West Coast Picnic Cultural Competition Champion is UTAH!!!! Woohhooooo Thank you Gen Ugyen La and Gen Tsetan La.

Utah Tibetan Association has participated in the Utah Asian Festival 2023, where UTA had a designated area where UTA display Tibetan artifacts, artwork, and crafts. UTA also offered information about Tibet’s history, religion, and culture, as well as engaging with festival attendees through interactive activities, such as traditional Tibetan music and performances.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      April 18, 2023     Statement Release     We at the Utah Tibetan Association would like to express our unequivocal support for His Holiness theDalai Lama in the wake of the recent attacks directed towards him. We are deeply saddened and disturbedby the maliciously edited video that has been circulating on social …

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HELP Your Community: Utah Tibetan Association making a difference in the community by donating a lunch to the homeless shelter on February 4, 2023. Volunteers helping  to drop lunch at the Pamela Atkinson homeless service in south Salt Lake. [print_gllr id=4218]

“Compassion is what makes our lives meaningful. It is the source of all lasting happiness and joy. And it is the foundation of a good heart, the heart of one who acts out of desire to help others. Through kindness, through affection, through honesty, through truth and justice toward all others we ensure our own …

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Wednesday on 11th January 2023, UTA was blessed by Khensur Lobsang Delek Rinpoche, a.k.a His Eminence Gen Uma Jugpa.  We are very grateful for his kind teaching. [print_gllr id=4165]

Utah Tibetan Association celebrated their annual summer camp to live their culture, tradition and religion on 17th and 18th of September, 2022.    Program details below:  [print_gllr id=4100] Utah Summer Camp 2022 Program Details.Saturday, September 17:1:00 to 2:30pm • Meet and greetTibetan National Anthem. U.S National Anthem. Main hall. Setup chairs seats facing stage.Welcome speech by …

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For more than 30 years Utah Tibetan Association has been participating in the annual Living Tradition Festival in Utah. This is a 3 day event of nonprofit groups and member clubs representing many cultures, nationalities, and ethnicities sell delicious fare at the Food Market; there are more than 20 vendors each year. The event’s hallmark, however, …

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Utah Tibetan Association is committed to preserving our unique Tibetan culture.   We are proud to announce that after shutting down our Sunday school due to the Covid pandemic, we reopened our Sunday school on May 1st, 2022.   We had 4 teachers volunteer to teach at the Sunday school. Tenzin Lhawang la, Tenzin Khando la, Kalsang Dorjee …

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A haunting first novel that recounts a Tibetan family’s fifty-year journey through exile and their struggles to forge new lives of dignity, love, and hope. Named one of Publishers Weekly’s Writers to Watch, and a most anticipated book of the year by The Millions and Ms. Tsering Yangzom Lama is a Tibetan writer. She was born and raised in …

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Due to the worldwide one-night-only screening of his holiness the Dalai Lama’s documentary.  Tibet night will begin at 6pm(not 7 as originally posted) at the Megaplex theaters Valley Fair Mall, West Valley.  UTA will be performing dance and will have guest speakers before the movie screening. DATE: March 31st, Thursday VENUE: Megaplex theaters Valley Fair …

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Commemorating March 10th 1959, the Utah Tibetan community gathered in the freezing cold weather. Sweet tea and butter tea were brought by the community to keep each other warm. Despite being a weekday and the program starting early in the morning, the Utah Tibetan community had a good turnout. They assembled in front of the …

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The Utah Tibetan Association celebrated Losar 2022, the year of the Water Tiger with Sangsol in the morning at 10am where colorful prayer flags were hung at the community center and an evening program with dinner, entertainment and dance. This was the first major party post-covid and the community members spent the day celebrating the …

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A trip to Montana for the elders was organized under the leadership of Norbu la and assistance from key UTA members such as Karma Thinley la, Dhondup la, Passang la, Tsedor la, Tsering Tashi la, Samdup la in collaboration and support with the Utah Tibetan Association.  It was a part pilgrimage, part sightseeing and part …

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Salt Lake City: The Office of Tibet, Washington DC, convened the 19th North America Tibetan Associations Conference in Salt Lake City from 4 – 6 September 2021. The Tibetan Association of Utah facilitated the logistical arrangements of the conference. The guest of honor at this year’s NATA conference was Secretary Karma Choeying from the Department …

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