Sister Drum

Sister Drum (阿姐鼓) is the second studio album by Chinese singer Dadawa (music by He Xuntian), which is heavily influenced by the music of Tibet. The album is notable for being the first Asian CD to ship over one million copies in China.

阿姐鼓 Sister Drum
Studio album by Dadawa
Released	1995
Genre	New age, pop
Label	Sire/Elektra Records 61889
Dadawa chronology
Yellow Children (1992) 阿姐鼓 Sister Drum (1995) Voices from the Sky (1997)

In traditional Tibetan culture, Sister Drum, whose drumhead is made out of a pure girl's skin, was used for honoring the god. This practice is now prohibited in modern Tibet. This studio 'Sister Drum' is based on this cruel context. Only the skin of a pure girl could be chosen to make the drumhead. To prevent them from disturbing in the real world, those girls are better mutes. If it is necessary, sometimes their tongues would be cut out.

The use of Tibetan folk music as the basis for some of her recordings has caused some controversy relating to China's heavy handed authoritarian rule over Tibet. A music video was made for the title track.