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Terma Heritage Foundation
LIVING HERITAGE

Hand to hand.

Some things no screen can carry.

Masters, children and elders carry them.

An elder musician places a dranyen in a young girl's hands

Apprenticeship

A master. A student. A lineage carried on.

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Young performers of Gangjong Doeghar in traditional costume, in Kalimpong

Gangjong Doeghar

Opera, dance and music in Kalimpong.

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Tibetan elders in traditional dress, together at Carnegie Hall

New York, our home

Elders, teachers and musicians, together for many years.

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Two young singers in headphones, recording a Tibetan song

Songs children sing

Tibetan folk songs, sung by young voices.

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The Dranyen app: the tuner, and the strings to play

Dranyen

Tune, play and learn the Tibetan lute.

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A living culture has living people.

We measure ourselves by what is still made.

Still sung. Still painted. Still taught.

Help carry it
forward.

Every font, every game, every song began with someone who believed it mattered.