In Search of Traditional Tibetan Music Violent protests rocked the capital of Tibet last week. Producer Jack Chance traveled to the country looking for something special and found it in the form of an old, wrinkled street musician with a danyen.

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In Search of Traditional Tibetan Music

March 24, 20081:00 PM ET

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In Search of Traditional Tibetan Music

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It takes skillful hands to play the Tibetan danyen, a sort of banjo. a Tibetan banjo if you will. Jack Chance, NPR hide caption

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Violent protests rocked the capital of Tibet last week. Producer Jack Chance of KGLT traveled there looking for traditional music and found it, despite the chaos.

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