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World Service,6 mins

A Trip to the Tibetan Opera

The Fifth Floor

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How do you keep a culture alive in exile? That's the challenge facing Nanga Lhamu, a Tibetan opera singer and custodian of a tradition which dates back over 500 years. 麻豆社 Hindi's Sumiran Kaur tells the Fifth Floor of her journey to Dharamsala where she spoke to Nanga Lhamu and Tibetan opera's most prominent supporter, the Dalai Lama, about how Tibetan people are preserving their opera in exile.

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