The Dalai Lama made a plea for Tibet to donate a musical intermezzo to USC Summer edition and welcomes all participants to Tibet for the next edition. Allthough competition is not part of Tibetian tradition, the Dalai Lama stressed that Tibet just wants to show some musical culture from Tibet and emphasis the aim of USC to share and bind different kinds of cultures, just like the ESC started in 1956.
"Dalai" means "Ocean" in Mongolian, and is a translation of the Tibetan name "Gyatso," while "Lama" is the Tibetan equivalent of the Sanskrit word "guru," and is commonly translated to mean "spiritual teacher." Putting the terms together, the full title is "Ocean Teacher" meaning a teacher who is spiritually as deep as the ocean.
For Tibet has no pop star culture and the prayers are very repetitive and last over hours. The Dalai Lama invited sir Cliff Richard to sing the song "Ocean deep"
Sir Cliff Richard told the press he was very much honoured and was delighted with the gift the Dalai Lama gave him for his support to Tibet in USC. It is a typical traditional dress from Tibet. (see picture)
You can watch a fragment (here) in which sir Cliff performs the song in front of an audience, not knowing they might have heard the mental winner of USC 2008.
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