​2016 International Conference on
Sounds, Images, and Texts on China's Periphery

TSEKHOR

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A horizontal circle road around the Potala Palace is named “Tsekhor” by the Tibetans. In Tibetan, “Tse” stands for the Potala Palace on this lan and pray to the three jewels. Nowadays, alone with the pilgrims, tourists, street vendors and businessmen filled up this busy road. Thus, Tsekhor has become a small miniature of the city of Lhasa, and the people on this road and their lives reflect the quick changing city. Tsekhor starts with three major characters. By documenting their lives, emotions and the chances and obstacles they encounter, it presents to audiences individual living circumstance in rapidly modernizing Tibetan society. 

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The three major characters are an immigrant Chinese labor in Tibet, a young Tibetan worker from a remote countryside, and a local urban resident also represent there different social groups. Three characters appear to be separate individuals, yet, between them and the social groups they belong are strongly connected in both physical space of Tsekhor road and social sphere of daily life. From documenting changes had happened to these people, we can see a society facing radical changes with un-projectable future.

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Purpu Tsering

Purpu Tsering is an old Tibetan man who sells “Drampul” on Tsekhor.

 

Traditionally, the road was one of the busiest streets where people sell food and handicrafts. A recent state regulation forbids street vendors without proper license to do business on Tsekhor. 

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Tenzin Sedon

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Tenzinsedon joined Plymouth University to study BA(hons) Media Arts as part of a partnership agreement with Donghua University. Tenzinsedon had a number of successes with the documentaries she produced in her graduating year including

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Documentaries: A Taste of Life; The Horses and Horseman 

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International students microfilm contest: first prize 
Zhenjiang International Documentary Film Festival: first prize
Won the Royal Television society, Devon and Cornwall Student Award

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“I am a documentary filmmaker. I love people and observing the communities, it is a need that comes from deep inside me. It is a desire to make documentaries that always drives me to leave again, to go and look slesewhere.”
 

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