Offering Songs, Festive Songs, Procesional Songs mGar-gLu, Khro-Glu, Phebsnga: Tashi Tsering's Music: Dramyan Tsering Wangmo, 'For the long life of the Dramyan'
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Audio
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Authors
Blumenthal, Katey
Abstract
About the Tibetan lute, the dramyan 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.
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Keywords
Loba, Mustang, Kali Gandaki, Tibetan Folk Music, Mon
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Publisher
World Oral Literature Project