The Sherpas of Rolwaling facing a globalised world<\/p>\n
\u00abAs small boys, we were very shy about meeting tourists crossing through our
\nvalley,\u00bb expedition sardar Ngawang Yonden Sherpa recalls. \u00abBut at their heels,
\nwe enjoyed walking in the footprints that their heavy mountain boots le in the
\nmuddy ground, just to experience under our bare feet the feeling of the pro
\nles of their rubber soles and imagine walking in their sophisticated mountain
\nshoes.\u00bb<\/p>\n
That was in the 1960s. e Sherpas of Rolwaling Valley in Eastern Nepal still
\nlived from breeding yaks and cultivating potatoes. ey followed a seasonal
\ncycle of transhumance from the winter settlement at 3,200 metres to the high
\npastures above 5,000 metres. Today agro-pastoral livelihoods have given way to
\na highly successful engagement in the globalised mountaineering tourism of the
\nHimalayas, organised from an urban base.<\/p>\n
This is a fascinating account of the change in Rolwaling Sherpa society over
\nthe past 40 years, e ectively covering three generations.<\/p>\n
Baumgartner\u2019s carefully chronicled life stories reveal radically di erent
\nroles and aspirations within each generation. Economic success in the second
\ngeneration has brought higher educational opportunities to the third \u2013
\nparticularly striking being how the horizons of young women of Rolwaling have
\nwidened, compared to those of their grandmothers, whose lives were firmly
\nanchored in the valley. The question now is: who amongst the younger
\ngeneration \u2013 boys and girls \u2013 will continue the physically harsh but
\nculturally rich life of Rolwaling?<\/p>\n
Content:
\nI e Sherpas of Rolwaling \u2013 Seen through Western Eyes
\nRolwaling in the focus of changing percepti ons by mountaineers,
\nadventurers and researchers from 1952 onwards
\nII A long Journey – from Rags to Riches
\nThe life story of a Sherpa woman refl ecti ng change of
\nlivelihoods and women\u2019s empowerment
\nIII Making a Living in a Hidden Mountain Valley
\nChange and conti nuity of agro-pastoral transhumance of
\nyak herding and potato culti vati on in Rolwaling
\nIV Village Governance Past and Present
\nEvoluti on of local governance; from traditi onal village governance
\nto an innovati ve response to conditi ons of a fragile state
\nV Rolwaling Childhood between two Worlds
\nChildhood in transiti on; from the rural world of Rolwaling to
\nmodern educati on and urban livelihood in Kathmandu
\nVI Risks and Rewards on Mount Everest:
\nStruggling for a place in the sun; the late but very successful
\nentry of Rolwaling Sherpas into the Mountaineering Trade
\nVII Epilogue: Rolwaling in Times of Global Warming
\nLocal impact of global warming;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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