Songs from Tha Rgyas

These songs are recorded in Tha Rgyas Village, Rtsa Zhol Township, Mol Gro Gung Dkar County, Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region. The village is an agricultural village about 150 kilometers away from the holy city of Lhasa. The songs were recorded by Drolma Lhajyid, a graduate from Qinghai Normal College and member of the Tibetan Endangered Music Project. The songs were mostly sung by Drolkar and Lhaya, both of whom are in their 70s. The songs are mostly wedding party songs, which are sung to entertain guests at weddings. For more information about the songs, please write to Drolma Lhajyid. For more information about the Tibetan Endangered Music Project, please write to Gerald Roche.

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Track #	Song Notes	Time	Description
Track 01	pdf	3.15	Voice: Drolkar Gyamtsan River, Wedding party song.
Track 02	pdf	1.42	Voice: Drolkar The King of India, Wedding party song.
Track 03	pdf	2.42	Voice: Drolkar Happy Gathering, Hagiography.
Track 04	pdf	3.56	Voice: Drolkar and Lhaya The Sun is Rising, Drinking song.
Track 05	pdf	2.43	Voice: Drolkar and Lhaya The White Snowy Mountain, Ahle, celebrations for lamas and summer festival song.
Track 06	pdf	3.36	Voices: Drolkar and Lhaya This song is sung while dancing, and praises great lamas and local monasteries.
Track 07	pdf	1.40	Voices: Drolkar and Lhaya The Feeling of Happiness.
Track 08	pdf	4.23	Voices: Drolkar and Lhaya The One on Whom I Depend, Wedding party song.
Track 09	pdf	3.16	Voices: Drolkar Yarlung Valley, Guest song.
Track 10	pdf	1.59	Voices: Drolkar and Lhaya Happy Gathering, New Year song.
Track 11	pdf	0.56	Voices: Lhaya The Golden Palace, Hagiography.
Track 12	pdf	0.52	Voices: Lhaya Lahshiba (a person’s name), Oration.
Track 13	pdf	1.18	Voices: Drolkar and Lhaya Wedding party song.
Track 14	pdf	4.55	Voices: Drolkar and Lhaya The Auspicious Valley, Summer festival song.
Track 15	pdf	2.49	Voices: Walzang Good People, House party song.
Track 16	pdf	2.30	Voices: Drolkar and Tsering Palgyi Gesar’s Ornaments, Summer festival song.
Track 17	pdf	2.17	Voices: Drolkar and Tsering Palgyi Liquor Server, Wedding party song.
Track 18	pdf	1.48	Voices: Walzang The Left, Right and Middle Mountains, Summer Festival and New Year song.