Tibet Oral History Project
Pasang Dolkar
Knitting and trading in Phari
Pasang Dolkar remembers knitting sweaters, socks and caps to sell in Phari. She describes visitors arriving from Lhasa, Shigatse, Gyantse and farther away. Her story connects household work to a trading town and the people who moved through it.
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About this interview
- Birth region
- Utsang, Tibet
- Work
- Business
- Age at interview
- 71
- Left Tibet
- 1959
- Interview / catalogue date
- 2007-06-28
Editorial introduction based on the English transcript, not a quotation or a reviewed Tibetan translation.
Sources & credits
Original interview and transcript: Tibet Oral History Project. Rights remain with the source and respective holders.
Introduction references: PDF p. 8.