Material Ecology

"Didi, Mummy said we need to put the gobar to dry in the sun." Tashi called out, suddenly appearing at my door. Soon we were dragging five boris (sacks) of gobar (dung) from the cowshed. He and his father had gone to the jungle (grassland pastures) of Tashigong the day before to bring them back. Although from Kibber, Tashi explained that the Tashigong side of the jungle has more gobar at this time of year, though they go to the Kibber jungle too. Livestock grazing in the hig