AHP 47: THE BUDDHA IMAGE EATS RTSAM BA

Abstract

I was born in 1990 in Rin chen Village, Rgan gya Township, Bla brang County - one of seven counties in Mdo lho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. My paternal grandfather (b. 1940) told me that my grandmother's grandparents moved to Rina chena in about 1902 from Rdo dbus Village, Mtsho sngon Province. As a child, I herded yaks and sheep with others and often heard Uncle Ston pa stories, jokes, and other folklore. The last half-century has seen many changes in people's lives. Today, villagers cultivate rape and barley. ...