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Ani Choying Dolma
12+ albums
TibetannepaliBuddhismnew agebuddhist
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Ani Choying Dolma (born 1971 in Kathmandu, Nepal), also known as Choying Drolma, is a Buddhist nun and musician from the Nagi Gompa nunnery in Tibet. She is known in Nepal and throughout the world for bringing many Tibetan chants and feast songs to mainstream audiences.Ani Choying was born in 1971 in Kathmandu, Nepal to Tibetan exiles. She decided at an early age to pursue monastic life, and was accepted into the Nagi Gompa nunnery at the age of 12. For a number of years, nunnery resident Lama Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche taught Ani Choying the music that she is famous for performing.In 1994, guitarist Steve Tibbetts visited the nunnery and eventually recorded much of the Tibetan music with Ani Choying on two albums. The recordings, titled Chö and Selwa, were released to critical acclaim (see Choying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts). Tibbetts and Ani Choying embarked on small performance tours, which included shows at several historical Tibetan monasteries. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
