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Religious women of this ethnicity braid their hair into over 100 braids and owned a type of coral called dzi beads. Each night in these people's capital, a giant cauldron of tea was brewed with hundreds of kilos of butter. A British expedition to these (20[1])people was led by Francis (20[1])Younghusband. (20[3]0[1])A period (20[1])called dhulok ("doo-LOHK") followed the 1951 (20[1])Seventeen Point (0[1])Agreement forced on these people. (20[2])Since (*) 1960, (10[1])a leader of these people has lived in Dharamshala. (10[11])Richard Gere (10[1])was active in a campaign to "free" these people, (0[1])whose leaders once lived in (10[1])Potala Palace (10[3])in a high-elevation (10[1])capital. (10[1])An exiled leader of these people was born Tenzin (10[1])Gyatso. For 10 points, name this ethnic group whose spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama. (0[1])■END■ (10[7])

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