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The video documents a pilgrimage to Pungyen Gonba in May 2013. Most people from the village of Sama accompanied Lama Tashi Dorje on a day-long trip to the temple dedicated to Lord Pungyen, the village protector (yul lha).

In 2012 headmaster Purbu Tsewang (a.k.a. Bir Bahadur) for the first time in Nubri's history admitted the children of blacksmiths to a school. This video documents the event and includes a speech in support of the action by Khenpo Tashi Tsering of Lho…

Tsewang Norbu of Prok Village was the last subba (tax collector; govt. representative) in Nubri. His ancestor had been sent to Nubri, probably in the 1850s when the area came under Nepal's administration.

This article uses original source materials to explore the history of Nubri from the 11th century to the present.

Lama Tashi Dorje (b.1919) was the younger son of Tinley Ozer, the head lama of Sama who was probably born around 1880. Tashi Dorje's elder brother, Tinley Gyatso (1908/9-1951) was the incumbent of the lama lineage by virtue of seniority, but died at…

A traditional plow (thong gshol) used in Sama.

This is the phurba (phur ba; ritual dagger) that, according to legend, Tashi Namgyal (b.1640?) stuck into the ground at Mimi to create a reliable spring. Tashi Namgyal is one of the first of the Ngadag lineage to settle in Sama. His act symbolically…

Sonam Lama critiques the planning of a road that is being built through Tsum without local consultation or participation.

English transcript of the interview with Ngawang Namgyal on the Gowa Sonam lineage (rgyud pa).

Ngawang namgyal of Prok Village discusses the history and social status of his lineage (rgyud pa), Gowa Sonam.