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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
Ausjulius,
Again, thank you for elaborating with these important details concerning Bhutan and the circumstances involving these people and in neighboring areas as well as use of these swords. This is exactly what is needed in the study and the understanding of weapons beyond their type,form, category.
Every weapon has its story!
Now I know the story with this one  |
no worries.
have a look at this image..
https://tibetpolicy.net/discussing-r...nives-weapons/
as knife and sword collectors.. its a sad sad image..
you can find more of thes eimages with lepoard, bear and fox furs, guns, crossbows, swords knives ect being burnt.. some of those piles would be worth a million dollars.. gives you an image of just how common such arms are/were in tibet when compared with the rest of the modern world.
some place on youtube there is a festival attended by local tibetians in triaditional costume and some monks that shows traditional sword and sheild and dagger techniques. it was on youtube in tibetian language. was interesitng, it wasnt a danct but several showing cutting, defending and such techniques with sharp swords.. if i find it ill post it
https://savetibet.org/wp-content/upl...furs_image.jpg
https://savetibet.org/wp-content/upl...ang-Knives.jpg
http://www.ecns.cn/visual/hd/2015/09-02/75464.shtml