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Title The song collector / directed by Erik Koto
Published Portland, OR : Collective Eye Films, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (54 minutes)
Summary Set high in the Indian Himalaya, Ladakh is home to a rich Buddhist culture and an ancient tradition of folk singing. In the 1960s as economic development thrust change upon Ladakh, Morup Namgyal, Ladakh's greatest folk artist, began his lifelong efforts to preserve his beloved folk songs. Using song as the medium, Morup and his peers sparked a social movement that would bring about profound and enduring change in Ladakh. It was a movement built on education, tradition, and preservation
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed April 10, 2019)
Performer Featuring Morup Namgyal, daughter Chorol, other family members, and unnamed Ladakhi performers
Notes In Ladakhi language and English with English subtitles
Subject Namgyal, Morup
Folk music -- India -- Ladākh
Folk musicians -- India -- Ladākh
Folk songs, Ladakhi.
Rites and ceremonies -- India -- Ladākh
Arts in education -- India -- Ladākh
Arts in education.
Folk music.
Folk musicians.
Folk songs, Ladakhi.
Rites and ceremonies.
SUBJECT Ladākh (India) -- Religious life and customs
Subject India -- Ladākh.
Genre/Form Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films biographiques.
Films ethnographiques.
Films autres que de fiction.
Form Streaming video
Author Koto, Erik, director
Samchok, Stanzin Nono, performer
Chorol, Tsering, performer
Namgyal, Morup, performer, narrator