Download or read book Asian Highlands Perspectives Volume 14 Life Religion and Marriage in a Mi nyag Tibetan Village written by Bkra shis bzang po and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work documents marriage customs and related oral traditions in Bang smad Village, Bang smad Township, Nyag rong County, Dkar mdzes Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. Villagers speak the poorly documented Mi nyag language. This study provides novel linguistic and ethnographic data, including a Mi nyag-English word list, maps showing the distribution of Mi nyag-speaking communities, and numerous full-color photographs of village life and wedding festivities. Of special interest are the transcribed wedding speeches locally given in Mi nyag and Tibetan. Audio related to this publication can be found at: http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/bkrashis001.html

Download or read book May All Good Things Gather Here written by Bkra shis bzang po and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Asian Highlands Perspectives Volume 19 A Nomad Girl 39 s Changing Worlds written by and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Chapters from life of Tibetians written by Jandáček, Petr and published by Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E-kniha Chapters from Lives of Tibetans byla napsána magisterskými a doktorskými studenty tibetanistiky jako přehled, respektive učební pomůcka pro bakalářské studenty, kteří se poprvé setkávají s výukou tibetských kulturních reálií. Jejím cílem je stručně rekapitulovat život Tibeťana od narození až do smrti a při tom se zaměřit na některé důležité aspekty tibetské kultury. V jedenácti kapitolách popisuje porod a péči o děti, přechodové rituály včetně svatby, rodinný život, zaměstnání, zábavu, příklady výročních a náboženských rituálů, smrt a pohřební rituály. Kromě toho chce publikace seznámit čtenáře s tibetskými termíny užívanými v daném kontextu a v literatuře, a dát tím náměty pro další četbu a konverzaci v tibetštině.

Download or read book ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES Volume 24 written by Stobs stag lha and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multi-ethnic Chu cha Village in Mchod rten thang Township, Dpa' ris Tibetan Autonomous County, Gansu Province, China is described in terms of location; population; clothing; language; religion; history; and personal, family, and community rituals. Photographs provide additional information. This is a study of the ethnically and culturally diverse Chu cha Village, which is located in Mchod rten thang Township, Dpa' ris Tibetan Autonomous County, Gansu Province, China. Chu cha's five most significant rituals are described: soul calling, weddings, funerals, mountain deity worship, and New Year celebrations. All four ethnic groups in Chu cha Village practice these rituals. Thirty-five images of village life and ritual are also provided.

Download or read book Asian Highlands Perspectives 2B written by Libu Lakhi and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable book is the product of a fruitful collaboration among a native speaker of the Namuyi language, Tibetan and Chinese consultants, and a dedicated group of Westerners resident in China. It affords the reader an intimate glimpse into traditional Namuyi, now well on its way to disappearing along with hundreds of similar minority cultures in the world. The authors of this book are to be congratulated for putting Namuyi language and culture 'on the map' in such a clear and respectful fashion. James A Matisoff CONTENTS Acknowledgements <6> Language Consultants <7-8> Preface (James A Matisoff) <9-11> Maternal Grandfather <12> Libu Lakhi's Family <12> Education <12-18> Part One: Libu Lakhi <12-18> o Village Primary School <12-13> o Township Primary School <13> o Middle School <13-14> o Sichuan Tibetan Language School <14-15> o Caring for Uncle Denzin <15-17> o Success at School <17-18> Part Two: Introduction <19-66> The na53 mʑi53 People <19-21> Ethnonyms <21> na53 mʑi53 Origins <21-22> The na53 mʑi53 Language <22-24> dʐə11 qu11 Village na53 mʑi53 Clans <24-25> Clothing <25> na53 mʑi53 Religion <25-31> o ɕi53 vi53 <25> o pʰa53 tsə53 <26> o An Exorcism Ritual <27-31> Funerals <31-34> The New Year in dʐə11 qu11 Village <34-46> o New Year Rules <34> o kʰv44 ʂə55 a11 pʰu44 a44 v55 (New Year Ancestors) <34-35> o Shopping <35-36> o The Twenty-sixth Day of the Twelfth Lunar Month: qʰo44 ʂa55 nga53 <36-38> o The Twenty-seventh Day of the Twelfth Lunar Month: Slaughtering Pigs <38-40> o The Twenty-eighth day of the Twelfth Lunar Month: Making the sa44 nda55 <40> o The Twenty-ninth Day of the Twelfth Lunar Month: Making Sausages <40> o The Thirtieth Day of the Twelfth Lunar Month: kʰv44 ʂə55 (New Year) <40-42> o The First Day of the First Lunar Month: Eating ȵo53 bo11 ly44 ly11 <43-44> o The Second Day of the First Lunar Month: ȵo53 ʐo11 <44> o The Third Day of the First Lunar Month: Eating ȵo44 fu53 <44-45> o The Third to the Fifteenth Days of the First Lunar Month: Visiting <45-46> na53 mʑi53 Engagement and Marriage <47-61> o Libu Lakhi's Engagement <47-51> o Sanjin's Arranged Marriage <51-61> Monster tsʰo11 ro44 mi11 <62> Research in Xichang and Mianning <62-66> Myths <67-165> Part Three: Texts <67-310> o Sky-ȵa11 gu44 mi11 and Human-Son lɛ11 ʁu44 ru11 (lu11 tʙu53 a53 zo44) <67-152> o Family Clan (mbʐə44 m55) <153-165> People of Power <166-219> o The Hero a53 pʰi53 ræ53 ɴɢæ53 (li44 ʙu55 ʂə11 pə53) <166-194> o Religious Specialist li44 ʙu55 ta11 ndi11 (li44 ʙu55 ʂə11 pə53) <195-219> Monsters and Human Relationships <220-310> o The Seven Daughters (a44 ma55 do53 dʐə53) <220-276> o The Puppy (li44 ʙu55 ʂə11 pə53) <277-310>

Download or read book The Monastery Rules written by Berthe Jansen and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. The Monastery Rules discusses the position of the monasteries in pre-1950s Tibetan Buddhist societies and how that position was informed by the far-reaching relationship of monastic Buddhism with Tibetan society, economy, law, and culture. Jansen focuses her study on monastic guidelines, or bca’ yig. The first study of its kind to examine the genre in detail, the book contains an exploration of its parallels in other Buddhist cultures, its connection to the Vinaya, and its value as socio-historical source-material. The guidelines are witness to certain socio-economic changes, while also containing rules that aim to change the monastery in order to preserve it. Jansen argues that the monastic institutions’ influence on society was maintained not merely due to prevailing power-relations, but also because of certain deep-rooted Buddhist beliefs.

Download or read book A Saint in Seattle written by David P. Jackson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003 with total page 803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exiled from his native land by the Communist Chinese, Tibetan lama Dezhung Rinpoche arrived in Seattle and continued his role as a teacher of teachers, mentoring some of the most prominent Western scholars of Tibetan Buddhism today.

Download or read book Tibetan Medicine written by Rechung Rinpoche and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Asian Highlands Perspectives 12 Silence in the Valley of Songs written by Zla-ba-sgrol-ma and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text and more than one hundred full-page color plates document Tibetan folk music (particularly work songs), and local life in the Sman shod Valley, Sde dge County, Dkar mdzes Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. Bo nyed, a local elder, describes the situation that motivated this timely documentation, "In the past we sang constantly, but now people don't sing no matter where they are or what they are doing. Now everyone is silent." The text includes richly contextualized and annotated transcriptions of the songs' Tibetan lyrics with English translations. Audio materials related to this publication can be found at: http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/zlaba001.html

Download or read book The Relationship Between Religion and State chos Srid Zung brel in Traditional Tibet written by Christoph Cüppers and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles presented at a seminar.

Download or read book Language Endangerment written by David Bradley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the endangerment of languages and the loss of traditional cultural diversity, and how to respond.

Download or read book The Life and Works of MKhan po GZhan dga 1871 1927 written by Achim Bayer and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tibetan Demonology written by Christopher Bell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tibetan Demonology discusses the rich taxonomy of gods and demons encountered in Tibet. These spirits are often the cause of, and exhorted for, diverse violent and wrathful activities. This Element consists of four thematic sections. The first section, 'Spirits and the Body', explores oracular possession and spirit-induced illnesses. The second section, 'Spirits and Time', discusses the role of gods in Tibetan astrology and ritual calendars. The third section, 'Spirits and Space', examines the relationship between divinities and the Tibetan landscape. The final section, 'Spirits and Doctrine', explores how certain deities act as fierce protectors of religious and political institutions.

Download or read book Frontier Tibet written by Stephane Gros and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frontier Tibet addresses a historical sequence that sealed the future of the Sino-Tibetan borderlands. It considers how starting in the late nineteenth century imperial formations and emerging nation-states developed competing schemes of integration and debated about where the border between China and Tibet should be. It also ponders the ways in which this border is internalised today, creating within the People's Republic of China a space that retains some characteristics of a historical frontier. The region of eastern Tibet called Kham, the focus of this volume, is a productive lens through which processes of place-making and frontier dynamics can be analysed. Using historical records and ethnography, the authors challenge purely externalist approaches to convey a sense of Kham's own centrality and the agency of the actors involved. They contribute to a history from below that is relevant to the history of China and Tibet, and of comparative value for borderland studies.

Download or read book Nomads of Eastern Tibet written by Rinzin Thargyal and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the first comprehensive anthropological account of premodern Tibetan pastoral economy and social organization in the Kham region of eastern Tibet, and convincingly readdresses anthropological debates and political claims about feudalism or serfdom in Tibetan societies.

Download or read book Mother of Knowledge written by Stag-śam Nus-ldan-rdo-rje and published by Dharma Publishing. This book was released on 1983 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dramatic biography of Yeshe Tsogyal tells of her flight from home, her spiritual training under Guru Padmasambhava, and her enlightened accomplishments. A tribute to the most revered woman of the Nyingma lineage.