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11. EAP1221/19/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/19/4/4
Title:
ཐོ་མོ་ཆེ / མཐོ་མོ་ཆེ
Scope & Content:
A painted wooden staff used by the nyahon, the head of the group of wedding singers. The staff is an important element in the performance of the stone songs, an elaborate and competitive ceremony undertaken during large Spiti weddings. Extent: One wooden staff. Size and dimensions of original ma...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
2

12. EAP1221/19/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/19/3/1
Title:
Pages from an exercise book, containing Spiti wedding songs including stone songs
Scope & Content:
Pages from a modern notebook, containing written transcriptions of Spiti weddings songs, specifically stone songs ( Tib. ཐོ་གླུ་ Wylie tho glu / Tib. མཐོ་གླུ་ Wylie mtho glu) This is primarily the song for mtho mo che, the most important of the stone songs. Handwritten in "headed" Tibetan dbu che...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
13