ISBN:
9789047429227
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 401 p., 22 p. of plates)
,
ill. (chiefly col.), maps
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Brill's Tibetan studies library v. 16,3
Series Statement:
Brill ebook titles
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Blackburn, Stuart H. The sun rises
DDC:
305.89/4
Keywords:
Apatani (Indic people) Rites and ceremonies
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Oral tradition
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Apatani (Indic people) Folklore
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Apatani (Indic people) Folklore
;
Apatani (Indic people) Rites and ceremonies
;
Oral tradition
;
Apatani Valley (India)
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Apatani Valley (India)
;
Apatani (Indic people)
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Folklore
;
Apatani (Indic people)
;
Social life and customs
;
Tales
;
India
;
Arunachal Pradesh
;
Oral tradition
;
India
;
Arunachal Pradesh
;
Arunāchal Pradesh (India)
;
Social life and customs
;
Apa Tani
;
Schamanismus
;
Apa-Tanang-Sprache
;
Mündliche Überlieferung
Abstract:
A shaman chants to make the sun rise in the Apatani valley, high in the eastern Himalayas. A comparative analysis of this oral text, its ritual context and performer reveal the core ideas of local society, including fertility and cohesion
Abstract:
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 with ceremonial friends, in which fertility is celebrated. The shaman's social role, performance and ritual language are also described. Although complex feasts, like this one among Apatanis, have been described in northeast India and upland Southeast Asia for more than a century, this is the first book to
Description / Table of Contents:
Apatanis and their valleyThe 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-397) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Includes English translation and Romanized Apatani text
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004175785.i-394
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