Most Tibetans traveled by foot or on the backs of animals. The Tibetan calendar is based on fifty Tibet years. Each Tibet year, based on twelve cycles of the moon, contains 354 days. Native Tibetans have a staple of barley, flour, yak meat, and mutton cheese. A favorite beverage is tea mixed with butter and salt.
Monasteries are the chief centers for learning.
Land owners in Tibet pass down their estates patriarchally, to their eldest sons. Tibetans usually practice monogamy. However there are rare occasions when polygamy and polyandry are performed just to keep an estate in tact. The Tibetan culture, like all cultures, is one that must be respected. Page accessed times, column accessed times since October 16, 2000.