The sun rises : a shaman's chant, ritual exchange and fertility in the Apatani Valley /

At the centre of this study is a shaman's chant performed during a three-week long feast in the eastern Himalayas. The book includes a translation of this 12-hour text chanted in Apatani, a Tibeto-Burman language, and a description of the events that surround it, especially ritual exchanges wit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blackburn, Stuart H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Sino-Tibetan
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 16/3.
Temas:
Apatani (Indic people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Oral tradition > India > Apatani Valley.
Apatani (Indic people) > Folklore.
Apatani (Peuple de l'Inde) > Rites et cérémonies.
Apatani (Peuple de l'Inde) > Folklore.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Apatani (Indic people)
Oral tradition
Apatani Valley (India)
India > Apatani Valley
Folklore
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Apatanis and their valley
  • The Subu Heniin text
  • The Murung festival
  • The Nyibu performer
  • The Subu Heniin in translation
  • Conclusions and the future
  • Appendices. Outline of Murung events ; Number of Murungs, 1944/1945-2009 ; Sacrificial shares for spirits and humans ; Transcription of the Subu Heniin ; Mudan Pai's life-history ; Feasts of merit in the extended Eastern Himalayas.

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