Loomis: Himalayan Sherpa Collection: Rivendell Lodge-Deboche 7, Local Government

Duration: 57 secs
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Description: In a mix of Sherpa and English, they describe how decisions get made in the village; how rules/laws get made; what happens when rules/laws get broken; how exile is enforced; the structure of the governing committee.
 
Created: 2012-05-29 10:21
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: World Oral Literature Project
Language: eng (English)
Keywords: sherpa; everest; trekking; yak; herding;
Credits:
Actor:  Dawa Sherpa
Actor:  Ang Jangmu Sherpa
Actor:  Myla Mingma Sherpa
Actor:  Mingma Tenzing Sherpa
Director:  Molly Loomis
 
Abstract: These recordings were made on a trek in the spring of 2011 up to Mount Everest Base Camp. The recordings span a wide variety of topics from making and drinking chang to the work of Mount Everest's 'ice fall doctors'.
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