Personal narrative about a pilgrimage to Tawang, part 1

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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.

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Tshewang, Tashi July 20, 2022.

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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.

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This collection includes Dakpa audio-video documentation and text annotations, and a number of photographs taken by the collector Tashi Tshewang which document both the documentation process and of associated places, people and artifacts. This project was funded by a FLICR Fellowship from the Centre for Cultural-Linguistic Diversity (Eastern Himalaya), with support from the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research.

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Personal narrative about a pilgrimage to Tawang, part 2 (Video)

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.

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Tshewang, Tashi. Personal narrative about a pilgrimage to Tawang, part 1, video, July 20, 2022; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2243469/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Information.

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