Interview on Local Caste System, Village Life and Traditional Crafting


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Title:
Interview on Local Caste System, Village Life and Traditional Crafting
Created:
2018
Language:
Ladakhi
Physical Description:
1 audio file
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Content

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

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Source:
HU OSA 437-1-20 Oral Tradition of Zanskar (HU OSA 437-1-20)
Associated Names:
Lamo, Tashi (Interviewee)
Part of Series:
HU OSA 437-1-20 Oral Tradition of Zanskar

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Rights Statement:
Rights Reserved - Free Access
Archival ID:
HU OSA 437-1-20:2/1
Suggested Citation:
"Interview on Local Caste System, Village Life and Traditional Crafting", 2018. HU OSA 437-1-20:2/1; HU OSA 437-1-20 Oral Tradition of Zanskar; Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:1c9aef5d-d210-47e6-b356-58db62ac1ecc
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