Offering Songs, Festive Songs, Processional Songs mGar-gLu, Khro-Glu, Phebsnga: Khang Lhamo, Yandol & Pema Dolma Music: Chang tang yang tse, 'Trading in Chang Tang'
Authors
Blumenthal, Katey
Publication Date
2013-04Publisher
World Oral Literature Project
Language
Other
Type
Audio
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Blumenthal, K. (2013). Offering Songs, Festive Songs, Processional Songs mGar-gLu, Khro-Glu, Phebsnga: Khang Lhamo, Yandol & Pema Dolma Music: Chang tang yang tse, 'Trading in Chang Tang' [Audio file]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/244411
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Abstract
An old trading song, about the salttrade with Tibet. Primarily a collection of folk and religious offering songs sung by a specialised class of folk singers (Emeda) in Lo. Most of these songs are sung by Tashi Tsering, the last remaining Emeda singer in Lo. In many of these songs, he accompanies himself with the nha, a pair of large kettledrums played with wooden mallets. Other 'khro glu are sung by women in Lo Monthang, Yandol, Pema Dolkar, and Khang Lhamo.
Keywords
Loba, Mustang, Kali Gandaki, Tibetan Folk Music, Mon
Spatial Coverage
Lo Monthang, Mustang, Nepal
Temporal Coverage
06/12/2010
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This record's URL: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/244411
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 UK)
Licence URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/
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