Oral history interview with Tibetan woman at Pala Manor (Tibet), 2000
Oral history interview with Tibetan woman at Pala Manor (Tibet), 2000
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- Title
- Oral history interview with Tibetan woman at Pala Manor (Tibet), 2000
- Abstract
- Interview with a Tibetan woman named Dekyi (Tib. Bde skyid), who worked as a servant (Tib. yog po) on the estate of the Pala Family (Tib. Pha lha ; also Phalha or Palha); start of footage includes scenes from the Pala Manor (Pha lha manor), the kitchen, etc., and brief interview with son of woman who worked as a water-carrier at Pala Manor. Young baby wears Cultural Revolution-era style button. Fu ll family is assembled. Also includes footage of Dekyi spinning wool, filling the water-offering bowls at the estate house, remarks about the Panchen Lama and her gratitude for the Communist Party, and description of hardships. Last section is footage of Gyantse, men and women shearing sheep, etc.
- Collection Name
- Sino-Tibetan Oral History Project
- Subjects
- Household employees; Women, Tibetan; Tibetans; Social conditions; Wool industry; Jiangzi Xian (China); Bde-skyid (servant); Phalha Family
- Format
- video recordings; oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 2 video files (Part 1: 63 minutes; Part 2: 63 minutes)
- Note
- Content labeled Tape 11 and Tape 12 on original time-coded shotlist.
- Note (Language)
- Interview in Tibetan, with some English translation.
- Note (Funding)
- Digitized with funding by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
- Language
- English; Tibetan
- Library Location
- C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 7202483
- Also In
- Tibetan Studies Special Collections at Columbia University
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-cg4f-xd83