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Ya ri a bsod Collection 1


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Sha bo don 'grub rdo rje 
Skal dbang skyid 

Abstract

This collection contains fourteen songs collected in the grasslands of Amdo (northeast Tibet) in the area where Sichuan, Gansu, and Qinghai provinces meet. The songs represent various genres, and were all composed by Ya ri a bsod, an itinerant bard, in the early twentieth century.

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At one time, Ya ri a bsod went to steal horses in Rta bo and was shot and injured. As he lay dying he sang this song to describe his situation. 亚日阿索曾经去大武偷马不幸而受伤了。他几乎要死了就唱这首歌描述他悲惨的处境。

Keywords

Oral Literature, Oral Tradition, Linguistic Anthropology, Tibetan, Amdo, Ya ri a bsod, Song

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World Oral Literature Project

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