General information

Call No.:

437-1-20:2/1

Part of series

HU OSA 437-1-20 Digital Archive of Cultural Heritage: Intangible Cultural Heritage: Oral Tradition of Zanskar

Located at

Digital container #2 / No. 1

Date

2018

Level

Item

Primary Type

Audio

Language

Ladakhi

Duration

2 hours 3 min. 55 sec.

Notes

This item is available in the Digital Repository.

Content

Form/Genre

Interview, Raw material

Contents Summary

Interview with Tashi Lamo, a woman around thirty.
Tashi Lamo is originally from Karsha (a village in the Zanskar valley), but she got married in Zangla. Her husband works as a wage-laborer. They both belong to the community of Lakshes, considered a low or ‘untouchable’ caste. In the interview she talks about her life as a low-caste orphan, the local caste system (in a Buddhist setting) and the discrimination and difficulties faced by her family. She also explains how the village community works and how important chores, like cleaning the irrigation channels, are assigned among the villagers. She also talks about her traditional (winter) crafting activity, explaining how they buy their wool from other people, or sometimes from a shop, as they don’t have their own sheep. They first spin the yarn from wool and then make nambu, the local home-made and home-died cloth used for traditional clothing. She describes the process of making nambu in detail, through all the stages.

Context

Associated Names

Lamo, Tashi (Interviewee)

Namgail, Stanzin (Donor)

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage

India