Tshegho
The Garment of Life
“Young children were often dressed in a garment known as Tshegho or the “garment of life”. Such garments were made from pieces of clothes given by the older people who had survived their childhood and were living to an advanced age. Thus, a Tshegho was a gift of long life given by the old to the young.””
Can I hold baby Jamyang just this once?” begs Dechen. “Dechen, your arms are not strong enough yet to hold him on your own. You can stroke him, and even kiss him, while I hold him,” says Aum Wangmo.
Dechen and her mother live in a village in Bhutan. Dechen’s mother wants to teach her to weave but Dechen is not interested. She finds weaving boring and whines that she will never be able to learn. One day, something changes her mind. Find out what happens to make Dechen happily learn to weave.
