Tawang in NE India: recordings of traditional and liturgical local music
Singers’ hands after a recording session in Zimithang Village. Landing page page image for the collection ‘Tawang in NE India: recordings of traditional and liturgical local music’. Click on the image to access collection.
| Language | |
| Depositor | Tim Motz |
| Affiliation | Oxford University Exploration Club |
| Location | India |
| Collection ID | 0515 |
| Grant ID | |
| Funding Body | Oxford University Expedition Council |
| Collection Status | Collection online |
| Landing Page Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/2196/edc05524-b56c-4d2b-ad9f-e73d38d71306 |
Summary of the collection
68 hours of audio recordings, 187 accompanying images and 29 field notes documents.
Group represented
The Mönpa tribe of Tawang
Special characteristics
One of very few collections with a broad record of traditional Mönpa music of Tawang.
Collection history
The OUEC North East India Expedition in 2009 spent a month in Tawang folk and liturgical music. This collection emerged from that work.
Acknowledgement and citation
All performers named in the field notes. All the individuals and organisations that funded the project. Team Members: Nakul Krishna, Sarah Skenazy, Ben Little, Tim Motz, Leki Norbu. The staff at ELAR.
To refer to any data from the collection, please cite as follows:
Motz, Tim. 2009. Tawang in NE India: recordings of traditional and liturgical local music. Endangered Languages Archive. Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0011-3FCF-C. Accessed on [insert date here].
