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Title

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

Author

Blackburn, Stuart H.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Description

xvii, 401 p., 22 p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"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 11-hour text changed 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 present a full translation of the accompanying chant and to integrate it into the interpretation of the social significance of the total event."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 16/3

Uniform Title

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 16/3.

Subject

• Apatani (Indic people) > Folklore
• Apatani (Indic people) > Rites and ceremonies
• Apatani Valley (India)
• Oral tradition > Apatani Valley

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Includes English translation and Romanized Apatani text.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9789004175785 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9004175784 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009052762

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library