Subtitle:

Ethnologia Polona 29-30 (2008-2009)

Publisher:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences

Place of publishing:

Warszwa

Description:

24 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

In 2008, in the Himalayan region of Dolpo1 (Karnali Zone, Western Nepal), I carried out a study on the subject of pilgrims and pilgrimage routes to Mount Kailash.2 In addition, I collected material on the lives today of women in the Himalayas. In Dolpo society, there is a clear division between the worlds of females and males, and these worlds do not overlap. Being a woman myself, I spent most of my leisure time with women. I focused on “women’s” themes with my respondents, and much of the information contained in this article I received while engaging in open conversations, mostly in the village of Ringmo on Lake Phoksundo, and in Dunai.3 One of the most remote regions of Nepal, Dolpo is an enclave of Tibetan culture. The people of Dolpo (Dolpo-pa) share a common religion, language, customs, and lifestyle. They inhabit some of the highest villages in the world, supporting themselves through animal husbandry, agriculture and trade. The ethnographic and ecological history of Dolpo trace the dramatic transformations that have taken place in the socioeconomic patterns of the region

References:

Bauer Kenneth M., 2004, High frontiers: Dolpo and the changing world of Himalayan pastoralists, Colambia University Press, New York
Goldstein Melvyn C., 1971, Stratification, Polyandry, and Family Structure in Central Tibet, Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, 27(1), pp. 64–74
Goldstein Melvyn C., 1987, When Brothers Share a Wife, Natural History, 96(3), pp. 109–112
Gumińska Barbara, Wojewoda Władysław, 1988, Grzyby i ich oznaczanie, PWRiL Warszawa
Jiao Ben, 2001, Socio-economic and Cultural Factors Underlying the Contemporary Revival of Fraternal Polyandry in Tibet. Cleveland
Kind Marietta, 2003, Tapriza Lobtra – A Community Based Culture School and its history, International Conference on Development Assistance to Ethnic Tibetan Communities, Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission Taipei, pp. 24–38
Szynkiewicz Sławoj, 1992, Pokrewieństwo, UW, Warszawa
Valli Eric, Summers Diane, 1988, Dolpo: hidden land of the Himalayas, Aperture, Michigan

Relation:

Ethnologia Polona

Volume:

29-30

Start page:

165

End page:

180

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:61480 ; 0137-4079

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. P 366 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P 367 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P 368 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Access:

Open