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The first rigsar song, Zhendi Migo was a copy of the popular Bollywood filmi song "Sayonara" from the film Love in Tokyo. [2] Rigsar songs can be in several languages, including the Tshangla (Sharchopkha) language. The traditional dranyen, a kind of folk guitar, has been updated into the rigsar dranyen for use in popular music. The rigsar ...
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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 ...
The Royal Academy of Performing Arts (RAPA) is a Bhutanese government body within the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, Department of Culture, [2] that supports the preservation of traditional Bhutanese culture. [3] [4] It was founded in 1954 [5] under the initiative of the Third Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.
Jigme Drukpa is a Bhutanese musician and singer of traditional folk songs, born in 1969 in the small village of Wongchelo, in Pemagatshel, eastern Bhutan. He graduated from Sherubtse College in 1993, and undertook postgraduate studies in Norway.
His original score was inspired by the Bhutanese folk tune "The Unchanging Lotus Throne" (Thri nyampa med pa pemai thri). The melody has twice undergone changes by Tongmi's successors as band leaders. The original lyrics were 12 lines, but were shortened to the present six-line version in 1964 by a secretary to the king. [3]
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Dechen Pem is a Bhutanese singer. She started singing in 1994 and had an album produced through Norling Drayang.. She won numerous awards including the award for Best Playback Singer (Female) at the 8th National Film Awards as well as the award for Best Playback Singer (Female) at the 1st Viewers Choice Awards’ Dechen pem is cited as one of the veteran rigser singer in Bhutan.