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Collection ID CCLD02
Title Bönism, Environment and Healing in Far Northeastern Bhutan
Description Bönism, Environment and Healing in Far Northeastern Bhutan

Indigenous practices of Bönism are unofficially banned in Bhutan, and appear to be destined for extinction. Yet for now, at least, people in at least some parts of Bhutan continue to retain knowledge of traditional Bön practices. In this project, Tashi Tshewang – a native speaker of Dakpa language – spent 3 months audio-visually documenting traditional Bön healing practices and learning about their relationship with the local environment. In addition, he has collected a number of vernacular autobiographical stories of village people, and has made use of incidental opportunities to audio-visually document traditional preparations of wild mushrooms and lichens for consumption as food, as well as traditional hillside grain cultivation. Images of local religious sites and practices complement Tashi Tshewang’s collection, which includes texts in both Dakpa and Tshangla languages.

This project was mentored by Yankee Modi, and funded by a 2022 FLICR Fellowship awarded to the collector by the Centre for Cultural-Linguistic Diversity (Eastern Himalaya) (Co-Directors Mark W. Post and Yankee Modi, Associate Directors Kellen Parker Van Dam and Zilpha Modi). Financial support for the 2022 FLICR Fellowship program was provided by the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research, through a grant administered by the University of Sydney.
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/CCLD02
Collector
Tashi Tshewang
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Operator Nick Ward
Originating university University of Sydney
Countries
Bhutan - BT
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Languages
Dakpakha - dka
Tshangla - tsj
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Region / village Tongkanathang, Rinzentangpang, Bamchang and Dukti, District Trashi Yantse, Bhutan
DOI 10.26278/0w2s-cj72
Cite as Tashi Tshewang (collector), 2022. Bönism, Environment and Healing in Far Northeastern Bhutan. Collection CCLD02 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/0w2s-cj72
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Edit access Nick Ward
Yankee Modi
Mark Post
Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Items in Collection (107)

Item Title Actions
001 Ladam View
002 Sacrifice of Pig During Ritual View
003 Annual Rituals at Dukti 1 View
004 Annual Rituals at Dukti 2 View
005 Annual Rituals at Dukti 3 View
006 Drukpa Tshezhi View
007 Dukti Tashi Choling Lakhang View
008 Dukti Village History View
009 Dukti Lakhang View
010 Self Introduction View
011 Appeasement After Pilgrimage View
012 Blessing From Rimpoche View
013 Gurma View
014 Ngô View
015 Continuity of Nyungey 1 View
016 Continuity of Nyungey 2 View
017 Random Nyungey Rinzentangpang 1 View
018 Random Nyungey Rinzentangpang 2 View
019 Random Nyungey Rinzentangpang 3 View
020 Random Nyungey Rinzentangpang 4 View
021 Random Nyungey Rinzentangpang 5 View
022 Tshong Tshongma 1 View
023 Tshong Tshongma 2 View
024 Zhakchang 1 View
025 Zhakchang 2 View
026 Construction of House View
027 Jarungkhashor Stupa at Rinzentangpang View
028 Reason for Migration View
029 Tshokhang View
030 View of Thragom from Mazhing View
031 Paddy Plantation (May) View
032 Paddy Plantation (June) View
033 View of Paddy Plantation View
034 Annual Ritual View
035 Ritual Cake View
036 Tshok Offering View
037 Making of Shang Nalap View
038 Making of Ponpo Curry 1 View
039 Making of Ponpo Curry 2 View
040 Making of Ponpo Curry 3 View
041 Making of Zan View
042 Plantation of Millet 1 View
043 Plantation of Millet 2 View
044 Sero Family Lineage View
045 Tawang Torgya 1 View
046 Tawang Torgya 2 View
047 Thragom Tshokang View
048 Paddy Seed View
049 Appeasement of Mamo View
050 Astrology 1 View
051 Astrology 2 View
052 Appeasement of Nêpo 1 View
053 Appeasement of Nêpo 2 View
054 Appeasement of Tshong Tshongma View
055 Causes of Stomach Pain View
056 Fever and Body Ache View
057 Mamo Zomsa View
058 Ritual for Spirits and Ghosts View
059 Ritual to Cure Serious Illness View
060 Stomach Cure View
061 Arpo 1 View
062 Arpo 2 View
063 Arpo 3 View
064 Arpo 4 View
065 Arpo 5 View
066 Arpo 6 View
067 Arpo 7 View
068 Arpo 8 View
069 Arpo 9 View
070 Arpo 10 View
071 Arpo 11 View
072 Arpo 12 View
073 Egg Offerings in Bön View
074 Closing of Mountain Visit View
075 Tshong Tshongma 1 View
076 Tshong Tshongma 2 View
077 Dukti Lakhang View
078 Jomo Ritual View
079 Naked Dance of Dukti View
080 Serwa Dzong 1 View
081 Serwa Dzong 2 View
082 About Buddha Gaya View
083 Nak Ch'ö View
084 Towards Buddha Gaya View
085 Bamboo Roofing View
086 Corn Plantation View
087 Farming and Nature View
088 Making of Ritual Cake View
089 Millet Plantation View
090 Nak Ch'ö and Pig Offering View
091 Riddle View
092 To Visit the Dalai Lama View
093 Bon Kharam View
094 Bön Ritual View
095 Kha Bön View
096 Kharam View
097 Zhakchang and Möre Calculation View
098 Zhakchang Talk View
099 Introductory Song View
100 Kongü View
101 Garpo View
102 Lamring Mû View
103 Mamo View
104 Offering to Tshong Tshongma View
105 Phôding View
106 Phoshing Moshing View
107 Song Before Arpo Dance View

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