Lhoba Shizu Legend
01 · Historical Records
The legend also describes the origin of seeds and the agricultural civilisation under the slash-and-burn mode of production, as well as the great migration of the tribes. Among them the series of stories extolling the industrious virtue, fine tradition and social achievements of the Lhoba ancestors is the most representative, gradually forming the Lhoba ancestor legend, the legend of Aba Dani, transmitted to the present.
02 · Core Techniques & Process
Lhoba is a Tibetan transliteration meaning southerners. The Lhoba population of Mainling county alone reaches more than one thousand six hundred. The Lhoba divide into the Kaluo, those close to the Tibetan areas, and the Dingluo, those far from the Tibetan areas, the Lhoba of Mainling county belonging to the Kaluo. The legend of the Bogar tribe of Mainling county in Tibet holds that the heavenly father and earth mother united and had a son Jindong, who had a son Dongri, who had two sons Rini and Riluo, that is Aba Dani and Aba Daluo. Aba Dani is the ancestor of the Lhoba and Aba Daluo the ancestor of the Tibetan. Aba Dani married Dongni Haiyi, daughter of the sun, and multiplied many tribes together with birds and beasts, insects, poultry, wind demons, frogs, flies, bamboo women and rock women, forming clans with animals, bamboo and rocks as totems. After frequent clan and tribal wars the formation and consolidation of the tribal confederation was promoted. The Lhoba have no script of their own, so the legends and historical stories of their own people can only be transmitted orally from generation to generation.
The Legend of Aba Dani
The core series of the Lhoba ancestor legend, extolling the merits of the ancestors.
The Legend of the Origin of Seeds
A legend describing the agricultural civilisation under the slash-and-burn mode of production.
The Legend of the Great Tribal Migration
The legend describing the great migration of the Lhoba tribes.
03 · Regional Records & Related Items
The Lhoba are distributed mainly in Mainling county, Medog county and Zayu county of the Tibet Autonomous Region, with a total population of more than two thousand eight hundred.
04 · Cultural Value & Contemporary Safeguarding
The Lhoba ancestor legend is the most widely current and most influential series of myths of the Lhoba; judging from the materials so far collected, about ten legends of Aba Dani of typical significance circulate among the Bogar tribe.
05 · Associated Representative Bearers
Representative bearers recorded under this item, organized by national nomination batch:
- Lindong 05-2014
06 · Authoritative Sources & Bibliography
Sources
China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network (ihchina.cn)
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