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Mandala Collections Audio-Video

27 Jan 2016
1 min 25 sec
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Dawa Tshering

In this video, Truelkula from Zombabi village in Sarpang District sings a lozey ballad that speaks of a stupa, a Buddhist monument. “River Flowing from a Hill” says that if a river goes directly to India, there is a load and a message for it to carry. In the lyrics, the river is asked to look for a suitable place to build a stupa. If it finds a suitable place, an emanation of Vishwakarma, the Hindu god of all craftsmen and architects, will build a stupa there. In the final verses, it says that the jewel inside the stupa is Lama Namkhe Nyingpo. Lozey ballads are more popular in the western parts of Bhutan.

Oral Cultures of Bhutan
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Oral Cultures of Bhutan
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00:01:25
Creator: 
Dawa Tshering
Contributing Narrator: 
Truelkula
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Tibetan and Himalayan Library
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