Baga
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Tibetan, born in July 1970, a native of Seni District, Nagqu City, Tibet Autonomous Region. He was a bard of the Gesar epic. He began reciting Gesar at the age of fourteen and can recite one hundred and eighty-six chapters of Gesar; in 1996 he was engaged by the Nagqu Prefecture Mass Art Gallery as a Gesar reciting artist. In 2007 he completed the recording and publication of audio cassettes and compact discs of The Battle of Daling, The Great Battle of Jinling and Dasé Maoniu Dzong (The Cattle Fortress of Dasé). In 2008 he completed the recording and publication of audio cassettes and compact discs of The Birth of Gesar, Part One, The Birth of Gesar, Part Two and In Praise of the Horse from The Biography of King Gesar. At festivals he performs in counties, townships and villages, and each year at the Nagqu Horse Racing Festival he gives outstanding Gesar recitation performances.
Honors & Recognition
He is a representative bearer of the Gesar epic tradition, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Gesar Epic Tradition Ⅰ-27
- Gesar Epic Tradition Ⅰ-27
- Gesar Epic Tradition Ⅰ-27
- Gesar Epic Tradition Ⅰ-27
- Gesar Epic Tradition Ⅰ-27
- Gesar Epic Tradition Ⅰ-27
- Gesar Epic Tradition Ⅰ-27
- Gesar Epic Tradition Ⅰ-27
- Gesar Epic Tradition Ⅰ-27
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