The Plateau Music Project

Shibao Village is in Zongke Township, Rangtang County Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. The songs in this collection represent only a small part of the song repertoire in Shibao Village. This repertoire includes: fables, praise songs, milking songs, dreaming songs (songs about dreams, which Tibetans regard as prophetic signs), history songs (songs [...]

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Huqianma is a Pumi from Ninglang County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. During January and February of 2008, she recorded thirteen Pumi songs in her village. She has now made seven CDs of the songs which she plans to bring back to the village and give to the singers and their families.

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