Cultural misunderstanding is different matter. Here, Dalai Lama’s PR agency later published the apology where Lama stated he was sorry that this video became public, not that the act itself was child abuse, promptly telling in the same tweet that he does this a lot “before” the cameras.
Tibetan culture seems to have the show tongue greeting from what I heard, not “suck my tongue” with even bringing the little Indian kid to do that. The phrase could have been misunderstood, but not the actions and the unapologetic “apology letter”.
I saw the full VOA footage that Mango Press on Telegram showed like a week ago, before it all blew up. Used headphones to ensure what I heard was correct.
Cultural misunderstanding is different matter. Here, Dalai Lama’s PR agency later published the apology where Lama stated he was sorry that this video became public, not that the act itself was child abuse, promptly telling in the same tweet that he does this a lot “before” the cameras.
Tibetan culture seems to have the show tongue greeting from what I heard, not “suck my tongue” with even bringing the little Indian kid to do that. The phrase could have been misunderstood, but not the actions and the unapologetic “apology letter”.
Oh, he said to suck his tongue? I thought it was just the show thing. That is much worse.
I saw the full VOA footage that Mango Press on Telegram showed like a week ago, before it all blew up. Used headphones to ensure what I heard was correct.