Guy Adam & Niel Nicholson Nepal Collection
Number of items in collection: 32
Short description:
Recordings in this collection are available to Higher and Further Education institutions only.
Mainly vocal genres recorded at festivals and weddings and in people's homes.
Long description:
Recordings in this collection are available to Higher and Further Education institutions only.
Mainly vocal genres recorded at festivals and weddings and in people's homes.
33 tapes of field recordings made by Guy Adams and Niel Nicholson in remote Nepalese villages in 1984. The collection includes recordings of music of the Tharu of the Nepalese Terai (lowlands) and music of the Limbu of the Himalayan foothills of East Nepal, where they recorded at a number of, mainly vocal genres - including traditional healing songs - at festivals and weddings and in people's homes.
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