Interview with Wedding Singer (Lurspon- May-may) Wangail [1 of 2]


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General Information

Title:
Interview with Wedding Singer (Lurspon- May-may) Wangail [1 of 2]
Created:
2018
Language:
Ladakhi
Physical Description:
1 audio file
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Content

Summary:
Wangail is in his seventies and used to be a lurspon or semi-professional wedding singer. He was famous for this skills as a lurspon and used to be invited to wedding ceremonies all over the valley. He became a lurspon following the footsteps of his elder brother and father, who were also lurspons. His own son, however, a village teacher, was not interested in becoming a lurspon, putting an end to the family tradition. In the interviews made with him he talks about the role and duties of lurspons, and about how weddings were celebrated in the past, before modernization and the consequent social transformation changed the traditional way. Wangail is also singing the Weddings Songs (Bagston Glu) that are part of this collection.

Context

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Source:
HU OSA 437-1-20 Oral Tradition of Zanskar (HU OSA 437-1-20)
Associated Names:
Lurspon, Wangail (Interviewee)
Part of Series:
HU OSA 437-1-20 Oral Tradition of Zanskar

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Rights Statement:
Rights Reserved - Free Access
Archival ID:
HU OSA 437-1-20:5/1
Suggested Citation:
"Interview with Wedding Singer (Lurspon- May-may) Wangail [1 of 2]", 2018. HU OSA 437-1-20:5/1; HU OSA 437-1-20 Oral Tradition of Zanskar; Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:ceb68d17-72ae-4c23-8596-38a9feeaa14c
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