On the High Grassland | September 9, 2012

Losang Rabgey

I milked a dri (female yak) last week on the high grassland of Dzorge, Tibet, adjacent to the great Machu River, truly a place of overwhelming majesty. We usually spend most of our time with farmers and semi-nomads. My friend kindly brought me home to meet and stay with his full-time drokpa (nomad) family. Standing behind my expert instructor, Drolkar, a drokpa woman of typical Amazonian strength, there was no way I could have predicted the feeling of gratitude that would wash over me once I began milking. This huge black creature allowed a stranger to take its milk intended for her weela (new calf).

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