General information

Call No.:

437-1-20:8/1

Part of series

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

Located at

Digital container #8 / No. 1

Date

2018

Level

Item

Primary Type

Audio

Language

Ladakhi

Duration

5 min. 23 sec.

Notes

This item is available in the Digital Repository.

Content

Form/Genre

Raw material

Contents Summary

This recording was made during the preparations for an actual wedding, in July 2018, in Zangla village. It was made the day before the groom’s party goes to fetch the bride from her father’s house. All the people who have been invited to take part in the wedding (to help with the proceedings) are invited to the groom’s house on this day. They drink the chang prepared by the groom mother, they discuss how to prepare for the coming wedding and what time to leave for the bride the next day. From time to time they sing wedding songs.

Context

Associated Names

Namgail, Stanzin (Donor)

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage

India