Mustang: A Kingdom on the Edge

Al Jazeera’s Steve Chao follows the struggle of the Tibetan people to preserve an ancient culture.

While Tibetan Buddhism is squeezed inside of China’s borders, there is a place where it still survives intact: Upper Mustang – a once forbidden kingdom high in the Nepalese Himalayas

Al Jazeera’s Steve Chao travels there to document the fight to preserve an ancient culture, as China expands its influence into Nepal, and the modern world slowly creeps in.

 

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