Phil Borges: Documenting our endangered cultures

http://www.ted.com Photographer Phil Borges shows rarely seen images of people from the mountains of Dharamsala, India, and the jungles of the Ecuadorean Amazon. In documenting these endangered cultures, he intends to help preserve them.

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[citysnidget]

that video was awesome.

[Mrmoc7]

Touching. I hope to dedicate my life to helping out after I finish college.

[MrPEDOCTOR]

Yeah it awesome.. 

[cmd2tuts]

What the boy says is beautiful, but the subtitles ARE SO FUCKING EDITED! The subtitles in the video are not even half of what the boy is saying!

[Jefferdaughter]

With good intentions, no doubt, but sounds like cultural contamination - endangering some of the most at-risk cultures in the world. This is not helping to preserve these indigenous peoples.

[weissman2000]

@africaRBG

It's a long story. I refer to the book "the CIA's Secret War in Tibet" by Conboy and Morrison, 2002.

There are 4 fundamental premises on the Tibet issue: 1) Dalai is a benevolent god sent ruler of Tibet; 2) Tibet has always been independent; 3) Communists are reincarnated devils pillaging and raping Tibet; and finally 4) Dalai clan is the only legitimate rulers of Tibet.

Unfortunately, history is not kind to the 4 abovementioned premises. Truth does not support this fairytale.

[africaRBG]

@weissman2000  could you explain more?

[098anne]

Thank you

[weissman2000]

Well, with benefit of hindsight we may safely conclude that BS and freak shows go hand-in-hand. Also, only looking at one side of the story will generate biased views. Given this video is from 2007, the true nature of Dalai and his henchmen was not universally known yet.