Dzongsar Monastery (Participatory Video - Tibetan)

This is a short participatory video about the Dzongsar Monastery created by a team of individuals from Dzongsar's Yothok Yonden Gonpo Medical Association. It was edited by project facilitator Tsering Perlo.

BACKGROUND

Dzongsar is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, in Kham, eastern Tibet. The area is about 5000 square kilometers and ranges from 11,500 23,500 feet in altitude. The Dzongsar Valley is home to about 12,000 Tibetans, whose livelihood mainly depends on herding and the annual harvest.

The valley is also home to the Yothok Yonden Gonpo Medical Association. Under the direction of Loure Phuntszok, the association has branched out to establish occupational training in a wide range of arts and craftsmanship, including: drawing, Thangkha painting, mural painting, decorative house painting, carpentry, woodcarving, gold and silver processing, blacksmithing, bronze statue casting, clay sculpture work, earthenware pottery making, tailoring, spinning, and weaving.


PARTICIPANTS

Participant Filmmakers
Doga
Chimé Dorjé
Trinley Dorjé
Tra Chimé Dorjé
Trabu Chimé Dorjé
Trabu Tashi Lhamo

Facilitators
Tsering Perlo
Nelson Walker
Rikpé Dorjé
Philip Maysles

Editor
Tsering Perlo

Editing Assistance
Lynn True
Nelson Walker

MORE INFO

Kham Film Project - http://www.khamfilmproject.org/
THL - http://www.thlib.org/
Rabsal - http://www.rabsal.org/
Yothok Yonden Gonpo Medical Association - http://www.yyma.org/english/showart.asp?id=686&B_ID=12

Made possible with support from the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation http://www.sdrubin.org/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Tibetan
• Dzongsar
• Participatory
• Video
• PV
• Tibet
• Religion
• Kham
• Film
• Project
• Monks
• Monastery
• Buddhism