A Tewo Tibetan Childhood

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Rdo rje tshe brtan describes his childhood in Dredze Village, Yiwa Township, Tewo County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China, as well as being a student in Xining City, Qinghai Province. Topics covered include his family, childhood injuries and illnesses, education, Terang (malicious household deities), mountain deities and associated rituals and sacrifices, death, conflict with other locals, collecting local plants, a birth in the village, stealing fruit, a wedding, plowing, a visit to a hot spring, a lost yak, slaughtering pigs, and government confiscation of fields. Photos provide additional detail. 

 

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A Tewo Tibetan Childhood

TitleA Tewo Tibetan Childhood
Publication TypeJournal Article
JournalAsian Highlands Perspectives
Volume23
Start Page1
Pagination1-150
ISSN1925-6329
Call NumberDS1.A4739
Keywordsautobiography, childhood, Gannan, Kan lho, Tewo, The bo
Sort Order 023
Citation Keyplacul1393