Loten Namling
Solders Namling (* 1963 in Dharamsala ) is a well-known Tibetan exiles and an "original ": Musician and singer, cartoonist and performer.
Since 1989 living in Switzerland, he occurs worldwide - with songs of Milarepa and own pieces that move between folk songs of his homeland and Blues, where he combines tradition and modernity. The 14th Dalai Lama certifies solders Namling " a powerful voice and a strong body ." Solders Namling plays the Tibetan Dran- nye, a lute. He also uses including the traditional " conch " and singing bowls, he tells stories of his life and is committed to the Free Tibet movement and for Save Tibet.
On 27 January 2009 in Bern solders Namling protested against the visit of Wen Jiabao, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, was led away and stopped for some time.
On 16 May 2012, the activists started a march from Berne to Geneva (with interruptions ) in order to make the general public as well as the UN and the Government of Switzerland to the injustice in Tibet and the slow genocide attentive, talking to passers-by, occasionally occur and last before participating in the Place des Nations on a major concert UN building. Solders described this as Journey To Freedom - One Man, One Path, Free Tibet .. He performed every 35 minutes prostrations, a practice of Buddhist pilgrims. With this " march " solders Namling recalled the at that time 35 Tibetans who have been burned within the last year of despair itself.
The artist led a black coffin with him, which bore the inscription "Tibet " and his lute, clothing, food and a tent contained.
The open-air concert, co-organized by Franz Treichler, singer of the Swiss band The Young Gods, took place on July 8, 2012, shortly after Namlings arrival.
Discography
- Songs of Tibet ( 1999)
- White Crane (2001)