General information

Call No.:

437-1-20:1/1

Part of series

HU OSA 437-1-20 Digital Archive of Cultural Heritage: Intangible Cultural Heritage: Oral Tradition of Zanskar

Located at

Digital container #1 / No. 1

Date

2018

Level

Item

Primary Type

Audio

Language

Ladakhi

Duration

2 min. 51 sec.

Notes

This item is available in the Digital Repository.

Content

Form/Genre

Raw material

Contents Summary

Chol lu or Proposal Song, is an engagement song. It is sung when the parents first inform the girl of marriage plans for her. This happens before the chang or beer ceremony, where the groom’s family formally asks for the hand of the girl. A group of female relatives come together and they start singing a special kind of chol lu (this informs the girl that there are plans to get her married). The song tells about how the daughter does not want to get married and leave her mother, but the mother is telling her daughter that she had also got married and marriage is a good thing.
This song is not being sung anymore. According to Nima Dolma’s explanation, marriages arranged by parents have become rare. Most young people choose their partners for themselves, so the occasion to sing this song does not rise anymore.
Sung by Nima Dolma, in her fifities, from Tsazar village.

Context

Associated Names

Dolma, Nima (Performer)

Namgail, Stanzin (Donor)

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage

India