Songs of Kongpo with Tsering Wangmo

As a young Tibetan refugee in India, Tsering Wangmo Satho learned the traditional music and dances of her family's homeland by watching and listening to the village elders - Particularly her mother Bhalu Satho, one of the main female folk singers in her community. Bhalu is illiterate and cannot speak English, but to this day, she can still sing over 400 traditional songs straight from memory, retaining an impressive library of music she learned as a child while growing up in the Kongpo region of Tibet.
After moving to America, Tsering began to spearhead the very first effort to formally collect and document these important regional folksongs by creating a book of lyrics and translations with Bhalu's guidance. Her project has not only become a noble effort to preserve her people's fading culture, but a deeply personal meditation on the transformative power of embracing one's roots, as well as a testament to the special bond shared by mothers and daughters.
Camera operators: Daniel Raphael Ancheta & Dennis Wong
Produced by Ko Pictures & Expressions Tibet, 2019

[@tibetandragon]

Gen. Tsering Wangmo la, beautiful, inspirational videos.
From northern san diego
your 2 new little students.

[@taidelek9994]

Katre che💐🙏🤗 we love your songs especially kham songs💐

[@Tuscann]

Beautiful vlogs and so touching moments with mother!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@chimelama6316]

Great video!! Thank you Tsering and Dawa la! 🙏🏼

[@tenzinkunsang5670]

Tashi Delek🙏 love Tibet❤

[@pentse6726]

Hello Tashi Delek la Tsering Wangmo hw ru 👍👍👍 u a long lif u Tse rin

[@acharyalama3616]

Thanks U. R working for Kongpo Tibet

[@Peedee773]

Beautiful...
Two beautiful soul bonded by the song they loved.

[@tasang785]

You are a inspiration in our community 🙏🙏🙏

[@tseringdolma579]

You are doing a good job achi la.so many
things to learn from culture and tradition.mom looks a fine lady with wealth of knowledge even more so than todays education.that I am sure of.so feel lucky always.best wishes

[@Choezom21]

Head off to u

[@dorjeepsona3751]

Tshering la, do visit to Menchukha, Arunachal Pradesh. The people of Mechukha are of Kongpo origin and there are few elders left who still sings traditional Kongpo songs. Since you are documenting Kongpo songs your visit to Menchukha and interacting with the elders may be of much help in you research work….🙏

[@pentse6726]

Hello Tashi Delek la Tsering Wangmo la 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏

[@Dopendekhang]

Tshering la you are looking exotically beautiful. You did a great job of writing down the songs that's in your mom's memory. Keep it up.

[@padamsingh629]

nice❤❤🎉🎉

[@tseringyangzom5775]

Wow that’s great and thank you so much for your hard work . God bless your mom 🙏

[@paldenoshoe6392]

🍀Beautiful and truly an inspiring story 🪴

[@tenjinpa5304]

You Very good jobs kongpo is so beautiful place in Tibet ,,,

[@akistibetancooking7700]

Dhondup Tsering la and Ko thanks so much for this beautiful gift , i will cherish this for sure and many younger generations will benefit in future 🙏❤️🙏

[@ngoduptsering3695]

It was excellent, finest and precious documentation of kongpo songs from your Amala . Thank you so much and best wishes and luck.

[@phuntsokkarpa4462]

Great

[@ptsering5990]

Tashi Delek to all Tibetan.
Tsering Wangmola. Tsangma (all) pe yakpo dhug. Yarab Choesang dhug : )

[@kessangl4446]

Tashi Delek, Acha la you are doing great job 👍👏👏👏

[@thuptenquebec]

Interesting

[@ztineluosang7150]

ཡག་པོ་འདུག

[@tenzintsamchoe6105]

Appreciated .well done and taking care if mom.

[@paljortsering9312]

Acha tsewangmo la, great job! Your pristine job of preserving tibetan culture as well as sharing your amala's nobel thoughts. Such a beauty you are, from outside as well as inside. Tashi sho!

[@tenzingchumeego5783]

Great piece of work !!!

[@dawatsamchoe4097]

🙏💑🙏

[@devick5015]

let the old songs be saved

[@tashi7244]

Wonderful

[@expressionstibet8803]

thank you

[@ptsering5990]

Interesting story, nice video : )

[@MrDojee]

དཔེ་ཡག་པོ་འདུག་མ་ཉམས་རྒྱུན་འཛིན་གནང་བ་🙏🙏🙏