Tibetan folk opera, "Sukyi Nyima" ("As Radiant As the Sun") - Part 1

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

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