TIBETAN LEGEND

Tibet and Dogs: Myth and Reality.
"Tibet can be likened to a house emerging from rock; it is part of the twenty-four sacred places and was one of the cradles of life" goes an ancient Tibetan song, and another echoes it: "In the past, high mountains covered with snow towered over the country and the plain was flooded by the sea. As time went by the water receded into the ocean, the earth emerged and was covered with forests full of monkeys, birds and other carefree animals. But as nothing is eternal, the trees became rare and the Goddess Earth change skin..."
This almost evolutionist conception that the Tibetans have for their country is counterbalanced by the consciousness of a cosmic order, eternal and unchanging, as well as a desire for stability, as revealed in other song: "When the sun rises over the mountains, it blazes with five colours; hopefully nothing will change and prosperity will be our companion." The song continues by describing scenery where each one finds their place according to their karma: the snow-lion on shining peaks, the antelope in high pastures, the tiger in the heart of mountain forests, the wild yack on high rocks, the vulture on steep slopes and even the fish deep in the mountain lakes; but "hopefully nothing will change and prosperity will be our companion".

FRED AND VICKY CHU FROM TIBETAIN LINE "VON TRI SONG"

"A country surrounded by a wall of mountains covered with snow"according to a Tibetan definition, Tibet often appears to the Western mind like an impregnable fortress, timeless, well sheltered behind the chain of the Himalayas, above the boundary between the busy world of Southern Asia, with its many rivers, covered with vegetation and that of Northern Asia with arid mountains, vast, endless deserts where wild animals are found next to nomad tents. In reality this country has always been the scene of changes, where the inhabitants have been faced with dominations, wars, invasions and even earthquakes.
Let us imagine the context in which the Tibetan dog has its place: in the hollow of the valley, in the middle of rocks, tufts of yellow grass, stones and straw mixed with manure, three black tents are planted. A little further on two big yacks doze while a young one tries to stand upright. On the hill opposite a flock moves slowly, led by three young boys armed with catapults. In front of one of the tents an old woman is sitting in front of her loom and while she works she tells stories of old Tibet. Her hand moves backwards and forwards pushing a shuttle made of a simple bamboo stalk to which a length of crude wool is attached. A ball of hair is lying at her feet and the children stroke it. At the request of the children the grand-mother tells the legend of this ball of hair, which is a fabulous story.

IN THIS PICTURES THERE ARE AUTHENTICS LHASSA APSOS

"Once upon a time, the first eagle which appeared in Tibet laid an egg, and from this egg was born a LHASSA APSO....".

OTHER AUTHENTICS LHASSA APSOS FROM NEPAL AND BHUTAN