Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Music #56 - Tibetan songs

Some Tibetan Songs


Kelsang Metok / 格桑梅朵
(L) Ahsansan / 阿桑桑 
 
(R) Tap Dance on the Snow / 雪域踢蹋 
- note the long sleeves

Re the singer's name:
- kelsang/格桑 is the name of Lhaza's city flower
- metok/梅朵 is Tibetan for flower/花


《格桑拉》
 




The Halama Sisters / 哈拉玛组合
* Beautiful Halama / 美丽的哈拉玛 
(Halama is Tibetan for the beautiful grassland to the NW of Sichuan.)
* Where is Muli (County)? / 木里(县)在哪里?



Soinam Wangmo / 索朗旺姆
* The Most Beautiful Girl / 最美的姑娘
* Tibetan Plateau / 青藏高原
* John Denver singing 在那遥远的地方

* Heavenly Road / 天路


The Snow Lotus Sisters / 雪莲三姐妹
* Tibetan Plateau / 青藏高原




JamYang Dolma / 降央卓玛 
* 故乡 / Home of Origin



Dartsedo Love Song / 康定情歌 by 

* 宋祖英 & Placido Domingo

- with Lang Lang on piano

The county of Dartsedo (Tibetan), or Kangding (Chinese), is in Sichuan province, and populated by Tibetans. 


 



Tibetan Tap Dance ('Duixie') / 藏族堆谐 
(L) at 2011 Tibetan New Year Eve Special 
 
(R) by a county civic tap-dance-arts troupe


   
Tibetan line dance
(L) fragrant butter / 酥油飘香 
- making butter from milk of yak or shee
 
(R) 吉祥酒歌


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