Stories And Customs Of The Sherpas
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Stories And Customs Of The Sherpas
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Author : Ngawang Tenzin (Zangbu.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Stories And Customs Of The Sherpas written by Ngawang Tenzin (Zangbu.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Sherpa (Nepalese people) categories.
Stories And Customs Of The Sherpas
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Author : Frances Klatzel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 200?
Stories And Customs Of The Sherpas written by Frances Klatzel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 200? with Sherpa (Nepalese people) categories.
Sherpas Through Their Rituals
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Author : Sherry B. Ortner
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1978-04-14
Sherpas Through Their Rituals written by Sherry B. Ortner and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-04-14 with Religion categories.
Professor Ortner examines the Sherpas of the Himalayas.
Gaiety Of Spirit
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Author : Frances Klatzel
language : en
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Release Date : 2011-11-29
Gaiety Of Spirit written by Frances Klatzel and has been published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-29 with Travel categories.
Since the birth of modern mountaineering, the term Sherpa has been used to refer to Himalayan men working as guides on expeditions in and around the area of Mount Everest. Known mostly for their remarkable mountaineering skills and expertise, Sherpas are much more than mere high-altitude porters. The Sherpas are an extraordinary ethnic people who settled the remote valleys in the Himalayas about 500 years ago and whose culture is steeped in the rich philosophical traditions of Himalayan Buddhism. As distinguished British Himalayan mountaineer Eric Shipton wrote: “ . . . the temperament and character of the Sherpas . . . have won them a large place in the hearts of the Western travellers. Their most enduring characteristic is their extraordinary gaiety of spirit.” For three decades, writer and naturalist Frances Klatzel has lived and worked with Sherpas near Mount Everest. During this time, she has gained intimate access and a profound knowledge of the people, helping to create the Sherpa Cultural Centre at Tengboche, the largest Buddhist monastery in the region. Infused with the author’s own reflections and experiences, and complete with colour photos highlighting Sherpa life from the metaphysical to the everyday, Gaiety of Spirit will take the reader on a magnificent journey toward a richer level of understanding of Sherpa culture, traditions, symbols, belief and history.
Stories And Customs Of The Sherpas
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Author : Ngawang Tenzin (Zangbu.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Stories And Customs Of The Sherpas written by Ngawang Tenzin (Zangbu.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Sherpa (Nepalese people) categories.
The Sherpas And Their Original Identity
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Author : Serku Sherpa
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2023-04-11
The Sherpas And Their Original Identity written by Serku Sherpa and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-11 with Social Science categories.
This book offers a cultural and historical perspective on the Sherpa people, exploring how their traditional way of life has been impacted by such factors as urbanisation, modernisation, globalisation, and tourism. Though Nepal is a small country, it is rich in ethnic, religious, linguistic, and cultural resources. Various communities living in Nepal, including the Sherpas, have their own original cultures, traditions, and practices. Despite outside influence, the Sherpa people have preserved their distinct lifestyle, which encompasses a unique history, culture, religion, language, cuisine, and set of traditions. It was only after the summit of Everest in 1953 that domestic and foreign scholars began to take an interest in documenting the Sherpa people’s way of life. The Sherpa’s language is an oral one, and with this comes difficulties. Various translations into other languages have caused mistranslations and a loss of meaning. Written by a Sherpa, this book seeks to overcome these linguistic barriers and bring Sherpa culture to the reader. Serving as a collection of knowledge from distinguished scholars of the Sherpa community, religious leaders, intellectuals, social workers, and community organisations, this book is a unique (auto)ethnographic work which bridges the gap between researchers speaking other languages and Sherpa people.
Life And Death On Mt Everest
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Author : Sherry B. Ortner
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2020-03-31
Life And Death On Mt Everest written by Sherry B. Ortner and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-31 with Social Science categories.
The Sherpas were dead, two more victims of an attempt to scale Mt. Everest. Members of a French climbing expedition, sensitive perhaps about leaving the bodies where they could not be recovered, rolled them off a steep mountain face. One body, however, crashed to a stop near Sherpas on a separate expedition far below. They stared at the frozen corpse, stunned. They said nothing, but an American climber observing the scene interpreted their thoughts: Nobody would throw the body of a white climber off Mt. Everest. For more than a century, climbers from around the world have journ-eyed to test themselves on Everest's treacherous slopes, enlisting the expert aid of the Sherpas who live in the area. Drawing on years of field research in the Himalayas, renowned anthropologist Sherry Ortner presents a compelling account of the evolving relationship between the mountaineers and the Sherpas, a relationship of mutual dependence and cultural conflict played out in an environment of mortal risk. Ortner explores this relationship partly through gripping accounts of expeditions--often in the climbers' own words--ranging from nineteenth-century forays by the British through the historic ascent of Hillary and Tenzing to the disasters described in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air. She reveals the climbers, or "sahibs," to use the Sherpas' phrase, as countercultural romantics, seeking to transcend the vulgarity and materialism of modernity through the rigor and beauty of mountaineering. She shows how climbers' behavior toward the Sherpas has ranged from kindness to cruelty, from cultural sensitivity to derision. Ortner traces the political and economic factors that led the Sherpas to join expeditions and examines the impact of climbing on their traditional culture, religion, and identity. She examines Sherpas' attitude toward death, the implications of the shared masculinity of Sherpas and sahibs, and the relationship between Sherpas and the increasing number of women climbers. Ortner also tackles debates about whether the Sherpas have been "spoiled" by mountaineering and whether climbing itself has been spoiled by commercialism.
Sherpas The Himalayan Legends
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Author : M. S. Kohli
language : en
Publisher: Virago Press
Release Date : 2003
Sherpas The Himalayan Legends written by M. S. Kohli and has been published by Virago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Social Science categories.
Sherpas: The Himalayan Legends Is A Compelling Narrative Of The Hardy Sherpas Who Inhabit The Solu Khumbu District Of Nepal And The City Of Darjeeling In India. The Book Is Based On The Author S Personal Intimate Experience, Human Relations And Meticulous Research.
Claiming The High Ground
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Author : Stanley F. Stevens
language : en
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Release Date : 1996
Claiming The High Ground written by Stanley F. Stevens and has been published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Ethnology categories.
Stanley Stevens brings new ecological and historical perspectives to his study of a subsistence society in ever-increasing contact with the outside world. The Sherpas of the Mount Everest region, famous for their mountaineering exploits, have frequently been depicted as victims of the world`s highest-altitude tourist boom. But have the Sherpas and their homeland been transformed by tourism? He is the first to analyze the complex interaction of local environmental knowledge, cultural beliefs, and socio-economic and political conditions in changing sherpas subsistence strategies, land use practices, and local resources management institutions. Claiming the High ground is must reading for all those interested peoples and concerned about the conservation of the earth`s high places.
Sherpa
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Author : Ankit Babu Adhikari
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2022-07-28
Sherpa written by Ankit Babu Adhikari and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-28 with Sports & Recreation categories.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE Changing the narrative of mountaineering books, Sherpa focuses on the people who live and work on the roof of the world. Amid all the foreign adventurers that throng to Nepal to scale the world's highest peaks there exists a small community of mountain people at the foothills of Himalayas. Sherpa tells their story. It's the story of endeavour and survival at the roof of the world. It dives into their culture and tells of their existence at the edge of life and death. Written by Ankit Babu Adhikari - a writer, social science researcher and musician - and Pradeep Bashyal - a journalist with the BBC based in Nepal - Sherpa traces their story pre- and post-mountaineering revolution, their evolution as climbing crusaders with previously unpublished stories from the most notable and incredible Sherpas of the last 50 years. This is the story of the Sherpas.
