Sang rgyas bkra shis’ BEING ANYTHING AND GOING ANYWHERE is a rich, vivid, and immensely informative account of songs and singing in Amdo. Written from personal experience but with a rigorous coverage and excellent illustration of music, texts, and contexts, this book is the next best thing to actually visiting Gcan tsha County. A beautiful and invaluable resource.--Anna Morcom, University of London
Videos of all twenty-six songs performed by Sang rgyas bkra shis that are included in this book are available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/koknor/albums/72157660291081020
Author(s): Sang rgyas bkra shis, Qi Huimin, and CK Stuart
Series: Asian Highlands Perspectives 39
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 159
Tags: Tibetan music ethnography folk songs Qinghai Tibetans in China culture
CONTENTS
དུས་ནམ་ཡང་བྱམས་པ་དང་བརྩེ་བས་བསྐྱངས་པའི་དྲིན་ཆེན་གྱི་ཕ་མ་གཉིས་ལ་བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་ཞུ། 3
Acknowledgements 4
Contents 5
Map. Gcan tsha (Jianzha) County, Mtsho sngon Province 6
Foreword 7
PART ONE: LIFE WITH SONG 13
Introduction 14
Songs 19
Dmangs glu 19
Glu shags 20
La gzhas 21
Visiting My Maternal Grandparents 32
Weddings 36
Power Transformations 47
A Dmangs glu Singing Competition 49
Informal Gatherings at My Home 51
Changing Song Practices and Preferences 55
PART TWO: MUSIC AND TEXTS 60
Introduction 61
Dmangs glu 62
Glu shags 62
La gzhas 62
Rdung len 63
Conclusion 132
PART THREE: PHOTOGRAPHS 134
1 and 2. A wedding ceremony in Rkang mo Community in Gcan tsha thang Township. 135
3. The sixth lunar month horse race. 137
4. My family on the autumn pasture. 138
5 and 6. A birthday party for a three year old boy. 139
7. Singing to commend families maintaining community traditions - the black yak hair tent. 141
8, 9, 10, and 11. Singing at a wedding. 142
References 144
Non-English Terms 147
Index 154
