Rigsar (Dzongkha རིག་གསར་; Wylie: rig-gsar; "new idea") is a music genre, the dominant type of popular music of Bhutan. It was originally played on a dranyen...
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traditional genres are distinguished from modern popular music such as rigsar. Instruments used in both traditional and modern genres of Bhutanese music...
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Dramyin (redirect from Rigsar dramyin)
associated with a guardian deity in the Dranyen Cham. Rigsar is a popular music arising in Bhutan. Rigsar music often makes extensive use of the dranyen, although...
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Khu ... Rigsar music woos local music fans". Kuensel online. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011. "Rigsar Dranyen"...
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from hollow wood with 72 strings that are "struck with two bamboo sticks." Rigsar music has become popular in Thimphu and Bhutan and is performed on electric...
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traditional genres such as Zhungdra, Boedra, and a modern genre called Rigsar. Bhutanese musicians include: Jigme Drukpa, who is also a leading Bhutanese...
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history of Bhutan Prayer flag Proverbs of Bhutan Punakha Punakha Dzong Rigsar Rinpung Dzong Roman Dzongkha Royal Bhutan Army Royal University of Bhutan...
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being zhungdra, which was developed in the 17th century. Music of Bhutan Rigsar "༈ རྫོང་ཁ་ཨིང་ལིཤ་ཤན་སྦྱར་ཚིག་མཛོད། ༼བོ༽" [Dzongkha-English Dictionary:...
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sing zhungdra. This has reduced the popularity of zhungdra compared with Rigsar, the fast-paced pop Bhutanese music style based on electronic synthesizers...
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live songs and dances from Bhutan's many diverse regions – from modern rigsar to centuries-old genres – and publishes its collections. The professional...
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