Daily Life in the Grasslands
Daily Life in the Grasslands
Brother and sisters bringing the herd home in the evening.
Mamothang, Sershul/Dzachuka nomadic area, Kham.
Mehla's cousin sister & baby yak.
Hongyuin, Amdo.
Serzong's daughter milking a Dri.
Taerlung, Kham.
Dust cloud at the nomad camp.
Sershul, Kham.
Serzong's son wearing a mini Chinese army uniform.
Taerlung, Kham.
Bringing water back to camp.
Nangchen Gar area, Kham.
Pema milking a dri, accompanied by her daughter.
Dahu Valley, Kham.
Children in the grasslands.
Taerlung, Kham.
Tashi and her sister bring water and kindling to the camp.
Amchok, Amdo.
Rabten and his nephew milking the Dri.
Nangchen Gar area, Kham.
Choegyal picking wild Rasberries.
Amchok, Amdo.
Two sisters and a black tent.
Lhagang, Kham.
Evening milking near the Yarlung Zangpo river.
Sershul/Dzachuka nomadic area, Kham.
Choegyal saddling the pack yaks.
Amchok, Amdo.
Father and son collecting fuel.
Lhasa to Chamdo highway, Kham.
Nomads going to and from camp.
Taerlung, Kham.
Milking in summer hail.
Manigango, Kham.
Choegyal and friend take a cigarette break on the way to town.
Amchok, Amdo.
Sonam Wangbo brings a dri down for evening milking.
Dahu Valley, Kham.
Early morning milking - summer frost.
Manigango, Kham.
Picnic in the grasslands.
Taerlung, Kham.
Rabten milking.
Nangchen Gar area, Kham.
Mehla's cousin sister.
Hongyuin, Amdo.
Horseman in the grasslands.
Hongyuin, Amdo.
Dempso at early morning milking.
Dong Tsang clan nomad camp, Nangchen, Kham.
Morning milking.
Hongyuin, Amdo.
Making chura, dried cheese.
Sershul, Kham.
Collecting yak dung for fuel.
Manigango, Kham.
Frosty morning milking.
Manigango, Kham.
Horseman in the grasslands.
Rongpatsa, Kham..
Yeshe Tsering watches the finishing touches of the erection of the black tent in the family's summer pastures.
Ramashong Valley, Kham.
Playing with yak wool.
Sershul, Kham.
Creating a store of yak dung for the next year.
Sershul, Kham.
Early morning at the camp.
Nangchen Gar area, Kham.
Moving the herd to autumn pastures.
Dzogchen, Kham.
Moving the camp to autumn pastures.
Dzogchen, Kham.