Mani-Rimdu Sherpa Dance-Drama

Pioneering work by Jerstad who first encountered Sherpas as part of the 1963 Everest Expedition. Illustrated with 22 photographs and 6 illustations. "The colorful and ancient Cham, a traditional Tibetan Buddhist dance-drama, has been noted by travelers in Tibet since the eighteenth century." "...Jerstad describes Mani-rimdu, the Nepalese form of Cham, as he observed it among the Sherpas of northeastern Nepal."