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Vajrayana Thangka Art Center:
The
art centre was registered under the law of Nepal in the birth place of
Buddha, country of the Mt Everest with the aim of produce and export
high qualities thangkas by well experienced artist of thangka.
Lorraine - Nepal
Himalayan
Conservation Foundation
Informationen in deutscher Sprache zur Organisation und zu den Schulpatenschaften
Verantwortung übernehmen:
Das
Nepalprojekt der Helene-Lange-Schule, Wiesbaden
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Nyingmapa Buddhist Centre, Takshindu
Nuns at Takshindu in 2007
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Nouveauté:
Sherpa conversation
&
vocabulaire de base
par
Lhakpa Doma Sherpa
Chhiri Tendi Sherpa (Salaka)
Karl-Heinz Krämer (Tsak)
en collaboration avec
Célestin Ouedraogo
Kathmandu 2009
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Neuerscheinung:
Sherpa-Sprache
Konversation und Grundwortschatz
von
Lhakpa Doma Sherpa
Chhiri Tendi Sherpa (Salaka)
Karl-Heinz Krämer (Tsak)
in Zusammenarbeit mit Pasang Sherpa (Salaka),
Kancha Nurbu Sherpa (Salaka), Phuri Sherpa (Pinasa) und Lhamu Sherpa (Salaka)
Köln: Deutsch-Nepalische Gesellschaft 2007
Nepal-Report, Band 8. Preis: 9,50 €
info@deutsch-nepal.de
Der Erlös aus dem Verkauf des Buches kommt einem Projekt für Nonnen in Yawa, Takshindu VDC, Solu-Khumbu zugute. |
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New publication:
Sherpa Conversation
&
Basic Words
by
Lhakpa Doma Sherpa
Chhiri Tendi Sherpa (Salaka)
Karl-Heinz Krämer (Tsak)
in collaboration with Pasang Sherpa (Salaka),
Kancha Nurbu Sherpa (Salaka), Phuri Sherpa (Pinasa) and Lhamu Sherpa (Salaka)
Ratna Books, Kathmandu, Nepal
First edition, 2006
ISBN: 99933-58-02-9 |
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The Sherpas (originally Sherwa) are
one of the numerous nationalities of the multiethnic state of Nepal. Their main
living area is Solu-Khumbu in North-Eastern Nepal, Southwest of Mount Everest
(sh.: Chomolungma, nep.: Sagarmatha). This traditional area has been divided
several times by administrative measures of the Nepali state.
Solu-Khumbu comprises three regions:
Khumbu, Pharak and Shorong (nep.: Solu). The ancestors of the Sherpas immigrated
from the East Tibetan region of Kham about 500 years ago (see time
table and map). During the next
centuries, some other Tibetan families followed them to Khumbu where they were
integrated into the Sherpa society. By far the most Sherpas live in Shorong.
Sherpa society is organized along exogamous
clans. A
hierarchical structure of society, as it is found among Nepal's Hindu castes,
is totally strange to Sherpa society. According to the traditional kipat
system, the whole Sherpa area was clan land of the Sherpas, i.e. the land
belonged to the several clans and not to individuals. This clan land was
expropriated with the abolition of the kipat system forced by the
expanding Nepali state (final annulment in 1949).
The Sherpa culture is based on the old Nyingmapa Buddhism
interspersed with animist and shamanistic practices und conceptions. The
Sherpa language is related to modern Tibetan, but only to a lesser degree
mutually comprehensible. Since the Sherpa language is not a written and
standardized language, the current elites endeavour to introduce a script on
the basis of the Tibetan script, even though this alienates the Sherpa
language which has developed independently from Tibetan over the centuries
(see also experiment with Latin script on this Sherpa web site).
Traditionally, the Sherpas live on agriculture and animal
husbandry, supported by intra-regional trade. The trade with Tibet across the
Nangpa La has almost been brought to a standstill by the politics of the
Chinese occupying power in Tibet. A modern source of income is the tourism
business. But only a few Sherpas have really made profits of this. Most of the
Sherpas involved in the trekking business only find jobs as porters or guides.
The access to these jobs is in Kathmandu. So today, many young Sherpas commute
between village and capital. But the latter doesn't open broader perspectives
for people from ethnic communities.
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