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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 music of Bhutan is an integral part of its culture and plays a leading role in transmitting social values. Traditional Bhutanese music includes a wide spectrum of subgenres, ranging from folk to religious song and music. Some genres of traditional Bhutanese music intertwine vocals, instrumentation, and theatre and dance, while others are ...
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.
The lingm, the dramyin and the chiwang comprise the basic instrumental inventory for traditional Bhutanese folk music. [ 1 ] There are two varieties of lingm: the dong lingm ( གདོང་གླིངམ་ Wylie : gdong-glingm ), which is front-blown; and the zur lingm ( ཟུར་གླིངམ་ , Wylie : zur-glingm ), which is side ...
The Royal Academy of Performing Arts (RAPA) renamed as the Traditional Performing Arts and Music Division [1] is a Bhutanese government body within the Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Culture and Dzongkha Development, [2] that supports the preservation of traditional Bhutanese culture.
Pages in category "Bhutanese musical instruments" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Chiwang; D.
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 ]
Bhutanese musical instruments (3 P) F. Bhutanese folk music (2 P) M. Music organisations based in Bhutan (1 C) Bhutanese musicians (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Music ...