Untitled - Life and Culture on the Tibetan Plateau

girl."
Next, each A zhang <strong>and</strong> 'grul ba returned a tea brick to
the family <strong>and</strong> each kept a kha btags.
More Songs; the Bag ma Offered Liquor to All the A zhang
<strong>and</strong> 'grul ba
Guests enjoyed songs, liquor, <strong>and</strong> beer. The singers sang
traditional <strong>and</strong> modern songs. Dpal mo mtsho offered a bowl
of liquor to every A zhang <strong>and</strong> 'grul ba. All the A zhang
offered mchod kha with Dpal mo mtsho's bowl of liquor.
Also, most gave approximately three RMB to Dpal mo
mtsho.
Most villagers <strong>and</strong> 'grul ba began leaving at around
three a.m. Around five a.m., only seven A zhang, ten 'grul
ba, <strong>and</strong> fifteen villagers remained. They continued to enjoy
songs, liquor, <strong>and</strong> beer. At around five-thirty a.m., helpers
cooked boiled stuffed dumplings <strong>and</strong> offered them to the
remaining guests.
DEPARTURE
Just before dawn, at about seven, Tshe dpal rdo rje went to
the five village homes where the A zhang had spent the night
<strong>and</strong> invited them to the family home where they were offered
boiled stuffed dumplings. After the meal, the helpers <strong>and</strong>
Dpal mo mtsho's family saw the A zhang off. The helpers
<strong>and</strong> Dpal mo mtsho's family offered five bottles of Yiping
Huzhu liquor <strong>and</strong> ten bottles of Yellow River beer as bro
chang for them to enjoy on their way home.
Dpal mo mtsho's family <strong>and</strong> helpers offered boiled
stuffed dumplings to all the 'grul ba at Dpal mo mtsho's
home. After the meal, all the 'grul ba left for their homes
except for three of Dpal mo mtsho's paternal aunts. There
was no ritual for their departure.
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