Kai Sangtang
Collection Information
General Information
- Title:
- Kai Sangtang
- Created:
- 2018
- Language:
- Ladakhi
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio file
- Form/Genre:
Content
- Summary:
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A religious song, which is not sung anymore these days.
The singer, a woman in her sixties, asked that her name be withheld. She is from Tsazar village in Zanskar valley. She consented to sing only one song, one of a religious nature.
The song is sung about the Dalai Lama, asking him to visit and bless people. It also describes how people go to visit the Dalai Lama, but those with a pure heart are lucky, as they can see him in their mind’s eye when they look at the stupa. It sounds like a traditional song, however the singer is calling on the Dalai Lama by his given name (Tenzin Gyatso), suggesting that this is a song using traditional formulas and music patterns, but some of the content, or at least the name, may be changed. The singing pattern suggests that it is usually accompanied by daman and surna.
Context
- Note:
- This item is available in the <a href="https://catalog.osaarchivum.org/catalog/osa:7149de32-0687-4482-81bb-a1a801dc206f" target='_new'>Digital Repository</a>.
- Source:
- HU OSA 437-1-20 Oral Tradition of Zanskar (HU OSA 437-1-20)
- Associated Names:
- Namgail, Stanzin (Donor)
- Part of Series:
- HU OSA 437-1-20 Oral Tradition of Zanskar
Coverage
- Additional Places:
Access and Use
- Rights Statement:
- Rights Reserved - Free Access
- Archival ID:
- HU OSA 437-1-20:7/1
- Suggested Citation:
- "Kai Sangtang", 2018. HU OSA 437-1-20:7/1; HU OSA 437-1-20 Oral Tradition of Zanskar; Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest.
- Permanent URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:7149de32-0687-4482-81bb-a1a801dc206f
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