nangma

Nangma (Tibetan: {{lang|bo|ནང་མ་}}; Chinese: 囊玛) is a genre of Tibetan dance music closely related to Toeshey (སྟོད་གཞས་). The word Nangma derives from the Persian word {{lang|fa|نغمه}} 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.[http://www.musictibet.com/news/2006/20060401-four_veterans_US_tour.html Four veteran artistes to tour US.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630210209/http://www.musictibet.com/news/2006/20060401-four_veterans_US_tour.html |date=2015-06-30 }} Retrieved January 13, 2006. "Nangma" is also the name of a nightclub in Lhasa which plays this traditional music.[http://www.tibet.ca/en/wtnarchive/2003/12/7_1.html Lost horizons of Lhasa] Retrieved January 13, 2006.