DHARMSALA, INDIA (AP) - An art installation created with tons of soil from Tibet has touched a deep emotional chord among thousands of Tibetan exiles in India.
Hundreds lined up Wednesday to walk over the nearly 20 tons of soil from Tibet that contemporary artist Tenzing Rigdol spread on a stage on a basketball court in northern India.
Rigdol says his method for getting the soil to the town of Dharmsala will be revealed in a documentary in a few months.
The Dalai Lama and the new prime minister in exile have both accepted it as genuine Tibetan soil.
For Tibetans living in exile for more than five decades it has evoked strong nostalgia for a homeland to which they hope to return.
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