The 1st Ecological Culture festival was successfully held in Caochi

The 1st Ecological Culture festival was held in Yushu Prefecture Qumalai Qumahe Caochi from 18th to 23rd July 2007.290 herdsmen in Caochi & 27 environmental protection workers from Qumahe Government, 3 Great Rivers Sources State Natural Protection Areas Management Bureau, CI & related units attended the festival.

FigHerdsmen enthusiastically took the guests home

The theme of the festival was “harmonious village, happy herdsmen” & the values were “hardworking & thrifty, simple, true & happy”. The Association made use of the activity formats that the herdsmen like to enrich the their life & at the same time implement Environmental Education.

The herdsmen promoted the traditional Tibetan culture & fine ecological cultural views via various cultural activities in the 6 days’ festival.

Through traditional ecological culture shows, nomadic cultural activities & herdsmen’s sports games, we passed on traditional Tibetan customs & reviewed the traditional culture.

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Licking yogurt from saddle

Experience nomadic life

Village Visual Education project was launched in April 2007 & the Association provided the film projectors.We encouraged the villagers to record their lives in movies & to know about their environment. Their environmental protection senses were also strengthened.10 pictures were selected from 200 pictures taken by the villagers & shown in the festival.

Village Visual education --- Herdsmen photography show

Herdsmen’s primeval handicrafts show

24 herdsmen displayed more than 60 pieces of their handicraft works in the Herdsmen’s primeval handicraft show. These works, the utensils & production tools that are closely related to herdsmen’s life demonstrated the original form of Tibetan traditional culture.

18 villagers were elected as the “most compassionate” villagers. They were models of respect for & obeying parents, educating offspring, promoting religious ecological culture & public welfare.11 herdsmen voluntarily joined the “happy herdsman” competition to share their happiness & joy.

“The most compassionate” villagers

Tulku was elected the “most compassionate” villager

27 environmental protection workers from 3 Great Rivers Sources State Natural Protection Areas Management Bureau, CI & related units were separated into wild animals supervision team, cultural team & pasture team to inspect the production, cultural characteristics, utilization of ecological resources etc of Caochi.They had also exchanged experience with some villagers, including members of FWO & had discussed the issues of tradition & development; conservation of culture & utilization of natural resources.

Community Experience Exchange

The festival used traditional cultural activities as media to cultivate the villagers’ sense of belonging, to make up for the lost traditions, to encourage their inheritance of meritorious ecological cultural views. The Association aimed to embody education in entertainment & to provide a platform for the mainstream society to understand the economic, ecological & cultural conditions of Caochi.

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Village community wild animals’ inspection shows

Village visual education

“Cow pulling” competition

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