From Drunken-Sage to Artiste, the Many Lives of the Tibetan Dekar (original) (raw)

Global South Ethnographies, 2016

Abstract

A man was found in Kollegaal refugee camp in Karnataka’s Mysore district. He wore a Chuba, and was clearly drunk. He was unkempt and would occasionally “expose” his genitals, letting himself hang loose. People were revolted by him. He lived with, among, and like the stray dogs: children would call him names and throw stones at him. Sometimes though, he would come to be surrounded by people.

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