Video of Dalai Lama telling a boy to suck his tongue went around the world in April. The Dalai Lama apologized, saying he often mocks people he meets in an innocent and playful way.
Is it tradition in Tibet to greet each other with the tongue? In the film Seven Years in Tibet, Brad Pitt's character encounters a group of Tibetans who suddenly stick out their tongues at him. But what happened to the child has been a misinterpretation sought by the pro-Chinese to damage the image of the Dalai Lama.