1990, RELIGIOUS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS DUNGCHEN 10 Bhutanese chhertum MN H

1990, RELIGIOUS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS  DUNGCHEN 

1990, RELIGIOUS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS  DUNGCHEN 10 Bhutanese chhertum MN H

Text: DUNGCHEN 10 Bhutanese chhertum
Condition: MNH

Title:  DUNGCHEN

Face value:    10 Ch

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Country/area:          Bhutan

Year:   1990

Set:     1990 RELIGIOUS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Stamp number in set:         1

Basic colour: Multi-coloured

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Theme:          RELIGIOUS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

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Dung-chen – a long metal trampet, which plays pedal-notes or calls (often centering on one note), either alone, or as part of the monastery orchestra.

The dungchen (Tibetan: དུང་ཆེན།dung chen) is a long trumpet or horn used in Tibetan Buddhist ceremonies. It is the most widely used instrument in Tibetan Buddhist culture. It is often played in pairs or multiples, and the sound is compared to the singing of elephants. Tsultrim Allione describes the sound of the dungchen:

It is a long, deep, whirring, haunting wail that takes you out somewhere beyond the highest Himalaya peaks and at the same time back into your mother's womb.