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Acho Namgyal playing piwang in 1937. The chiwang (Dzongkha: སྤྱི་དབང་; Wylie: spyi-dbang) [1] is a type of fiddle played in Bhutan. [2] The chiwang, the lingm (), and the dramyen comprise the basic instrumental inventory for traditional Bhutanese folk music.
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The lingm (Dzongkha: གླིངམ་, Wylie: glingm) [1] is a bamboo flute indigenous to Bhutan. [2] The lingm, the dramyin and the chiwang comprise the basic instrumental inventory for traditional Bhutanese folk music.
Other traditional instruments include tangtang namborong (four-holed bamboo bass flute), kongkha (bamboo mouth harp), and gombu (bull or buffalo horn). Newer instruments include the yangchen, brought from Tibet in the 1960s. [1] [4]: 139–140 While Bhutanese folk music often employs stringed instruments, religious music usually does not. [1]
The dramyin or dranyen (Tibetan: སྒྲ་སྙན་, Wylie: sgra-snyan; Dzongkha: dramnyen; Chinese: 扎木聂; pinyin: zhamunie) [1] is a traditional Himalayan folk music lute with six strings, used primarily as an accompaniment to singing in the Drukpa Buddhist culture and society in Bhutan, as well as in Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim and Himalayan West Bengal.
The Tungna (Nepali: टुङ्ना) is a plucked string instrument from the Northern Himalayan region: Nepal, Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan. [1] It is made from a single piece of carved wood . The front hollow body (which serves as the sound-box ) is covered with stretched animal skin on which the ' bridge ' sits. [ 2 ]
Since Guru Rinpoche was a fully enlightened being, he is extremely important in Bhutan and it is through his teachings that Bhutanese devotees are shown the true and fast path to enlightenment. These dances assist in cultivating faith and understanding of the Guru deeds, and as such both honor and educate the attendees.
Zhungdra (Dzongkha: གཞུང་སྒྲ་; Wylie: gzhung-sgra) [1] is one of two main styles of traditional Bhutanese folk music, the other being bödra.Arising in the 17th century, zhungdra (zhung meaning "center, mainstream", and dra meaning "music") is an entirely endemic Bhutanese style associated with the folk music of the central valleys of Paro, Thimphu, and Punakha, the heart of ...