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"Sounds of Tibet" Collection Almost all the sounds were recorded by myself in Tibet. |
| monk's
Chant A monk chanting on the backstreet near Barkhor to get some offering. |
| another
Monk's Chant Many monks are chanting here in various styles. |
| a
song heard in Barkhor Excellent song, but it was sung by the cassette-player of a tape-shop! |
| sound
of gyaling A shopkeeper of a Dharma goods shop was demostrating gyaling, a popular ritual instrument of Tibetan Buddhism. |
| fluent
sales-talk She is trying to sell a kau, portable altar, to me. She wants 50 yuan. I say I'm OK with 30 yuan. I paid 40 yuan after 20 minutes' negotiation. |
| chanting
and shouting Monks' chanting, pilgrims' shouting, and vendor's "10 yuan, 10 yuan, 10yuan!". Chaotic, but ordinary everyday-event of the Barkhor bazaar. |
| a short
chant of His Holiness the Dalai Lama He chanted this short phrase before a speech for Tibetan. |
| nuns'
chant In a small nunnery of Lhasa. They seemed to start chanting suddenly, just after I endered the hall. :) |
| Sera
monastery In the big hall of Sera Me. |
| gyaling This sound is the time-signal for my Macintosh. :) |
| Chang
thung!(Drink chang!) A girl from Chamdo is singing for me while pouring Tibetan beer. It was in a picnic in Lhasa. |
| Om
mani mani padme huuuuuuum A little girl is singing Da-dron's hit-song "Nga-yi Dondrub Tsering" in kidding way. In Lhasa. |
| "Chang-zhe"
-- song for beer A drunken Khampa trader is shyly singing a "chang-zhe", celebrating the happiness of drinking more chang, Tibetan beer. |
| Lhasa
girls A Lhasa girl sings, "Lhasa girls are beautiful!". |
| a
kid performer singing with damnyen Damnyen is Tibetan guitar. He is playing just in front of the Potala Palace. A tourist car passed by us, blowing a horn. |