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Untitled - Life and Culture on the Tibetan Plateau

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PART THREE: DPAL MO MTSHO'S SKRA STON <br />

INTRODUCTION <br />

INVITATIONS <br />

CLOTHING AND ORNAMENTS <br />

HELPERS AND DISCUSSION OF LABOR DIVISION <br />

PREPARATIONS <br />

• Food <br />

• Drinks <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cigarettes <br />

• O<strong>the</strong>r Snacks <br />

• Arranging Dpal mo mtsho's Hair <br />

GUESTS<br />

• Maternal Relatives <br />

• Paternal Relatives <br />

• Friends <br />

• Villagers <br />

SEATING ARRANGEMENT <br />

THE NIGHT BEFORE THE PARTY: DPAL MO MTSHO<br />

AND THE VILLAGE CHILDREN INVITED ALL<br />

THE VILLAGE FAMILIES <br />

VILLAGERS GATHERED ON THE PARTY DAY<br />

MORNING <br />

• Village Females Sang <strong>the</strong> Hair Changing S<strong>on</strong>g, Lhun<br />

grub Chanted, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Males Gave M<strong>on</strong>ey to Females<br />

<br />

• Dpal mo mtsho's Fa<strong>the</strong>r Gave Her Robes <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Ornaments <br />

• Helpers Made an Orati<strong>on</strong> to <strong>the</strong> Sngags pa,<br />

Hairdresser, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> Village Women, While<br />

Presenting Gifts to Them; <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> S<strong>on</strong>gs of Reward Were<br />

Sung to Village Women <br />

EVENING OF THE PARTY DAY <br />

• Maternal Relatives Were Welcomed <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Offered<br />

Food <br />

• Paternal Relatives <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Friends Were Welcomed <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Offered Food <br />

• Villagers Were Welcomed <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Offered Food <br />

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