Tuesday, July 31, 2007

哥儿们 brothers...












这次二十八天的路程有很多工作人员,包括开吉普车的师傅们,也另外有一辆大卡车专门附则我们露营时的膳食,帐篷,和大件的行李.

开吉普车的师傅们有四位是来自四川,两位是来自拉萨的藏族,而大卡车的后勤另有四位藏族的哥儿.

在路程中很想跟藏族的师傅们聊天,只是我的藏语实在太差劲,因此难以跟他们有深入的谈话.可是他们都喜欢唤我这新的藏语名字”格桑梅朵”Gesang Medok…(意思是”格桑花”,是一种紫色高原的花),也急忙把我在Amdo做田野考察时被起的名字 Ata Lhamo(西藏传说时代格萨王恶妻的名字)暂时放在一旁..

In this 28 days journey, there were many supporting staffs. They include the drivers of the jeeps, also there is a big truck staffs, they took care of our tents, camping equipment and the big luggage.

Four of drivers are from Sichuan while three are Tibetan. The truck team including the cook are also Tibetans.

During the trip, I always wanted to chat with the Tibetan staffs, however blame it to my lousy Tibetan language skill, our conversation always remained at a few lines. But they always like calling me my new Tibetan name " Gesang Medok", which is a type of beautiful flowers found on this highland. Haha, therefore I have adopted my new Tibetan name and quickly dropped the old name "Ata Lhamo" which was given when I was doing my fieldwork in Amdo Tibet.

p.s: Ata Lhamo is the 2nd queen of the Tibetan Legendary king "gesar", ata lhamo is said to be very fierceful, good at battle war and everyone was scared of her....













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