Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

མགོ་ལོག་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ
果洛藏族自治州
Guǒluò Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu

The Horse With Two Saddles-Tamxhwe in Modern Golok

Abstract: 
Thirty-three examples of oral sayings, mainly from the Golok area, used in conflict mediation are presented and discussed in terms of their usage by mediators and how they reflect Tibetan values and life.

"I, Ya ri a bsod, Am a Dog": The Life and Music of a Tibetan Mendicant Singer

Abstract: 
The life and music of Ya ri A bsod, a Tibetan composer and singer who lived in the early twentieth century, is described. Ya ri A bsod wandered through Tibetan nomad areas where contemporary Qinghai, Gansu, and Sichuan provinces meet in China. Texts and transcribed melodies of Ya ri A bsod songs are presented. These songs are contextualized in terms of their contemporary transmission, and the historical and autobiographical circumstances of their composition.