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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Digital Music Project Races to Save Tibetan Folk Songs


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A student volunteer holds a microphone out to a Tibetan villager so she can record her singing ancient folk songs.

The student is part of the Tibetan Endangered Music Project, which uses modern digital devices to capture centuries-old musical traditions before they fade from living memory.

Photograph by Doug Kanter