Laba
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Tibetan ethnicity, born in July 1948 in Lazi County, Tibet Autonomous Region. At the age of thirteen he took up the six-stringed instrument and joined the adults in learning zhanian duixie, and through his own efforts he soon mastered the various playing techniques of the zhanian as well as the complex and ever-changing footwork, with its stamping and kicking, that the duixie dance demands.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Duixie (Lazi Duixie), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. By the age of fifteen he was able to perform on his own, and he took part in many artistic performances held in Lhasa and elsewhere, winning numerous honors and medals. In 2004 he received the gold award of the Thirteenth National Stars Award, presented by the Ministry of Culture. He has devoted himself to the inheritance, development and innovation of the duixie art and to the training of successors.
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