new article: saving Tibetan folk songs

This article is from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/06/070629-tibet-music_2.html. A group of student have the hopes of collecting all types of different folks and traditional songs of Tibet. As the group continue to study Tibet they discover that because of the conflicts and globalization that they folk songs are slowly disappearing. The decline of folk songs started in 1966 when China gain control of Tibet. The biggest threat in the disappearance of the folk song is modernization.many of these songs aren't being passed down because of technology has came in and there is no need for the songs. This team of student have collected more than 250 songs from the Tibetan people. One of the restraints said that she would be sad if the old folk song disappeared and the younger generation would never hear it. This article also reminds me of the song catch a movie we watched in class, because these student are collecting songs to save a culture from being lost. I think I would enjoy listening to these songs if given a chance. I hope that the Tibetan culture is preserved and the younger generation get to hear these lovely songs.