<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/6zk6-t238</dc:identifier><dc:title>A-mdo mi tshogs : Bla brang. Rma chu</dc:title><dc:format>video recordings</dc:format><dc:type>moving image</dc:type><dc:subject>Tibetans--Social life and customs</dc:subject><dc:subject>Religious life (Buddhism)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Buddhist monasteries</dc:subject><dc:subject>Xiahe Xian (China)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Zhouqu Xian (China)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Maqu Xian (China)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Zhuoni Xian (China)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Gannan Zangzu Zizhizhou (China)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Qinghai Sheng (China)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Bla-brang Bkra-shis-ʼkhyil (Xiahe Xian, China)</dc:subject><dc:description>[In the days of Monlam] : Narrated television program on the customs and traditions of Tibetan new year as observed in Labrang (Bla-brang བླ་བྲང་།), in Amdo. Includes introduction to the Labrang Monastery's history and features, and its new year activities, including giant thangka display, local Tibetan opera performances and butter sculptures. -- [Hometown Flower-Picking Festival]: Narrated television program on the Flower-Picking Festival as celebrated by Amdo Tibetans in Zhouqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. Introduces the viewer to traditional dress and hairstyling of local Tibetans, the custom of climbing the mountain to pick flowers, and associated songs and dances. -- [Part 4: Wandering on the grasslands of the first bend of the Yellow River] Narrated television program on Rma-chu-rdzong རྨ་ཆུ་རྫོང་། Machu County  (Ch. Maqu Xian 玛曲县), Gansu Province, including herdsmen life and customs, the local monastery and school, and new industry and infrastructure in Gannan Prefecture. Footage of the grasslands, song and music, sports and horse-racing. Includes introduction of a local school for herding families founded by a local tulku, Gazang Chenglai. -- [Another show of the divine land] : Narrated television program on the Zecha Nature Reserve in Gannan Prefecture, Gansu Province : narrated television program on natural landmarks and features of the Zecha Nature Reserve, located in Tibetan area of southern Gansu Province. -- Television program on the marriage customs and wedding activities of a Tibetan village in Jone County ཅོ་ནེ་རྫོང་།, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>