Tibet Group Tours - Tibetan Baldric

We will offer people who want to join a Tibet group tour the Tibetan baldric as it is an important part of Tibetan dress culture, including headwear, plastron, Waist decorations, etc.

Brief Introduction of Tibetan Baldric

It is and cultural phenomenon of nature worship originates from ancient times. It has deep connection with original religion. Tibetan people once lived on stock raising and hunting, and live a wandering life. It is not convenient to carry too much family properties. So they change the properties into baldrics and wear them. Accumulate day by day and month by month, more and more baldrics brought inconvenience for Tibetans. So the baldrics are divided into good and bad. Thus baldrics became the symbol of wealth.

Headwear of Tibetans

In the large agricultural regions of Tibet alongside the Yarlung Zangbo River, including Lhasa, Shigatse, Shannan and Nyingchi, people are accustomed to braid hair. Too many braids surely bring inconvenience for life. In the agricultural regions, women usually make two braids of the hair. And mingle colorful silk ribbons with the hair. When they work, they spiral the hair high on the head. Their headwear is obviously less than the herdsmen. The headwear and the hair of the women in agricultural areas are purely two divided parts. When they want to decorate with the headwear, they just put them on. It is convenient to put on and take off. This indicates the fast development of the material culture and spiritual culture. People’s clothes and adornments become more convenient and simpler.

In Shigatse Prefecture, a commonly seen headwear is called “Bazhu”, which is like an arch. It is made up with pearl, Murray, coral, Songer Stone and so on. This kind of adornment is unique and troublesome when use. People need to divide the hair into more braids in advance one day. When putting up, they need to divide the small braid again into two, using an arch made with bamboo of 1 meter’s long to fix fasten the hair. Stretch the hair and put various adornments on the bamboo arch. “Bazhu” is made of by three parts. They are support made by bamboo arch covered with red cloth, “Zada” made with pearls, and the under part ornament called “Zangmobazu”. Meanwhile, the ornaments play a role of balancing and fastening the hair.