Tales Of The Turquoise: A Pilgrimage In Dolpo
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1559390956 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-15 |
| Language | : | French |
DESCRIPTION:
His companion Karma, an elderly nomad from Western Tibet and a gifted storyteller, punctuated the journey with traditional tales and his own reflections. In the early spring of 1961, Dr. Charmingly written, colorful, and engaging, the narrative transports the reader to a world of Tibetan spirit in ways not readily accessible to outsiders.. Corneille Jest undertook a three-week circumambulation of the valley in the company of Tibetans visiting temples, shrines, and sacred mountains
"great fairy tales" according to Aneta. Great book on tibetan fairy tales. Was reading it during my trip to the himalayas, and it helped m great deal to compare to the reality and get into their minds.
Karma, it turns out, is a walking library of Tibetan folklore, despite his illiteracy, and at every bend in the road, at every stop for butter tea, "Karma tells the story of yaks," "Karma describes the goddess Drolma in one of her incarnations," "Karma speaks of the pastoral life," "Karma tells the story of the tail that talks." In fact, Karma's tales of mummified lamas and hats of invisibility monopolize the pages and make Tales of the Turquoise an utterly charming collection. Dolpo, a remote Himalayan region of Nepal populated by a Tibetan people, draws more yetis than tourists. Translated from the French, Tales of the Turquoise could have been written yesterday or a thousand years ago. --Brian Bruya. Such is the timeless magic of folktales. In 1961, French sociologist Corneille Jest tagged along on a pilgrimage to sacred shrines around Dolpo, accompanied by a young local and a toothless old yak herder named Karma. Writing like the sci