SAt. 5th February. Festival of Tibet.

To the Brisbane Festival of Tibet held at the Brisbane Powerhouse.

Guest speaker was Ama Jetsun Pema La - sister of the Dalai Lama.

This was her first visit to Australia. She spoke about her work with the TCV - Tibetan Childrens' Villages. There are currently 11,000 children being educated by them.

Here is Ama with Tenzin Choegyal, the Tibetan musician who lives in Queensland.
Apparently Jetsun Pema played her own mother in the film 'Seven Years in Tibet' starring Brad Pitt.