment is not smart,

 Tebiten in China today are 100 times better then Lama's rule.

Chinese gorvmt gave each family a modern apartment, free hot water, electricity, 4,000 meter "Sky railway"

Free school, free book, developing tourism, farming, farms, even free internet centers

China today is a role model for the world, Don't believe z media propoganda, search here to see new tebit !

[416thenomad]

Who ever says "free Tibet" are supporting re-enslaving tibetans under Dalai Lama! PLA WILL KILL YOU!

[SuperKenster1]

I am not tibetan but African Americans live in the same condition as the tibetan serfs. Unlike other African descended peoples they virtually have zero knowledge of thier former condition as Tibetans are about Serfdom. Additionally no one is fooled by this heretical sect.