My name is Drolmatso. I study English, and I will graduate with an Associate Degree in December, 2007.
I grew up in a beautiful Tibetan nomadic community called Axi Village, which is in Ruo Er Gai County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province. All the residents are nomads and each family has a house in the village where most of elders and children stay all the year round. These elders spend their time chanting scriptures and circling the old temples. On the pasture each family lives in a black yak hair tent and moves according to the season in order to get plenty grass for their sheep, yaks, and horses. These young nomads live on a diet of meat, butter, cheese, yogurt and tsampa, most of which is self-produced.
I joined the photography project in March 2007, and it provides me with a great chance to learn more about cameras and discover the importance of photography that before I just ignored. Now I understand that even though it is just a simple machine, using a camera can make a great contribution to my culture for both its preservation and its presentation to the world. Here I took some pictures in my hometown. I think many people are unfamiliar with the area in which I live. Therefore, in the short term I hope that people might gain a better understanding of this place by seeing my images. In the long term I hope that I can contribute to the preservation of my culture, particularly in terms of non-tangible heritage. I am looking forward to taking more pictures and to sharing my culture with as many people as possible.
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My Hometown