Nangma (Tibetan: ; Chinese: 囊玛) is a genre of Tibetan dance music closely related to Toeshey (སྟོད་གཞས་). The word Nangma derives from the Persian word Naghma meaning melody. Both a band and a nightclub have been named after it. "Nangma" is the name of a four-person, traditional Tibetan band dedicated to these two styles of music.Four veteran artistes to tour US. Retrieved January 13, 2006. "Nangma" is also the name of a nightclub in Lhasa which plays this traditional music.Lost horizons of Lhasa Retrieved January 13, 2006.

References

Bibliography Geoffrey Samuel. 1976. 'Songs of Lhasa.' Ethnomusicology, vol.20 no.3, pp. 407–449.

External links A webpage on the band and the U.S. tour . Retrieved January 13, 2006