Boedra Explained

Boedra (Dzongkha: བོད་སྒྲ་; Wylie: bod-sgra;^[1] "Tibetan music"; also spelled bödra) is a traditional genre of Bhutanese music. Boedra, which is influenced by Tibetan folk music, is one of the two main folk singing styles in Bhutan, the other being zhungdra, which was developed in the 17th century.^[2]

See also

• Music of Bhutan
• Rigsar

Notes and References

1. Web site: ༈ རྫོང་ཁ་ཨིང་ལིཤ་ཤན་སྦྱར་ཚིག་མཛོད། ༼བོ༽ . https://web.archive.org/web/20110826002335/http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/online/dictionaries/dz-en-dict/Contents/15-04-BO.html . dead . 2011-08-26 . Dzongkha-English Dictionary: "BO" . Dzongkha-English Online Dictionary . Dzongkha Development Commission, Government of Bhutan . 2011-10-23 .
2. Book: Brown . Lindsay . Mayhew . Bradley . Armington . Stan . Richard W Whitecross . Bhutan . 28 May 2011 . 2007 . . 978-1-74059-529-2 . 59 et seq.