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Pema Tinley: Sentenced to four years in Feb. 2013. Family denied visiting rights.
Since 2012 the Chinese government has jailed over 11 Tibetan singers for using music to oppose Chinese rule.
GayBay: Arrested at a concert hall after performing. Currently being detained.
In general, music is religious and centered around four monostatic schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
"Profane music": secular music which often features a solo, unaccompanied vocalist, but can also utilize a wider range of instruments than religious music.
"Alas. Soldiers surround the monasteries.
Patriots are put in prison.
From the land of death devoid of karmic law.
Tibetans are defenceless and powerless."
Folk: Dates back to the 12th century, distinctively high in pitch with glottal vibrations
Lhamo: a form of opera
Nangma and Toshe: often linked and are accompanied by a variety of instruments designed for highly rhythmic dance music.
Gar: distinguished by ornate, elegant and ceremonial music honoring dignitaries or other respected persons.
Trumpets & Horns
Tibetan Conch
Shawms
Rag-Dun
Singing Bowls
Singing bowls
Tingsha
Bell & dorje
Capital: Lhasa
China continues to try to suppress Tibetan culture and the movement towards independence.
Location: South West China
Population: 6 mil Tibetans & unknown number of chinese
Religion: Buddhism widely practiced, not official.
Language: Tibetan, however Chinese declared official in 1959 takeover
This the music that supports this movement is vital in keeping alive the Tibetan pride.
1963-1971- Foreigners banned from Tibet
1950- China enforces long-held claim to Tibet. Dalai Lama (age 15) becomes head of state.
2008- Anti-China protests result in worst violence seen in 20 years (5 months before Bejing Olympics).
Gaybay Singing 'Will Be Perished' before His Arrest. Perf. Gaybay. YouTube. N.p., 27 May 2014. Web. 4 June 2014.
Gerstein, Larry. International Tibet Independence Movement. Tibet Online, 2010. Web. 4 June 2014.
Hartnett, Stephen John. "Tibet Is Burning." Quarterly Journal of Speech 99.3 (2013): 283-316. Web. 4 June 2014.
Shakabpa, Tsoltim N. "Independance Versus Autonomy." Web log post. Ranzen.com. N.p.,
Tibetan Song ལས་དབང་བསམ་ནག་ཨེ་རེད།. Perf. Gar Samdup Tsering. YouTube. N.p., 22 Oct. 2013. Web. 4 June 2014.
1951- Tibetan leaders forced to sign "Seventeen Point Agreement"
2009- China executes two Tibetans for involvement in anti-China movement.
Mid-1950's- Mounting resentment leads to armed resistance.
2011-2013- Approximately 130 monks, nuns, citizens publicly burn themself to death in protest against Chinese rule.
1959- Uprising in Lhasa. Exile of the 14th Dalai Lama into India.
2012- First of about 200 singers jailed for publishing protest music.