Loomis: Himalayan Sherpa Collection: Rivendell Lodge-Deboche 8, Singing
Duration: 3 mins 28 secs
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| Description: | The group sings a song about making a house, hanging katas and blessing a house. After singing there’s an explanation in English of what the song is and how the songs differ between regions. |
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| Created: | 2012-05-29 10:26 | ||||||||||
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| Collection: | World Oral Literature Project Collections | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||
| Copyright: | World Oral Literature Project | ||||||||||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||||||||||
| Keywords: | sherpa; everest; trekking; yak; herding; | ||||||||||
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| Abstract: | These recordings were made on a trek in the spring of 2011 up to Mount Everest Base Camp. The recordings span a wide variety of topics from making and drinking chang to the work of Mount Everest's 'ice fall doctors'. |
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