Journey to Porong

Our trip in Tibet began in Lhasa and took us east across the plateau to the remote region of Porong, shown below.

Porong is located in Dingri County, in the southwest of the Tibetan Autonomous Region in China. It lies between the towns of Dingri and Nyalam, 20 km west of the Friendship Highway which runs from Lhasa to Kathmandu. The altitude of the region varies between 4600-4900m.

Folk music recordings were made in villages in the area of the North-East quarter of the Porong map above.

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