Ebook: AHP 41 THE LAST DRAGON BANQUET?

Nyangchakja (Snying lcags rgyal/ Niangjijia 娘吉加). 2016. The Last Dragon Banquet? Changing Wedding Traditions in an Amdo Tibetan Community. Asian Highlands Perspectives 41.
Nyangchakja (Snying lcags rgyal/ Niangjijia 娘吉加). 2016. The Last Dragon Banquet? Changing Wedding Traditions in an Amdo Tibetan Community. Asian Highlands Perspectives 41.
Nyangchakja (Snying lcags rgyal/ Niangjijia 娘吉加). 2016. The Last Dragon Banquet? Changing Wedding Traditions in an Amdo Tibetan Community. Asian Highlands Perspectives 41.
Nyangchakja (Snying lcags rgyal/ Niangjijia 娘吉加). 2016. The Last Dragon Banquet? Changing Wedding Traditions in an Amdo Tibetan Community. Asian Highlands Perspectives 41.
Nyangchakja (Snying lcags rgyal/ Niangjijia 娘吉加). 2016. The Last Dragon Banquet? Changing Wedding Traditions in an Amdo Tibetan Community. Asian Highlands Perspectives 41.
Nyangchakja (Snying lcags rgyal/ Niangjijia 娘吉加). 2016. The Last Dragon Banquet? Changing Wedding Traditions in an Amdo Tibetan Community. Asian Highlands Perspectives 41.

The Last Dragon Banquet? provides details on an Amdo Tibetan community's history, population, education, economy, religion, language, housing, treatment of death, divination, conflict, and clothing. This is followed by a detailed ethnographic study of village weddings focusing on marriage norms, the spouse selection process, spouse trial period, pre-wedding activities, preparation of the bride's clothing, negotiations, abducting the bride, the bridewealth and dowry, speeches, orations, songs, rituals, the bride's mother's instructions to her daughter, and the actual wedding rituals. With English translations of songs, summaries of speeches, and over 250 photographs, this book provides a detailed and compelling wealth of information that will benefit those interested in Tibetan Studies.