Untitled - Life and Culture on the Tibetan Plateau

cigarettes were offered at ston gros, ma sru mgo 'dus, <strong>and</strong>
during the party.
Other Snacks
Liquor, cigarettes, peanuts, sunflower seeds, apples, <strong>and</strong>
c<strong>and</strong>ies were offered at the party. Peanuts <strong>and</strong> sunflower
seeds were in particular abundance. Dpal mo mtsho's parents
bought twenty kilograms of peanuts, twenty kilograms of
sunflower seeds, fifty kilograms of apples, <strong>and</strong> fifteen
kilograms of c<strong>and</strong>y. 56 These were only offered at the party to
the guests.
Arranging Dpal mo mtsho's Hair
Phyag rdor skyid was the hairdresser because her
father-in-law 57 <strong>and</strong> Dpal mo mtsho's paternal gr<strong>and</strong>father 58
were brothers, <strong>and</strong> because they live separate from Dpal mo
mtsho's family. Dpal mo mtsho's hair had to be dressed by a
woman from her family <strong>and</strong> Phyag rdor skyid was the only
one in her family able to do so. Phyag rdor skyid asked Phag
mo sgrol ma to help. They made Dpal mo mtsho's hair into
nineteen small braids with a wooden comb that Dpal mo
mtsho's mother had bought in Khri ka County Town. They
also used zar chu that Dpal mo mtsho's mother had made two
days earlier as hair oil.
56 These items cost 765 RMB in total.
57 Bdud 'dul rdo rje (1933-2004).
58 Dkon mchog don grub (1934-1996).
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