Document regarding ranking of the arrows in a local Arrow Festival

Law > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.;
Customary law > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.;
Ethnological jurisprudence.;
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Social life and customs.

This document was issued in general to the people of Kyrong (sKyid grong) and also specifically to the local district officer, the monk who leads the prayers in the local monastery (dBu mDzad), the housekeeper of the monastery, two local leaders and four persons in charge of the production of barley beer (Chang). A dispute arose during the Arrow Festival of the locality (known as sTob Le'i mDa' rGyag) concerning the ranking of the arrows. It was decided that the ranking of the arrow competition should be handled by two people who are physically present, the representative of people (lDing 'Thus) and the monk who leads the prayers in the monastery (the sKyid Grong bSam gTan Gling monastery?). As the last page of the document is missing, it is unclear who issued this document and there is no date. It is likely that this is a local decision and issued by a higher level district officer.

University at Buffalo. Law Library.

French, Rebecca Redwood.

The golden yoke : the legal cosmology of Buddhist Tibet / Rebecca Redwood French.

Tibetan

Manuscript

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