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Family Life
1. List the members of your family (include name, age, occupation
and grade/level of education):
Father: Namgay, 50
Mother: Nalim, 47
Daughter: Sangaym, 29
Son: Kinley, 17, boards at school, student in 5th grade
Daughter: Bangum, 14, student in 1st grade
Daughter: Zekom, 2
Daughter's (Sangaym) family:
Husband: Sangay Khandu, 33
Daughter: Choeda, 9
Son: Chato Namgay, 7, student in Kindergarten
Daughter: Sangay Zam, 5
Son: Chato Gyeltshen, 3
Son: Tandin Gyeltshen, 2
Wife's brother: Kinley Dorji, 61, never married/lives in house
Father's cousin: Kado, 27, monk at Wangdi Phodrang. He lived
in the house until age 12, and visits the family periodically.
2. How large a family did each parent come from?
Namgay: 4 brothers and sisters
Nalim: 3 brothers and sisters
3. How much time does your family spend together at
work and play?
We are together at meal times and in the evenings.
4. How far do you commute to work or school?
We work in fields near our village and house. The children
have a 1 hour walk to school.
5. What kinds of transportation do you use? How much time is
spent in transport?
We travel on foot and by horse.
6. Do you actively practice your religion? How does it affect
your daily life and community?
Yes, we are very active. There is a monastery in the village
and we have local religious ceremonies. Recently we paid a
visiting monk to sit in our house for 2 days and read the