The Plateau Music Project

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This Milking song is sung by Sgrol ma (b.1962) from Stong skor Village, Mgo mang Township, Guinan County, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. The lyrics consist of vocables with no identifiable meaning, and are repeated over and over again.

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This working song is sung by Guru mtsho (b.1941) from Mido Village, Mari Township, Co ne County, Kan lho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. In this song, s singly line of lyrics is repeated over and over again.

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This lullaby is sung by Rin chen mkhar (b.1985) from Tu’u the Village, Hol kha Township, Zhin he (Xinghai) County, Mtsho lho (Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. This lullaby is sung while the child is crying; the child is offered such good things as a horse with a saddle if it will stop crying.

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Local male Don go (b.1970) from Rka gsar Village Mdzod dge Township, Hezuo City, Gansu Province sung this song, which praises lamas, leaders and the peers of the singer.
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This type of song can be found in Tsongkha areas (Tibetan areas around the Huangshui River in northeast Qinghai). This song is sung by Bde skyid and Byang skyid from Tianzhu (Dpa’ ris) County, Gansu Province. The unique thing about this song is that it is sung by two people usually such songs are sung solo.
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