Chiwang

The chiwang (Dzongkha: སྤྱི་དབང་; Wylie: spyi-dbang)^[1] is a type of fiddle played in Bhutan.^[2] The chiwang, the lingm (flute), and the dramyen (lute) comprise the basic instrumental inventory for traditional Bhutanese folk music.^[1]

Although the chiwang is considered typically Bhutanese, it is a variety of Tibetan two-stringed fiddle. It is heavily associated with boedra, one of two dominant genres of Bhutanese folk music]], in which it symbolizes a horse.^[3]

See also

• Music of Bhutan
• Boedra
• Lingm
• Dramyen

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Kinga, Sonam (2003). "The Attributes and Values of Folk and Popular Songs" (PDF). Journal of Bhutan Studies 3 (1): 132–170. http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/jbs/JBS_03_01_05.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-30. 
2. ^ Dorji, C. T (1994). History of Bhutan Based on Buddhism. Sangay Xam; Prominent Publishers. p. 15. ISBN 8186239014. http://books.google.com/books?id=yA9uAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2011-10-30. 
3. ^ Clements, William M. (2006). "The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife: Southeast Asia and India, Central and East Asia, Middle East". Greenwood Press. pp. 106–110. ISBN 0313328498. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZvrWAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2011-10-16.