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A northern Chin tradition : architecture, history, life, death and feasting in Sukte-Kamhau
- Title
- A northern Chin tradition : architecture, history, life, death and feasting in Sukte-Kamhau / S. Khup Chin Pau.
- Author
- Khup Chin Pau, Sukte, 1933-
- Publication
- Wantage : Sean Kingston Publishing, 2011, ©2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 11-3750 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 337 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Beginning with the traditional architecture of the Kamhaus, sukte and siyins of the Northern Chin Hills, the book moves on to present the Sukte story in both poetry and song, and a local history of Sukte-Kamhau. The Sukte-Kamhau customs pertaining to the entirety of the life-cycle are described, including coming of age, courtship, marriage, the birth of a baby and the politically important communal feasts, funerals and memorials.
- Series Statement
- Other voices, other eyes
- Uniform Title
- Other voices, other eyes.
- Subject
- Paite (Asian people) > Social life and customs
- Paite (Asian people) > Material culture
- Vernacular architecture > Burma > Chin State
- Chin (Southeast Asian people) > Social life and customs
- Chin (Southeast Asian people) > Material culture
- Folk songs, Paite > Texts
- Tiddim Chin dialect > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
- Ethnology > Burma > Chin State
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-337).
- Language (note)
- Includes texts and vocabulary lists in Tiddim Chin, and Tiddim Chin-Burmese-English-Latin glossary of botanical names.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-3750
- ISBN
- 9781907774027
- 1907774025
- OCLC
- 733723701
- Author
- Khup Chin Pau, Sukte, 1933-
- Title
- A northern Chin tradition : architecture, history, life, death and feasting in Sukte-Kamhau / S. Khup Chin Pau.
- Imprint
- Wantage : Sean Kingston Publishing, 2011, ©2011.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Other voices, other eyesOther voices, other eyes.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-337).
- Language
- Includes texts and vocabulary lists in Tiddim Chin, and Tiddim Chin-Burmese-English-Latin glossary of botanical names.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-3750