The Dranyen (The Himalayan Lute)
The Dranyen (The Himalayan Lute)
An Emblem of Tibetan Culture
Tribhuvan University
1993
This article is a summary (with the benefit of further fieldwork research) of Collinge’s Masters Dissertation, ‘The “Sweet Sound” of the Tibetan Lute’. It makes the case that the dra-nyen (sgra-snyan) is a Himalayan-wide instrument and an emblem of Tibetan culture, based on features in its construction, its place in Tibetan history, religion, musical settings, and culture in the 1990’s..