Across many mountains

Description:

Kusang never thought she would leave Tibet. Growing up in a remote mountain village, she married a monk and gave birth to two children. But then the Chinese army invaded, and their peaceful lives were destroyed forever. Thousands were tortured, prison camps were set up and Kusang's monastery was destroyed.

subjects: Tibetan Refugees,  Family,  Social life and customs,  Immigrants,  Grandmothers,  Mothers and daughters,  Biography,  History,  Women, biography,  Tibet autonomous region (china), biography,  Political refugees,  Nuns, biography,  Tibetan Women,  Buddhist nuns,  Grandparents,  Immigrants, europe,  Switzerland, biography,  China, biography,  China, history, 20th century,  China, social life and customs,  Refugees, china, tibet autonomous region

People: Yangzom Brauen (1980-)

Places: Switzerland,  Tibet Autonomous Region (China),  China,  Tibet Autonomous Region

Times: 1951-