List of Abbreviations 10 Preface to the Second edition 11 Introduction 13 Part I- Folk songs from Gyantse and marriage songs 21 Text 23 Translation 39 Part II- Songs from Western Tibet 59 Introduction 61 Text 71 Translation 91 Part III- On some nuptial rituals in Spiti 113 Appendices (Texts by Prof. Namkhai Norbu, Summaries and Notes by G. Tucci) 121 I- The New Year's festival Text in Tibetan characters 123 Summary in English 147 II- P'o lha, P'ug lha, rLuń rta Text in Tibetan characters Summary in English 155 Summary in English 187 Addenda 195 Indices 197 Illustrations (Figs. 1-11) I Mss. on the nuptial rituals of Spiti X Specimens of the dgra lha songs XIII
