Tibet Oral History Project · 2007-06-27
Apey
Making a living between Lhasa, Phari and Kongpo
An introduction to the interview
Apey remembers trading between Lhasa, Phari and Kongpo to support his household. His account follows wool, hired transporters and work for a Lhasa family. These details introduce the city through the trading journeys that connected it to other places.
Editorial introduction based on the English transcript. It is not a quotation or a reviewed Tibetan translation.
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A market in Lhasa, 1938. A separate historical source, not an image of this interview or the specific event remembered.
In the storyteller’s words
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Source PDF · English transcript ↗Connected through place