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Phorpa:The Tibetan version of the World Cup

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It is not just Catholic priests who look to the World Cup to find their raison d'etre. But Tibetan monks too. I saw Phorpa many years ago. And it was a cute little story about these young monks who loved all their spirituality but every four years loved the World Cup a bit more, at least for a month or so. And so they resort to all these tricks to see the 1998 World Cup on TV, without the knowledge of the big daddies. It is a funny clandestine movie that comes out alright in the end because the big Lama turns out to be a sucker for the World Cup too.

Its worth a watch though. Imdb info

Posted by Shourin Roy on May 21, 2006 11:26 PM |

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http://www.kaospilot.dk/docs/tibet.asp

I don't understand "kaos pilots" in this deal; but know Tibet has a team, this sounds like a great movie, I will be on the lookout for it, thanks for telling us!

Posted by: tom | May 25, 2006 5:42 AM

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