04:46
Phayul[Wednesday, October 30, 2013 13:33]
DHARAMSALA,
October 30 - Come October and this hill town headquarters of the
Tibetan Diaspora starts buzzing with activities of all kinds. The month
of October saw three film festivals in a row already and now it is time
for some Tibetan music. A guild of Tibetan singers held a two-day
concert here to raise fund for a cause that is held so dear by both
exile singers born in Tibet and those born outside of Tibet.
The guild has toured various places in India last year to create awareness about the situation inside Tibet and to raise money for a martyrs’ pillar dedicated to all the Tibetans who had laid down their lives for Tibet.
Tamding,
a member of the guild, said that the singers have decided to erect the
pillar in Bylakupee, the largest Tibetan settlement in India. "The
actual construction will start in December and we are in the process of
designing it." He further said the site has already been acquired for
the pillar that symbolizes unity and is a tribute to all the martyrs of
Tibet. The concerts have raised six hundred thousand Rupees for the
erection of the eighteen feet pillar.
Meanwhile, another concert is going to be held today. Organized by the Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro independence group in exile, the concert features Prashant Tamang, the winner of Indian Idol (2007), pioneer of contemporary Tibetan pop music Tsering Gyurmey and the exile Tibetan singer with perhaps the largest fan base Phurbu T Namgyal.
Tsering Gyurmey, Phurbu T Namgyal, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tamang's wife and Tamang/Theckchen Choeling, October 29, 2013
The guild has toured various places in India last year to create awareness about the situation inside Tibet and to raise money for a martyrs’ pillar dedicated to all the Tibetans who had laid down their lives for Tibet.
Meanwhile, another concert is going to be held today. Organized by the Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro independence group in exile, the concert features Prashant Tamang, the winner of Indian Idol (2007), pioneer of contemporary Tibetan pop music Tsering Gyurmey and the exile Tibetan singer with perhaps the largest fan base Phurbu T Namgyal.
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