Tibetan folk opera, "Sukyi Nyima" ("As Radiant As the Sun") - Part 2

The Tibetan folk opera, "Sukyi Nyima" ("As Radiant As the Sun") was performed to a packed, enthusiastic audience at Emory University's Cannon Chapel on April 6, 2013. Religious themes and romantic intrigue blended together in a fantastic display of sound -- drums and voices -- and color from the spectacular costumes and masks. DIRECTOR Tashi Sharzur (Techung) PERFORMERS Dolma Choden Tashi Dhargyal Chemey Y Dhongsar Tenzin Kalsang Tenzin Ngawang Ngodup Paljor Tsering Wangmo Phuntsok Sherap Wangmo Sangpo Migmar Thopten MUSICIANS & NARRATORS Drums, Tenzin Nyeden Cymbals, Younten C. Dhongsar & Chemey Y. Dhongsar Tibetan Narrator, Tashi Sharzur (Techung) English Narrator, Tara N. Doyle VIDEOGRAPHY Joe Boris, Boris Photography & Hal Jacobs, Emory College VIDEO EDITING Henry Jacobs & Hal Jacobs SPONSORS The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation and Emory College Center for Creativity and Arts David Goldwasser Fund East Asian Studies Program Department of Religion Office of Religious Life Michael C. Carlos Museum Department of Theater and Dance Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies The Halle Institute for Global Learning Department of Music Emory-Tibet Partnership https://blogs.emory.edu/creativity/?p... http://iabsinfo.net/2013/06/sukyi-nyi...