Songs from Tianzhu,Guinan and Aba County
Here we present three milking songs recorded by three project members from different Tibetan areas. (a) Zla ba sgrol ma recorded her songs in Tianzhu (Dpa ris) County, Gansu Province. (b) Tshe ring bsam ‘grub recorded his songs in February 2006 in Mgo mang Township, Guinan County, Qinghai Province. (c) Mkha spyod dbang mo recorded her songs in January 2006 in Pho tsha Village, Aba County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
Milking songs were usually sung by women while they were milking yaks. Less commonly, men also sung milking songs. Men who have a nice voice sometimes also sit near the yaks and sing milking songs while women are milking. Men never milk yaks or any other animals.
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