OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1092005

Metadata
Title:		Interview with high priestess Ima Bobby
		Bobby_Interview
Contributor (consultant):		Ima Bobby
Description:		Interview with Ima Bobby Bundle filenames • Media files: NupAmaibi_Ameilon_05012017_interview_Bobby1_639-3.MP4 NupAmaibi_Ameilon_01012017_INF_CONS_Bobby_639-3.MP4 • Elan file BobbyInterview1.eaf • Pdf file NupAmaibi_Ameilon_05012017_interview_Bobby1_639-3.pdf Basic metadata Date of recording: 5th January, 2017 Location: Chingmeirong (Bobby’s temple), Imphal Participants: Ima Bobby Others present: Karen, Ibehaibi Yambem (Bobby’s sister) Description: In this interview with Ima Bobby Amaibi, she details some of her life story pertaining to her becoming as a priestess. As is common in all the stories of the gender-diverse priestesses (Nupa Amaibi), Ima Bobby talks of herself becoming physically ill and apparently babbling in a language undecipherable by her parents at around the age of reaching puberty (interestingly, this does not occur for the cisgender priestesses, the Nupi Amaibi). She also talks about the food restrictions for the Amaibi. Later in the interview, Ima Bobby shares her experiences of discrimination, and the misunderstandings that have arisen from those who suspect the Amaibi to be practicing sorcery. It becomes clear from the interview that the cisgender priestesses are preferred for the purposes of enacting rituals and cultural events in some villages, while the gender diverse ones are treated less favourably. On the other hand, there are some villages who prefer Nupa Amaibi to conduct ceremonies. There are some interesting comments regarding the language as used by the gender diverse priestesses when they are going through their transition, which coincides with their being ‘called’ to become priestesses. Ima Bobby also talks about the different tribal groups aside form Meitei who participate in Sanamahi rituals. Near the end of the interview there is some elaboration on the functions and meaning of the central magical tool of the priestesses, the surek, ‘bell’.
		Meitei
		Ima Bobby is a high priestess of the Sanamahi tradition in Manipur.
Format:		video/mp4
		text/x-eaf+xml
		application/pdf
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1092005
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1092005%23
Subject:		Discourse
		Interview
		Manipuri language
		Meitei
		Undetermined language
		Meithei
Subject (ISO639):		mni
		und
Type:		Video
OLAC Info
Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:		Pre-generated XML file
OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1092005
DateStamp:		2018-02-13
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Ima Bobby (consultant). n.d. Endangered Languages Archive.
Terms:		area_Asia country_IN iso639_mni iso639_und
Inferred Metadata
Country:		India
Area:		Asia