CHILDBIRTH IN BON SKOR TIBETAN COMMUNITY: BELIEFS, PERSPECTIVES, AND PRACTICES

Rdo rje dpal 'byor (Duojihuanjiao). 2023. Childbirth in Bon skor Tibetan Community: Beliefs, Perspectives, and Practices. Asian Highlands Perspectives 63:219-255. 

The cultural and ideological concepts, practices, and beliefs associated with traditional Tibetan pregnancy, childbirth, midwifery, postpartum, and infant care, as well as transitions in an agro-pastoral Tibetan community in the A mdo region through interviews with six local women, are presented in this paper. Four women had traditional home delivery, and two gave birth in a hospital. This study offers insights into childbirth rooted in a gendered context of customs on the cusp of change.