MEMO Memo: Filename: A0057 SongTitleEnglish: - SongTitleTibetan: - SongDescription: This is the beginning of a series of songs sung at weddings. Traditionally, one of the wedding parties goes to the other wedding party's home for the wedding ceremonies. When the traveling party is nearing the home of the other party, members of the latter go out to greet the guests before they reach their home. These songs are sung by the two parties, and form merely the beginning of many other songs that follow. dro btab has been glossed as 'to picnic'. Tsering Gyalpo explained that it did not mean 'to lunch', but rather to stop to rest and eat while traveling. 'Meeting place' translates rdog du. Tsering Gyalpo explained that rdog indicates an important place where difficult things happen. Genre: Wedding song Instruments: Vocals: Tibetan Lyrics: ka / mgron chen chad chad ga nas chad // bar du dro btab gang du btab // do nub dgong gzims gang du byas // mtha' ma 'gro ba gang du 'gro // kha / lan / mgron chen chad chad de lha nas chad // bar du dro btab nags su btab // do nub dgong gzims dbyings su byas // mtha' ma 'gro ba rdog du 'gro // ka / mgron chen lha nas chad zer na // lha la ni rna pa gsum tsam yod // de gsum rnam pa shod la shog // bar du dro btab nags su btab zer na // nags la rnam pa gsum tsam yod // de gsum rnam pa shod la shog // dgong gzim dbyings su byas zer na // byings la rnam pa gsum tsam yod // de gsum rnam pa shod la shog // mtha' ma 'gro ba rdog tu 'gro zer na // rdog la rnam pa gsum tsam yod // de gsum rnam pa shod la shog // English Lyrics: [The hosts sing:] Honored guests, where are you coming from? Where did you stop to picnic on the way? Where will you sleep tonight? What is your final destination? [The guests respond:] [We,] the honored guests, have come from the heavens. We stopped to picnic in the forest. Tonight we shall sleep in the sky. Our final destination is the meeting place. [The hosts respond:] Honored guests, you say you come from the heavens, [But] there are three kinds of heaven. Tell us from which [heaven you come]! You say you stopped to picnic in the forest, [But] there are three kinds of forest. Tell us in which kind [of forest you picnicked]! You say that tonight you will sleep in the sky, [But] there are three kinds of sky. Tell us in which kind [of sky you will sleep]! You say that your final destination is the meeting place, [But] there are three kinds of meeting places. Tell us which kind [of meeting place is your final destination]. Artists: Shide group (zhi bde) Artist Region: Ngari Purang Shingpa Shide (mnga' ris sa khul spu hreng rdzong zhing pa shang zhi bde grong tsho) Song Region: Ngari Purang Shingpa Shide (mnga' ris sa khul spu hreng rdzong zhing pa shang zhi bde grong tsho) Translator: Tsering Gyalpo, R. Kirk Moore Transcriber: tshe ring rgyal po RecordingLocation: Ngari Purang Shingpa Shide (mnga' ris sa khul spu hreng rdzong zhing pa shang zhi bde grong tsho) Duration: 5:51 RecordingDate: 2000-08-10 MediumType: mini DV tape MediumID: Zhide-Ngari Music #1 (8-10-00) CDTrack: StartTime: 32:11 StopTime: 38:09 SessionId: S0006 LANGUAGE INFO Specific Dialect: Ngari Purang Shingpa Shide Speech Type: Song MASTER TAPE INFO Master Tape Label: NDRP Master 1 Recorded: 2000-08-02