Untitled - Life and Culture on the Tibetan Plateau

offers a small banquet to all the helpers after the A zhang
leave. This is called rdul sprugs (dust cleaning). Just after the
A zhang leave, the sha nye return all the remaining food,
cigarettes, liquor, <strong>and</strong> beer to the family <strong>and</strong> clean the pots,
bowls, dishes, <strong>and</strong> basins used at the party. The name for the
small banquet derives from this. After 2000, the sha nye only
returned the leftovers to the family <strong>and</strong> did not clean such
items as mentioned above. A family member must go to
every sha nye member's home to invite them to the banquet.
The sha nye are served boiled pork, steamed stuffed
dumplings, radish soup, steamed buns, fried bread, <strong>and</strong> tea
by family members <strong>and</strong> their close village relatives. Then
they are offered liquor, beer, <strong>and</strong> cigarettes repeatedly. They
drink from morning till afternoon. After drinking enough
liquor <strong>and</strong> beer, they leave for their homes, signaling the end
of the hair changing ritual.
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