In 1998 Jamyang Yeshi, a talented singer and musician from the Amdo region of Tibet, fled his Chinese-occupied country and settled in Dharamsala, India. Jamyang was invited to Canada to perform at The Banff Centre’s “Cultures at Risk” Summit and was granted refugee status in Canada.

In early 2006, the Tara Café Project began work on the Shining Spirit recording and film project with a dream in mind ... the project would bring Jamyang's family together through their music - accomplished with the help of western friends who were able to travel freely to Tibet, a country now forbidden to Jamyang.

In Tibet members of Jamyang’s musical family, were recorded. The recordings from Tibet were then carried back to Canada, and the family was reunited musically by mixing the tracks together. The family were able to hear his beautiful voice soaring from the laptop. The Shining Spirit Project (look it up online) is a testament to the power of music, the resilience of the Tibetan culture, and the enduring bond of a family separated by politics.

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