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Description of healing rituals and remedies
Mr. Tshering introduces himself and explains how long he has been performing rituals, the cause of various diseases, and remedies for stomach aches. He also talks about his marriage life and resettlement.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of healing rituals for serious patients
Mr. Tshering describes how to cure a serious patient using various rituals including preparing an elaborate feast, offering jewelry, and dressing as ransom to get back the soul of the patient.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of healing rituals and remedies
Mr. Tshering introduces himself and explains how long he has been performing rituals, the cause of various diseases, and remedies for stomach aches. He also talks about his marriage life and resettlement.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of healing rituals for serious patients
Mr. Tshering describes how to cure a serious patient using various rituals including preparing an elaborate feast, offering jewelry, and dressing as ransom to get back the soul of the patient.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of appeasement rituals for spirits and ghosts
Mr. Tshering describes how to appease spirits and ghosts with wine, water, and smoke. He uses the count of the rosary to determine remedies for sickness. During the process, he recites the Buddha mantra.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of appeasement rituals for spirits and ghosts
Mr. Tshering describes how to appease spirits and ghosts with wine, water, and smoke. He uses the count of the rosary to determine remedies for sickness. During the process, he recites the Buddha mantra. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date:
2022-07/2023-06
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of appeasement rituals for spirits and ghosts
Mr. Tshering describes how to appease spirits and ghosts with wine, water, and smoke. He uses the count of the rosary to determine remedies for sickness. During the process, he recites the Buddha mantra. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date:
2022-07/2023-06
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of appeasement rituals for spirits and ghosts
Mr. Tshering describes how to appease spirits and ghosts with wine, water, and smoke. He uses the count of the rosary to determine remedies for sickness. During the process, he recites the Buddha mantra.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of Mamo Zomsa prediction
Mr. Tshering describes the practice Mamo Zomsa (gathering all ghosts) which uses astrology and a rosary to determine the cause of a sickness. The rosary indicates the astrological predictions with different numbers: 3 for sickness caused by the union of Mamo and his family, or 5 for those caused by the Mamo family and servants.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of Mamo Zomsa prediction
Mr. Tshering describes the practice Mamo Zomsa (gathering all ghosts) which uses astrology and a rosary to determine the cause of a sickness. The rosary indicates the astrological predictions with different numbers: 3 for sickness caused by the union of Mamo and his family, or 5 for those caused by the Mamo family and servants. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date:
2022-07/2023-06
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of Mamo Zomsa prediction
Mr. Tshering describes the practice Mamo Zomsa (gathering all ghosts) which uses astrology and a rosary to determine the cause of a sickness. The rosary indicates the astrological predictions with different numbers: 3 for sickness caused by the union of Mamo and his family, or 5 for those caused by the Mamo family and servants. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date:
2022-07/2023-06
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of Mamo Zomsa prediction
Mr. Tshering describes the practice Mamo Zomsa (gathering all ghosts) which uses astrology and a rosary to determine the cause of a sickness. The rosary indicates the astrological predictions with different numbers: 3 for sickness caused by the union of Mamo and his family, or 5 for those caused by the Mamo family and servants.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of fever and body ache causes and remedies
Mr. Tshering describes how he performs divination using the rosary to locate where a person has lost their soul, and who has taken the soul. The count of every rosary indicates different directions, people, things, and events that may cause heavy fever and body ache. Mr. Tshering is originally from Rolam village, and stayed in Thragom village after his second marriage.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of fever and body ache causes and remedies
Mr. Tshering describes how he performs divination using the rosary to locate where a person has lost their soul, and who has taken the soul. The count of every rosary indicates different directions, people, things, and events that may cause heavy fever and body ache. Mr. Tshering is originally from Rolam village, and stayed in Thragom village after his second marriage. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date:
2022-07/2023-06
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of fever and body ache causes and remedies
Mr. Tshering describes how he performs divination using the rosary to locate where a person has lost their soul, and who has taken the soul. The count of every rosary indicates different directions, people, things, and events that may cause heavy fever and body ache. Mr. Tshering is originally from Rolam village, and stayed in Thragom village after his second marriage. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date:
2022-07/2023-06
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of fever and body ache causes and remedies
Mr. Tshering describes how he performs divination using the rosary to locate where a person has lost their soul, and who has taken the soul. The count of every rosary indicates different directions, people, things, and events that may cause heavy fever and body ache. Mr. Tshering is originally from Rolam village, and stayed in Thragom village after his second marriage.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of stomach pain causes and remedies
Mr. Tshering describes how to cure stomach pain caused by malicious spirits. He uses astrological methods to determine if the patient needs modern medical services or needs to appease the spirits to address the pain. Mr. Tshering is originally from Rolam village, and stayed in Thragom village after his second marriage. This recording was made in the evening after the day's work.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of stomach pain causes and remedies
Mr. Tshering describes how to cure stomach pain caused by malicious spirits. He uses astrological methods to determine if the patient needs modern medical services or needs to appease the spirits to address the pain. Mr. Tshering is originally from Rolam village, and stayed in Thragom village after his second marriage. This recording was made in the evening after the day's work. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date:
2022-07/2023-06
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of stomach pain causes and remedies
Mr. Tshering describes how to cure stomach pain caused by malicious spirits. He uses astrological methods to determine if the patient needs modern medical services or needs to appease the spirits to address the pain. Mr. Tshering is originally from Rolam village, and stayed in Thragom village after his second marriage. This recording was made in the evening after the day's work. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date:
2022-07/2023-06
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Dataset
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of stomach pain causes and remedies
Mr. Tshering describes how to cure stomach pain caused by malicious spirits. He uses astrological methods to determine if the patient needs modern medical services or needs to appease the spirits to address the pain. Mr. Tshering is originally from Rolam village, and stayed in Thragom village after his second marriage. This recording was made in the evening after the day's work.
Date:
July 14, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Spinning threads from silkworm cocoons
Joya Medok Doley demonstrates the process of extracting silk threads from a silkworm cocoon bundle called takuri kénam. The silkworms are fed green leaves and kept in a dark room to mature. Once they have formed cocoons, the cocoons are grouped and rolled in a bamboo roller called takpín. From the takpín, silk threads are extracted into a second roller which is thinner, called poːpi.
Date:
July 23, 2023
Creator:
Doley, Normoda
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about a pilgrimage to Tawang, part 2
Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She describes when she went to see His Holiness Dalai Lama in the 1980s. The says that, during that visit, she, her husband, and fellow villagers spent around one month waiting for His Holiness Dalai Lama. They were hosted by a relative of her husband. She also went into the field to help her host with farming, collecting firewood, making alcohol, and constructing the house. She explains that, that this time, it was common for relatives in these two countries to host each other for these visits.
Date:
July 20, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Historical narrative about the Thragom Tshokhang
Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She describes the Thragom Tshokhang which no longer exists today. She says it was built by three grandsons of Abi Lhaden. She explains that it was demolished to build Thragom Primary School.
Date:
July 20, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about a pilgrimage to Tawang, part 1
Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She describes an annual pilgrimage to Tawang, saying this was most celebrated among the older generation of Dakpa in Thragom, Bamchang, Rinzentangpang, Dukti, and Namdhi villages. The event was seen as a way to connect back with relatives across the India-Bhutan border. They usually went to witness Tawang Torgya, a three days mask dance festival. It took around three days by foot to reach Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, India when road links were not yet there across the border.
Date:
July 20, 2022
Creator:
Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library