Tibet Oral History Project: Interview with Phurbu Bhuti on 4/1/2017
The interpreter's English translation provided during this interview is potentially incomplete and/or inaccurate. If you are not fluent in Tibetan, please refer to the interview transcript for the complete and correct English translation. Read the interview transcript in English at tibetoralhistory.org/Interview...
** This interview about life in Tibet was conducted by the Tibet Oral History Project. This non-profit organization aims to preserve the history and culture of the Tibetan people by interviewing elderly Tibetan refugees about life in Tibet before and after the Chinese invasion. Learn more at www.TibetOralHistory.org.
** Interview Summary: Phurbu Bhuti was born in Khangmar in Utsang Province to a large family of seven children. They were farmers and as the eldest child, she had many chores and responsibilities. She describes her daily routine and the family’s three-room home. She had to collect water each day from a nearby river in wooden vessels. Her family was allotted land from a large estate and tenants like her family sowed the lands and collected manure as a tax in the form of service. Phurbu Bhuti notes the absence of modern medical care and hospitals in Tibet. She describes in vivid detail the rituals performed at the time of one’s death and the system of sky burial where bodies are fed to vultures. She was taught to chant prayers by her father and each night the entire family would say their prayers before dinner. She believes that boys were treated a little bit better than girls and had more independence.When the Chinese first arrived, Phurbu Bhuti felt they were helpful. The situation changed rapidly after the Chinese began dividing the community into categories based on economic status and distributing property of the wealthy to the beggars. She witnessed the thamzing ‘struggle sessions’ of wealthy men. After being warned that middle class families like hers might be next, her family fled in the night leaving behind three of her siblings.
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Hi There. Thank you for this wonderful project. Apart from learning a lot about how people used to live in Tibet, as a Tibetan language student, I find these videos very useful to practice. Therefore I was wondering if you could upload a Tibetan transcript, apart from the English, for every video so people who study Tibetan can practice? Thank you again.
Thank you 🙏 for the wonderful interview!! I hope 🤞 everyone must something from Tibetan exiles in general!!!
At this age, such a calm and collected fun loving grandma. Love you and prayers for your health.
God bless you ama la...i pray next generation u will be born in our beautiful fatherland tibet
I am really heart touching ❤❤❤
Such a wonderful lady and she speaks beautifully in interview also very confident
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M missing my late grandma after watching this video,everytime m missing her
Real story about Tibet I also saw all these when I was in Tibet near grand mothers village
After I watched ur history iam really very sad into my centre of heart. Lots of tears falling into my eyes
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2 жыл бұрын
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My father is 90yrs n mother is 95yrs, they are living in India
What a sweet and lovely lady. May Guru Rinpoche watch over her 🙏🏼❤🙏🏼🌈🙏🏼💐🙏🏼
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2 жыл бұрын
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The wonderful but dying culture! May the almighty Buddha and Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva take care of Tibetans inside and outside Tibet🙏🙏🙏
Miss you 🥺😭 Meri ama
i can recomend someone that is very good story teller
Tank you very much Tibet oral project, in French , merci beaucoup d'avoir mis en place des témoignages poignants, cette grande dame âgée est si humble ont n'a envie de rentrer dans l'écran pour l'embrasser , cette dame a du beaucoup travailler, les mains d'une dame de la terre , malgré son âge elle se souvient et se prête à l'interview avec beaucoup de courages pour que nous entendions son histoire, par contre pour sont vœu de retourner au Tibet pour ses derniers jours ont n'est bouleversé, car malheureusement la situation ne le permet pas , j'aurais aimé savoir si cette dame a encore de la famille là bas au Tibet ? Ou des amis (es) ? J'espère qu'en Inde pour ses derniers jours cette dame sera accompagné par des Lamas comme il se doit. Merci Madame vous êtes merveilleuse ont ne peux que s'incliner avec respect et gratitude 🙏🏾🌈🌸🌺🌼💐❤️🕊
Guru rinpoche bless her soul.❤❤
@WANGLHA6872
2 жыл бұрын
It's very interesting that she talked about the tradition of giving away our body to vultures. Sky burial tradition that she seem to be very familiar with and practiced. She also looks very very clean even though she super duper old. Her hair, I see not a single dandruff or junk. She must have smell good too. Bless your soul momo la. May your wisdom bless us. 🌸🌈🤍🐚🙏
@agar15
2 жыл бұрын
Buddhist don't believe in soul.
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sooo cute momo la love from ladakh
Good
Cutest momo la love you 😘😘😘😘
We believed on our religious,traditional,FreeTibet forever.thanks for honesty interview.🙏🙏🙏
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Super
Namaste 💟❣💟🙏
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So good thank you. But she is from just part of tibet and don't know more things beyond of her area. So
This interview is full of misunderstanding. This woman's family was bonded labourers of one estate. They are more or less slaves. In return of life long work on this estate they get food only. That's all! The childrens have to inherit this bondage. This Tibetan intrepreter has very poor knowledge of Tibet. Therefore quality of intrepretion is very.
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10 Chinese disliked 🤔
Translation she is not good
In 1950+ there were about 3 millions Tibetans of which 95% were serfs, indentured farmers and herdsmen. Land, animals, wild life and practically every else were owned by the 5% high ranking Lamas, aristocrats, and officials. The privileged ones escaped to India. The oral history should include former serfs, indentured farmers and herders in present day China as well as wealthy Tibetan diasporas in India, the contrasting experience should be very interesting. This old lady’s family were employed by the rich landlord and had to paid taxes for every things they rented or borrowed. The absentee landlords were the 5% high ranking Lamas and theocrats who later fled to India. The English speaking interviewer displayed very little knowledge of the history of the theocratic feudal Tibet. The were no Shangri La for these peasants. The interview of the the 95% Tibetans who remained in China after1959 will give truer contrasting stories of the past and the present. Just hope this oral history program will maintain a open mind and present a true picture of the old Tibet. This all changed. After 1959, when Dala Lama and the aristocrats refused to give up serfdom and land and escaped to India with their wealth. The serfs were freed, own land and property as they are now.
@sylvielopez2686
6 жыл бұрын
sstchan924 can you explain watt is its serfs ? Why if you explain your source for the story about 1951 en 1959 ? H.H.Dalai Lama born in the poor family in French le H.H.Dalai Lama venait d'une famille pauvre et non d'une famille de la noblesse , vous savez que beaucoup de pauvres gens ont du fuir le Tibet et ne faisait pas partie de l'aristocratie à voir les vidéos de monsieur Dujardin, et d'où vient vos sources ? Et que veut dire les cerfs ? Si vous considérez que le Tibet était un pays féodal, je vous signale que beaucoup de pays vivaient encore d'une manière féodal , Merci tank you
@sstchan924
6 жыл бұрын
Sylvie Lopez If you are really open-minded search KZread for the six part “The Story of Tibet’s Serfs” posted by gbmkfm01 and other archival documentaries by non-Chinese. Then you can draw your own conclusion.
@dreamadventure8220
5 жыл бұрын
So this give u excuse to claim tibet , what an irony, , ? Every single country in the world(china too) is evolved through slavery, landlord, monarchy but that does not define its present image, " if u search for prostitute in town u ll surely find " cmon grow up kiddo
@sonamwangdue4416
5 жыл бұрын
We should also acknowledge that pre 1959 Tibet was same or worse as Chinese in 1960s thampzin and cultural revolution in Tibet.
@drivencocoon235
3 жыл бұрын
@@sstchan924 , You CCP 50 cent army, how about free yourself from Wumao troops ? You are not allowed to learn or search for the truth, your life is worse than a chained dog. As your owner is eyeing on your every moves and you have no options left other than listen to them and pollute every comment sections with their propagandas, that’s the true definition of real slavery. Go educate yourself and learn some human values .
Filipino taking US style interview.wasted so much of her time asking unnecessary questions- this is Asia
@smanpajigdral3531
3 жыл бұрын
It's Tibetan not Philippines
@doodle0007
3 жыл бұрын
@@smanpajigdral3531 I was talking abut the person who is conducting the interview
@drivencocoon235
3 жыл бұрын
@@doodle0007 , they are Interviewers and they are asking every small details for a reason . But you‘re nobody to put a judgement on their interviews, if you don’t like watching it , you‘re free to leave .
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