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 [...]

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 [...]

Here we present three lullabies recorded by different project members from various Tibetan areas. (a) Zla ba sgrol ma recorded her songs in Tianzhu (Dpa ris) County, Gansu Province. (b) Tsering Samdrup recorded his songs in February 2006 in Hol kha Township, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province. (c) Mkha spyod dbang mo recorded [...]

Here we present three folk 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) Stag mo thar recorded her songs in February 2006 in Rka gsar village, Mdzod dge Township, Hezuo City, Gansu Province. (c) Mkha spyod [...]

Here we present three folk songs recorded by three project members from different Tibetan areas. (a) Wang jing cai recorded his songs in Tianzhu (Dpa ris) County, Gansu Province.(b) Stag mo thar recorded her songs in February 2006 in Rka gsar Village, Mdzod dge Township, Hezuo (Gtsos) City, Gansu Province. (c) Mkha spyod dbang mo [...]