The monastery Trugo Gon near Lake Mansarovar, the Nomad with a fish he caught, a Tibetan Birth Ritual.

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In the small courtyard of the monastery Trugo Gonpa, located on the south side of Lake Manasarovar.
I met a young nomad, he had caught a fish a pike, proudly showing it, and I did not know what this could mean, what is this fish all about.
Searched the internet and found the following story by Edie Farwell and Anne Hubbell Maiden.

Tibetan Birth Ritual.
If there is great difficulty at the birth, a lama may be asked to do special prayers at the monastery. The father, or anyone else the family deems appropriate, approaches a rinpoche (the family lama) and makes an offering of money and a white ceremonial scarf, called a kata, for the appropriate ritual to be performed, according to the lama's divination. The spiritual energy created by the ceremony is directed to the mother and baby for an easy birth and good health.

The father may also give the lama butter to bless. During difficult labor, the mother can eat the blessed butter to ease the pain. The comfort of a familiar food that has been blessed relaxes the mother and makes her feel as if a higher power is looking out for her. If labor is strong, the mother may eat a piece of dried fish from the sacred Lake Manasarovar in Tibet. A little bit of the fish is kept on hand in most households a! nd is fe d to the mother when her pain increases. The fish from the sacred lake brings blessings and spiritual grace to the woman who takes it, and so eases her mind and helps her relax, allowing the baby to come sooner. This also happens commonly when blessed butter is taken. Both taking the fish and the butter are such standard rituals in Tibetan culture that women are conditioned to relax and feel safe when they eat them during labor. (if you want the whole story, click here) www.context.org/ICLIB/IC31/Farwell.htm