vLiving Customs of Sherpa People

vLiving Customs of Sherpa People
Nov 3, 2009 01:54
LUCIFERA Points: Join Date: Nov 3, 2009 Status: offline	Marriage and Trial Marriage Building The name system of Sherpa people in Tibet is similar to that of the Nepalese people. Sherpa people in Lixing have been living there for some 260 years; they originally came from Sharzebo of Nepal; but some others say they came from Garze of Sichuan. When strangers meet, they will ask the family names of each other. If they have the same family name, they cannot joke with each other and cannot intermarry. In the past, Sherpa people did not intermarry with Tibetans or other ethnic groups. But they could intermarry with Sherpa people with different family names within the Nepalese border, disregarding the restriction of nationality and district. For their marriage, there are some different situations. One is that the boy invites others to go to the girl's home together to act as matchmakers, carrying wine and offering hada scarves. If all the girl's family members agree with the marriage, they will invite the matchmakers to stay for dinner, and the couple can marry. The second way is that, when the boy makes an offer of marriage, if the girl's parents agree with it but the girl does not agree, the boy will "take the bride by force". The third way is that when the boy and the girl agree with the marriage but the girl's parents do not agree, the boy will "take" the girl by force and hide her in mountain before begging her parents for their agreement. When he receives their approval, he will lead the bride home. Before marriage, the groom will give betrothal gifts to the bride's family. Sherpa people also have a marriage form that two brothers share the same wife. The wife has her own room with a double bed. The two brothers have their own rooms, and who will sleep with her is decided by the wife or by the two husbands. If there are four brothers in a family, the No.1 brother and the No.2 have a same wife, and the No.3 and the No.4 will share another wife. This is somewhat different than the old system in the Tibetan and Moinba areas. Among the people with the Sherpa caste among the Sherpa people, there is a form of trial marriage. There is a traditional "Qomolangma Business Passage" from Dingri to Solhu and Kunbo in Nepal. In these latter districts, home to many thousands of people who fled at some time from Tibet, there are still many small wooden buildings for Sherpa people's trial marriage today.

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The name system of Sherpa people in Tibet is similar to that of the Nepalese people. Sherpa people in Lixing have been living there for some 260 years; they originally came from Sharzebo of Nepal; but some others say they came from Garze of Sichuan.

When strangers meet, they will ask the family names of each other. If they have the same family name, they cannot joke with each other and cannot intermarry.

In the past, Sherpa people did not intermarry with Tibetans or other ethnic groups. But they could intermarry with Sherpa people with different family names within the Nepalese border, disregarding the restriction of nationality and district. For their marriage, there are some different situations. One is that the boy invites others to go to the girl's home together to act as matchmakers, carrying wine and offering hada scarves. If all the girl's family members agree with the marriage, they will invite the matchmakers to stay for dinner, and the couple can marry. The second way is that, when the boy makes an offer of marriage, if the girl's parents agree with it but the girl does not agree, the boy will "take the bride by force". The third way is that when the boy and the girl agree with the marriage but the girl's parents do not agree, the boy will "take" the girl by force and hide her in mountain before begging her parents for their agreement. When he receives their approval, he will lead the bride home. Before marriage, the groom will give betrothal gifts to the bride's family.

Sherpa people also have a marriage form that two brothers share the same wife. The wife has her own room with a double bed. The two brothers have their own rooms, and who will sleep with her is decided by the wife or by the two husbands. If there are four brothers in a family, the No.1 brother and the No.2 have a same wife, and the No.3 and the No.4 will share another wife. This is somewhat different than the old system in the Tibetan and Moinba areas.

Among the people with the Sherpa caste among the Sherpa people, there is a form of trial marriage. There is a traditional "Qomolangma Business Passage" from Dingri to Solhu and Kunbo in Nepal. In these latter districts, home to many thousands of people who fled at some time from Tibet, there are still many small wooden buildings for Sherpa people's trial marriage today.

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