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A. Dawa Dorji was born in Lhasa B. Each member of the band had his own job C. They became good friends and started a band D. As a result, the band became more and more popular E. So at weekends they rushed to restaurants to sing for free F. So far, four albums(唱片) with 48 Tibetan language songs have come out |
Dawa Dorji has many jobs: singer, barkeeper and English tour guide, but he is the most famous as the lead singer of the first folk(民间的) pop band in Tibet(西藏).
In 2003, Dawa Dorji met two fans of Tibetan music. ，and later another two joined the band.
，so they had to practise on weekdays in a small village after work. Dawa Dorji and his band members believed that they needed to communicate with their audience(听众) in order to write good songs. .
At the beginning, most audience were foreigners, but after a couple of months, many local people came to enjoy their music. .
"Whenever there is a festival, we Tibetans sing and dance. I sang songs with the old people, and I learned more about how to sing," said Dawa Dorji , and many of them are from traditional ones.
Dawa Dorji believes that their efforts (努力) are meaningful for introducing Tibetan folk music to the whole nation, and even the whole world.
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