Min tibetanska barndom i Zorgay - Life and Culture on the Tibetan ...

them. If we were too late, the blood dried in their veins <strong>and</strong>
killed them.
The children looked awful in winter when there was not
enough water for them to wash their faces. Their dried wounds
<strong>and</strong> chapped lips were especially pitiful. Their h<strong>and</strong>s were as
black as sticks of half-burned firewood. Snot-stained clothes
were as hard as if glue has been poured over them. When they
ran, their clothes make a special sound, as though pieces of
metal were sewn to them, rubbing <strong>and</strong> clanging together. Their
clothes became black, regardless of their original color, <strong>and</strong>
were stained with every kind of dirt. They were so used to
wearing such clothing in winter that they were shy when
wearing new clothes in front of others during the New Year
period.
A former village water source.
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