Kokonor Film Archive
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| Amdo Hair Changing Ritual |
| Baoan Laru Klurol Laru in Baoan (2003) |
| Spencer Interview |
| Hank1 |
| Hank2 |
| Hank3 |
| Saji3 |
| Nadun: Lajia Village with Gashang and Baojia Village |
| Saji Laru |
| Jarong Harvesting Keywords: Jarong; Sichuan; harvesting; harvest songs |
| Drtsee Latsee |
| Narong Tibetan Dialect Conversation |
| Tibetan Lha pa ask for identification Huadan Colby |
| Tibetan Village Children Performance |
| Losar1 |
| Mongghul Folklore Audio Files - Original Tellers |
| Nadun in Zhujia Village With Xinjia Village (2001) - Filmed and edited by Wen Xiangcheng This nadun was held jointly by Mangghuer (Tu) people in Zhujia Village with Xijing villagers, Minhe Hui and Mangghuer (Tu) Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province, PR China. This nadun was filmed 31 October 2001--the 15th day of the Ninth Lunar Month--by Wen Xiangcheng and also edited by Wen. More about the Mangghuer nadun is available in Kevin Stuart and Hu Jun. 1993. 'That All May Prosper': The Monguor Nadun of the Guanting/Sanchuan Region... Keywords: nadun, nadaam, Mangghuer, Monguor, Tu, Minhe, Qinghai, Koknor, harvest festival |
| Minhe Mangghuer Nadun in Lajia Village with Gaishang and Baojia Villages - filmed and edited by Wen Xiangcheng Nadun is held annually and jointly by Mangghuer (Monguor, Tu) people in Lajia Village, Minhe Hui and Mangghuer (Tu) Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province, PR China. This nadun was filmed by Wen Xiangcheng 21 October 2001 (the tenth day of the ninth luary month). More about the Mangghuer nadun is available in Kevin Stuart and Hu Jun. 1993. 'That All May Prosper': The Monguor Nadun of the Guanting/Sanchuan Region... Keywords: nadun, Mangghuer, Monguor, Tu, nadaam, harvest festival |
| Nadun in Taikeng Village (2007) - Filmed and edited by Wen Xiangcheng Nadun is held annually and jointly by Mangghuer (Tu) people in Taikeng and Zhaojia villages, Zhaomuchuan Area, Guanting Town, Minhe Hui and Mangghuer (Tu) Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province, PR China. This nadun was filmed by Wen Xiangcheng 7 September 2007 in Taikeng Village. More about the Mangghuer nadun is available in Kevin Stuart and Hu Jun. 1993. 'That All May Prosper': The Monguor Nadun of the Guanting/Sanchuan Region... Keywords: Guanting, Sanchuan, Koknor, Mongolian, Qinghai, nadun, Mangghuer, Tu, Monguor, nadam, Mongol, harvest festival |
| MInhe Mangghuer Drama Two - Filmed and edited by Wen Xiangcheng Wen Xiangcheng filmed this drama in Wenjia Village, Zhongchuan Township, Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province, PR China on 13 February 2004. |
| Minhe Mangghuer (Tu) Drama One - Filmed and edited by Wen Xiangcheng This drama was filmed by Wen Xiangcheng on 12 February 2004 in Wenjia Village, Zhongchuan Township, Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qnghai Province, PR China. |
| Shedhi Tibetan Village Cham - Wendegomba Wendegomba filmed and edited this cham performance, held on the twenty-ninth day of the third lunar month of 2002 in Shedhi Village, Shopongxi Township, Rebgong County, Huangnan Tibetan Prefecture, Qinghai Province, PR China. Local Tibetans believe that the featured demi-gods can cure illnesses, diminish obstacles, destroy evils, and bring auspiciousness to their lives. Keywords: Tibetan, cham, Rebgong, Huangnan, Qinghai |
| Huari Tibetan Dialect Dbang chen don 'grub (b. 1985) of Dar lung sde ba Village and Dpal ldan nyima (b. 1982) of Gyon lung Village (both villages are located in Sol kha nyag ka Township, Dpa'ris bod rigs rang skyong rdzong (Tianzhu) Tibetan Autonomous County, Gansu Province, PR China) converse in their native Dpa'ris (Huari) Tibetan dialect in November 2005 in Zi ling (Xining) City. Keywords: Dpa'ris (Huari) Tibetan, learning Tibetan, Gansu |
| Tibetan Archery, Chanting in a Cave, Handwritten Manuscript - Filmed by Tshe dbang rdo rje (Caihuangduojie) During the Lunar New Year Period (Losar) of 2003, according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar, Tshe dbang rdo rje (Caihangduojie) filmed a nightly archery bsang (incense) offering at one of the caves in Luoke Village, Maketang Town, Jianzha County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, PR China. |
| Tibetan Archery - Filmed by Tshe dbang rdo rje (Caihangduojie) Tshe dbang rdo rge (Caihangduojie) filmed this archery ritual early in 2003, during the Chinese lunar calendar New Year period in Lejian (Gle chen in)Village, Maketang (Mar khu thang) Town, Jianzha County, Huangnan (Rma lho)Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, PR China. The competition was between Lejian and Maketang Tibetan villages. Keywords: Tibetan archery, Jianzha, Rma lho, Huangnan, Qinghai |
| Learning English in Mongghul: Part 9 - Limusishiden During the Lunar New Year period of 1997, a television program (English-in-Mongghul: Mongghulla Yinyii ) recorded by Limusishiden and Kevin Stuart in 1995, was broadcast twice by the Huzhu County Television Station located in Weiyuan Town, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province, PR China. This broadcast was made possible by support from the Canada-China Support Unit in Beijing. The recorded program followed the text with Limusishiden reading the Mongghul portion and Kevin Stuart reading the English po... Keywords: Mongghul, Huzhu, Qinghai, Monguor, Mongol, Mongolian |
| Minhe Mangghuer (Tu) Wedding in 2007 - Filmed and edited by Wen Xiangcheng This wedding took place between 2 January and 1 February 2007 in Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province, PR China. It was filmed and edited by Wen Xiangcheng. For more on the Mangghuer wedding see: (1) Qi Huimin, Zhu Yongzhong, and Kevin Stuart. 1999. Minhe Mangghuer Wedding Songs: Musical Characteristics. Asian Folklore Studies 58: 77-120 and (2) Hu Jun and Kevin Stuart... |
| Nadun In Zhaojia Village With Taikeng Admistrative Village One - Filmed by Zhu Jinliang and Wen Xiangcheng; edited by Wen Xiangcheng Nadun is held annually by Mangghuer (Tu, Monguor) people in the Guanting and Sanchuan areas, Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province, PR China. This nadun was filmed in Zhaojia Village on 15 September 2001 (the 28th day of the seventh lunar month) by Zhu Jinliang and Wen Xiangcheng. It was later edited by Wen Xiangcheng. More about the Mangghuer nadun is available in Kevin Stuart and Hu Jun... |
| Nadun in Hulancher Village with Hangtou Qijia Village (Part 2) - Filmed by Zhu Jinliang and Wen Xiangcheng; Edited by Wen Xiangcheng Zhu Jinliang and Wen Xiangcheng filmed this nadun 4 October (the 18th day of the 8th lunar month) 2001. Later, Wen Xiangcheng edited the video. This is Part Two. Search the Internet Archive to easily locate Part One. Nadun is held in Mangghuer areas (and also a few Tibetan areas) of Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province, PR China. For more on the nadun, see (1) Zhu Yongzhong and Kevin Stuart... Keywords: nadun, Minhe, Mangghuer, folk festivals, Qinghai, ethnic minority culture in China |
| Amdo Hair Changing Ritual #2 (of three) - Libu Lakhi, Tshe dpal rdo rje, and Puhua Dongzhi This film focuses on a hair-changing ritual in a farming village in a rural Amdo Tibetan area in Mtsho sngon (Qinghai) Province, PR China. A thirteen-year old Tibetan girl's (b. 1994) hair changing ritual in Brag dmar nang Tibetan Village, Dkra brjid Township, Khri kha County, Mtsho lho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Mtsho sngon Province, PR China is described. The ritual was held on the fifth day of the first lunar month, 2007... Keywords: coming of age Tibetan rituals, girl's hair changing ritual, Amdo, Tibetan, Qinghai, Guide County |
| Gling rgyal Klu rol/Laru - Zhu Yongzhong See: Dpal ldan bkra shis and Kevin Stuart. 1998. 'Perilous Novelties': The A mdo Tibetan Klu rol Festival in Gling rgyal Village. ANTHROPOS 93: 31-53. for a description of this ritual. Gling rgyal Tibetan Village, Rma lho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China is the site of a summer festival known as klu rol (water deities entertainment). The purpose of the festival is to please mountain deities through the village's two resident, male trance mediums... Keywords: Tibetan ritual, water deities, Qinghai, Reb gong, Tongren |
| Video: Elementary English ABC (English in Tibetan), 1-13 These are video materials of the English-in-Tibetan material for free download at http://www.archive.org/details/ElementaryEnglishAbctibetanAndChineseTranslations. The texts in this material start with ABC. Lesson format is: new words, text, conversation, drills, and exercises. Helpful explanatory notes accompany each lesson and each text is given in Tibetan and Chinese translations. A glossary is included, as are numerous pictures and diagrams... Keywords: English in Tibetan, ESL for Tibetans |
| Nadun in Hulancher Village with Hangtou Qijia Village 2001 (Part 1) - Filmed by Zhu Jinliang and Wen Xiangcheng; Edited by Wen Xiangcheng Zhu Jinliang and Wen Xiangcheng filmed this nadun 4 October (the 18th day of the 8th lunar month) 2001. Later, Wen Xiangcheng edited the video. Nadun is held in Mangghuer areas (and also a few Tibetan areas) of Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province, PR China.For more on the nadun, see (1) Zhu Yongzhong and Kevin Stuart. 1996. Minhe Monguor Nadun Texts. CHIME. 9: Autumn, 89-105; (2)Kevin Stuart and Hu Jun... Keywords: nadun, Minhe, Qinghai, Tu, Mangghuer, Monguor, harvest festivals, ethnic minorities in China |
| Mangla Nadun - various This video was filmed in Mangla Village, Qianhe Township, Minhe Hui and Mangghuer (Tu) Autonomous County, Qinghai Province, PR China by Puhua Dongzhi and Ha Mingzong on 27 September 2005. The Mangla Nadun features huishou (nadun players), drummers, and gong beaters. Such programs as Sanjiang and Zhuangjiaqi are not performed, unlike as in certain other Mangghuer nadun. However, Mangla does invite several fashi to perform and mani nainai (old mani ladies) recite scripture near the nadun performan... Keywords: nadun, Mangghuer, Monguor, Tu, Qinghai, Minhe, fala, spirit mediums |
| Saji Laru - Filmed and edited by Sherab Gyatso Sherab Gyatso filmed portions of the lu-rol/ klu rol/ laru ritual on the seventeenth day of the sixth lunar month of 2002 in Saji Village (and nearby areas), Longwu/ Reb-gong Town, Tongren County, Qinghai Province, PR China. Lu-rol allows for symbolic communication between mountain deities and villagers. Saji elders say lu-rol gives villagers good luck and strengthens a sense of village solidarity... Keywords: klu rol, laru, lu-rol |
| Tibetan Archery: Interview and Contest - Filmed by Tshe dbang rdo rje In the winter of 2001, Tshe dbang rdo rje filmed this archery competition in Lo khog/ Luoke Village, Gcan tsha/ Jianzha County, Rma lho/ Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Mtsho sngon/ Qinghai, PR China. Dpa' ldan bkra shis/ Huadan Zhaxi conducted the interviews. An archery festival is scheduled to be held annually in Lo khog. However, a single death in the village during the year cancels the festival and consequently, the festival is held only once every decade or so... Keywords: Tibetan archery, Qinghai, Jianzha, Huangnan |
| Jianzha Tibetan Archery Party 2003 - Filmed by Rin chen Rdo rji (Renqingduojie, Rinchen dorjee) Filmed by Rin chen Rdo rji on the seventh day of the sixth lunar month, 2003 in Bde chen Village (a large village consisting of five smaller, natural villages), Nengke Township, Jianzha County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, PR China. In mid-summer beginning on the fifteenth day of the sixth lunar month, farmers picnic in tents decorated with auspicious symbols provide shelter for more than five days... Keywords: Tibetan archery, Jianzha, Huangnan, Qinghai |
| Part 1: Len yi Tibetan Village, Sgong po (Gongbo) Township, Sde rong (Derong) County, Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Si khron (Sichuan) Province, PR China. - Sonan Jetsun (Bsod nams rgyal mtshan) INTRODUCTION: Sonan Jetsun (Bsod nams rgyal mtshan) filmed this material 12-22 January 2008 in Len yi (Lianyi) Village, Sgong po (Gongbo) Township, Sde rong (Derong) County, Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Si khron (Sichuan) Province, PR China. The film features the Tibetan New Year, Bkra shis Temple, and ordinary people's lives in Len yi Village. Sonan Jetsun also edited the material and plans to give it to Len yi villagers on DVD/ VCD... Keywords: Len yi (Lianyi) Village, Sgong po (Gongbo) Township, Sde rong (Derong) County, Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Si khron (Sichuan) Province, PR China, Tibetan |
| Part 2: Len yi Tibetan Village, Sgong po (Gongbo) Township, Sde rong (Derong) County, Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Si khron (Sichuan) Province, PR China - Sonan Jetsun (Bsod nams rgyal mtshan) INTRODUCTION: Sonan Jetsun (Bsod nams rgyal mtshan) filmed this material 12-22 January 2008 in Len yi (Lianyi) Village, Sgong po (Gongbo) Township, Sde rong (Derong) County, Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Si khron (Sichuan) Province, PR China. The film features the Tibetan New Year, Bkra shis Temple, and ordinary people's lives in Len yi Village. Sonan Jetsun also edited the material and plans to give it to Len yi villagers on DVD/ VCD... Keywords: Len yi Tibetan Village, Sgong po (Gongbo) Township, Sde rong (Derong) County, Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Si khron (Sichuan) Province, PR China, Tibetan singing, Tibetan dancing |
| Part 3: Len yi Tibetan Village, Sgong po (Gongbo) Township, Sde rong (Derong) County, Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Si khron (Sichuan) Province, PR China. - Sonan Jetsun (Bsod nams rgyal mtshan) INTRODUCTION: Sonan Jetsun (Bsod nams rgyal mtshan) filmed this material 12-22 January 2008 in Len yi (Lianyi) Village, Sgong po (Gongbo) Township, Sde rong (Derong) County, Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Si khron (Sichuan) Province, PR China. The film features the Tibetan New Year, Bkra shis Temple, and ordinary people's lives in Len yi Village. Sonan Jetsun also edited the material and plans to give it to Len yi villagers on DVD/ VCD... Keywords: Len yi (Lianyi) Village, Sgong po (Gongbo) Township, Sde rong (Derong) County, Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Si khron (Sichuan) Province, PR China |