Dorje Tsering, Tsering Palsam, Thupten Jungney - " Tashi Ja Tshon" Kham Song

Singer: Dorje Tsering, Tsering Palsam/Hausam, Thupten Jungney from Kham.
Song: Tashi Ja TsHon. The Khampas from generation to generation, they have lived on the Henduan Mountain Range situated at the border of Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai, and Tibet. This high mountain range with deep valleys, intertwined rivers, and harsh natural environment, shapes the valiant but warm-hearted character of Khampa and their tradition and customs of striding down the mountains to embark on business. Thus, amongst successful Tibetan businessmen, the greatest number comes from Kham. The culture of the Khampas is quite outstanding and one of the most important parts of Tibetan culture. Songs and dance in Kham are so elegant, stylish, stouthearted, and vigorous. In particular, the dance of Yushu is well known, powerful and beautiful. As the story reputedly goes, while sending a party to escort the Princess Wenchen to her groom, a group of dancers from Yushu were included. Nowadays, Khamba Art Festival is held once every three years, which actually provides opportunities to spread knowledge about the Khampa culture, and witness how wonderful this culture is.
The garments of Khampas are also remarkable. These garments mainly include robes, vests, aprons, gowns, and long sleeve shirts; Khampas like to wear boots, and put on fox leather hats with formal dress. Both female and male dress is colourful with rich adornments and varied patterns from head to toe. Usually, those patterns are made up of fine gold, silver, agate, coral, and turquoise. The headwear of Khampa women is the most luxurious. The common belief is that it is hard to judge the economic situation of Khampa families by only observing the decoration of their houses, unless you also see the headwear of their women. Khampa men are used to dressing in a loose but large garment. They like to tie a batch of red strings (called hero string) with their pigtails to show their bravery, honesty, and freedom - making them look more wealthy but also honorable and strong. The garments and adornments of Khampa men are a major feature of Khampa culture. Although similarities in Khampa garments clearly exist between the different areas in Kham, to some extent the garments from those areas are still distinct in various ways. It is possible to identify where different Khampas came from, by their costumes. (http://en.tibetmagazine.net/zztj/200803/t20080312_51734.htm)
More than 800,000 Tibetans live in western Sichuan province, the rugged region of Eastern Tibet known as Kham, characterized by high mountains, deep river gorges and vast rolling alpine green pastures where nomads graze their yak herds. When Khampas, the tough people of this region, strayed outside their homeland they were held in awe and fear. They were the warriors of Tibet who fought for many long years to protect their country and their faith. Today the proud Khampa spirit remains; most Khampa men, especially nomads, have long braided hair tied up around their heads with red yarn and ornaments. They love riding horses, and carry silver-sheathed daggers dangling from their waists and their women also adorn themselves with their wealth (http://www.wildfrontiers.co.uk/wildfrontiers

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