TIBETAN WAYS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3107, 28 December 1921, Page 6

TIBETAN WAYS.

ETIQUETTE OF POEYAXDRV. BUTCHERS FOR UNDERTAKERS. LONDON, Dec. 15. Colonel Howard Bury (leader of iln Mount- Everest expedition), in au inlerviev avi l l • a representative of (ho Times, enipha slm'il thiil the expedition's preliminary wori was very valuable. The rccoipiuissanc'es produced comprehensive maps of (lie region, and (he mein hers established the most cordial relations with the Tibetans, who had not- previously seen white men, and secured the loyalh of the coolies —this auguring well for (lit success of the attempt- to he made in 1922 Colonel Bury gave an interesting review of the customs of the people. They do not bury their dead, and in villages art butchers who cut up the bodies and throw them In (tie birds. If they do not quickly attract the bird: it is assumed that the deceased led a thoroughly.bad life. The people sutler from ophthalmia, and cataract owing to wind and dust. They permit themselves one bath a yeah in the hot springs. The women smear their faces with grease and soot as a protection against the weather. CLIFFS’ 1000 FFF.’I DROP. Polyandry (the possession lay a woman d two or mini husbands) is practised. Tin wife of the eldest brother in a lamily of three brothers is shared by all. If the second lus.'iber marries bis wife is shared by .dm and the youngest, It the youngest narries be keeps bis wife to himself. The Tilest: brother is considered to be (be father >1 all the children. Their food is a sort* )f macaroni, with tea made with butte 1md salt. The Kama Valley contains the finest cenery in the world, (he cliffs having a beer drop of I.CQO feet, The vegetation nd forest arc most luxuriant. The visibili.lv s 100 miles. Exploration in the region should he car-

ried out only by young men. If physicallylit they will return in better health than at the outset. The strain on the constitution is immense. At 20,000 feet the heat in summer lime is intense, and (he moment the sun rises it draws out all one's energy. Even in October the mercury falls to zero Fahrenheit at night.