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Monthly Archives: November 2011
milking/melken
Yaks, cows, dzos, sheep, goats, all these animals are milked by the female family members, starting to learn it already at young age. Yaks, Kühe, Dzos, Schafe, Ziegen, alle diese Tiere werden gemolken von den weiblichen Familienmitgliedern, die das schon … Continue reading
Story/Geschichte
Today I’ll tell a story. When we went back from our phototrip to Karsha, we were late and had to hurry a bit. Unfortunatly we met the men, you can see on the photo in front of us. They were … Continue reading
Water-Mill/Wassermühle
In each village there is at least one watermill to mill the barley. They are owned and run by one family. Villagers bring their corn, mill it, have a chat and tea with owners and go home with their sacks … Continue reading
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Youlang-Trip
When being on the phototrips, the children liked to take photos of each other, too, how they photographed, made fun and everything what was happening in the group on our way. So in this post you can see some of … Continue reading
Stanzin Thinles and Grandgrandma/Uroma
Stanzin Thinles is a little boy, who is happy to have still his grandgrandma, who he likes to sit together with. And she likes to have her grandgrandson around. We met them on our phototrip in Youlang and had some … Continue reading
Wir Fotokinder
One of our supporters found this book on a fleamarket and sent it to me. It is great! It was published 1970 in Germany and contains photos of children from 4-14 years from their daily life. It is sort of … Continue reading
Perak
This is Sonam Dolma from class 8 in 2010. She got the camera home and asked a family member to take a photo of her dressed with the Perak, she is going to inherit from her mother. A lot of … Continue reading
Hamlet/Einödhof
A little bit above the hostel was a small hamlet the children liked to photograph. 2 of the children were attending the school, one of them is Lobzang Nidon from class 8, who also had the camera for 1 day. … Continue reading
Poplar-wood/Pappelholz
In Zanskar they use the twigs of the poplar-trees for their roof-constructions. First it is cut, then usually watered to make it flexible and even and then it becomes the ceiling in the rooms. On top of that there will … Continue reading
Manistones/Manisteine
Manistones are stones engraved with Mantras, holy texts, buddhist symbols or buddhafigures, which you can find mostly on maniwalls, which are found before the entry of villages. But they are also laid down on passes, at gompas and at other … Continue reading
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