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The Sherdukpen are an ethnic group related to both the Aka and Monpa. Their population of 4,200 is centered in West Kameng in the villages of Rupa, Jigaon, Thongri, Shergaon and Doimara, in Bomdila. All of these are at elevations between 5000-6000 feet above sea level. Of late, some of them have settled in Kameng bari areas, a new settlement area under Bhalukpong circle. Source: [West Kameng government districtwebsite] This work is copyrighted. ...
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Aka lady The Aka are also known as Hrusso. ...
The Monpa (门巴) are an ethnic group in the Peoples Republic of China, with a population of 50,000, centered in the districts of Tawang and West Kameng. ...
tribes follow [[Donyi- The largest of these, the Monpa, who form 7% 25,000) of the peoples population, ar Buddhist by religion. ...
Bomdila is the headquarters of West Kameng district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. ...
Administration The Sherdukpen society are divided into two classes, the Thong and the Chao. The Thongs are said to be descendants of King Jsotang, the Gyaptong, and an Assamese princess, while the Bura and Chao are the descendants of his partners and servant class. To remember their ancestry, they annually migrate during the winter months to Doimara to maintain their age-long relations with the plains. The Village Council, presided by the Village Chief, known as the Thik Akhao, administers law and order. Assam (অসম) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur. ...
The Sherdukpen generally practice monogamy and trace their descent patrilineally. Their houses are built on strong stone foundations with their wall and floor made from thick wooden planks. In monogamy (Greek: monos = single/only and gamos = marriage) a person has only one spouse at a time (as opposed to polygamy). ...
Economy The Sherdukpen are agriculturalists, although hunting and traditional fishing methods are practised as well. Using simple tools, both shifting and permanent farming methods are used, and livestock such as ponies, cows, goats, sheep, fowls and bullocks are kept. Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ...
Dress The Sherdukpen men wear a sleeveless cloth, which is made out of silk, with the two ends of the cloth which pins onto the shoulders that reach down to the knees. Made from yak’s hair with tassels jutting down over the face, the gurdam skull-cap is mainly worn by the men. It is decorated with a white cockade and colourful band around its brim. The warriors are often seen carrying their Tibetan sword, with the support of a waistband. A bogre, a cloth woven from natural fibres, is tied around the shoulders to form a fold at the back. Binomial name Bos gruniens Linnaeus, 1766 Subspecies The yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired humped domestic bovine found in Tibet and throughout the Himalayan region of south central Asia. ...
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The women wear a collarless and sleeveless cloth to cover them from the shoulders to the knees. A full-sleeved embroidered jacket and waist cloth, known as mushaiks, is worn over the cloak. The ladies tie their hair tied into a bun at the back, although most grown-up girls do not tie their tresses into a knot. Weaving is considered a feminine art, and most are able to weave clothings in a highly artistic manner.
Religion Like the Monpa, the Sherdukpens are also followers of the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Pre-Buddhist, Animist spiritualist elements have also been co-existing with the Sherdukpen's Buddhist beliefs as well. The Monpa (门巴) are an ethnic group in the Peoples Republic of China, with a population of 50,000, centered in the districts of Tawang and West Kameng. ...
The Geluk (dge lugs) School was founded by Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibets best known religious reformer and arguably its greatest philosopher. ...
Tibetan Buddhism — formerly also called Lamaism, after their religious gurus known as lamas — is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and the Himalayan region. ...
A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, SiddhÄrtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by...
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A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, SiddhÄrtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by...
Sherdukpen priests include the Jiji magicians, and the Buddhist lamas from the neighbouring dzongs. Their principal festivals are Losar, Choskar, Wang and Khiksabha. A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, SiddhÄrtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by...
Dzong architecture is a distinctive type of fortress architecture found in the former and present Buddhist kingdoms of the Himalayas, most notably Bhutan. ...
Losar is the Tibetan word for new year. ...
Traditional dances concerning animals are considered interesting to some. An interesting feature of Sherdukpen life is their annual migration during the winter months to Doimara, which signify a sign of maintaining their age-long relations with the people of the Assamese plains.
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