Badan
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of the Tibetan ethnic group, born in October 1971, a native of Bangoin County, Tibet Autonomous Region. He is a narrator and singer of Gesar (Geser). He began performing Gesar in 1991. In 1996 he was engaged by the Nagqu Prefecture Mass Art Centre as a Gesar performing artist. At the invitation of Tibet Television he recorded The Battle of Suoling from the Gesar Stories, and he has completed the disc publication of The Battle of Daling and Dashi Caibao Zong and the recording of fifty cassettes of The Battle of Ziling. In 2008 he took part in recording the audio cassette Gesar's Birth (Part One) and the discs Gesar's Birth (Part Two) and In Praise of Horses from the Gesar Stories; he published the libretti Zhan Ling Zhi Zhan (The Battle of Zhanling), Ka Zi Ca Zong and Pa Ku Lang Song, and took part in the exclusive singing recordings of Gesar performers in northern Tibet at Nagqu, including his seventy-six exclusive performances. He has often taken part in the Nagqu Horse Racing Festival and in folk art performances, performing and disseminating Gesar.
Honors & Recognition
He is a representative bearer of Gesar (Geser), a fifth-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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