Economic, Environmental, and Religious Factors Underlying Polyandry Selected by Tribe in the Tibetan Culture: Participant observations from Humla, Northwest Nepal

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  • 一妻多夫婚（ポリアンドリー）の選択理由 その環境的、経済的及び宗教的視点からの考察 －ネパール北西部フムラでの参与観察を通して－
  • イッサイ タフコン(ポリ アンド リー)ノ センタク リユウ ソノ カンキョウテキ 、 ケイザイテキ オヨビ シュウキョウテキ シテン カラ ノ コウサツ : ネパール ホクセイブ フムラ デ ノ サンヨ カンサツ オ トオシテ

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The area encompassed by the “Tibetan cultural sphere” covers approximately 3,800,000 square kilometers, or roughly 10 times the territory of Japan. The Tibetan population of approximately 5,000,000, lives inside the Chinese border, though with communities in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Pakistan. The author performed field work research in this area from 1990 to 2010 and presented the findings on Tibetan culture and customs as visual anthropology through many pictorial works. Based on folk evidence, it is clear that a “Polyandry” marriage system was used in this region from ancient times. In this paper, the reasons underlying the use of polyandry in Tibet have been inspected multilaterally from the perspectives of the environment, economy, and religion. The author compares this analysis with the field research as a participant observer in Humla. Finally, the reasons for choosing and maintaining polyandry among Tibetan peoples will be brought to light.

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