Nangma is a genre of Tibet

Tibet

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an dance music

Dance music

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 closely related to Toeshey

Toeshey

Toeshey is a genre of traditional Tibetan dance music closely related to Nangma....

. The word Nangma derives from the Persian

Persian language

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 word Naghma meaning melody. Both a band and a nightclub

Nightclub

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 have been named after it. "Nangma" is the name of a four-person, traditional Tibetan band dedicated to these two styles of music. The band Nangma just toured the United States

United States

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 in April 2006, playing in Chicago

Chicago

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, Minneapolis, Boston

Boston

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, New York

New York

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, Washington DC and San Francisco. "Nangma" is also the name of a nightclub

Nightclub

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 in Lhasa

Lhasa

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which plays this traditional music.

External links

• A webpage on the band and the U.S. tour. Retrieved January 13, 2006