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Title:Puma Phagu festival
palung_phagu
Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti Languages of Eastern Nepal
Contributor:Arjun Rai
Contributor (speaker):Lal Dhan
Coverage:Nepal
Date:2005-05-10
Description:Puma phagu is one of the great festival for the Puma people which should be performed by the Puma ngapong in the occasion of Puma Phagu festival. Puma performs this ritual to demand power and energy with the dead souls (pitris). It was recorded at Diplung-7, Cukedada, Khotang District.
Palung Phagu is one of the very important ritual. It should be performed in the occasion of the Phagu ubhauli festival (in the beginning of April) and it is performed in the memory of the ancestors. They wish of good weather (raining) for farming, good health for the whole family and so on. How shaman worships the dead ancestor's soul and performs Puma mundhum language to demand for good climate, health and so on is expressed in detail in the real Palung Phagu festival.
The Puma mundhum language is frequently used in this ritual session..In some situations, Bantawa language is used.
LDR is the resident of Diplung. He is the ngapong and performs Puma rituals in the Puma society. His clan is Palung Tongmalung.
He is the research assistant for ethnography in the Puma team.
LDR's clan is Tongmalung. He has good knowledge of Puma people's culture and language. He is the ritual performer in the Puma community.
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Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0005-2544-1
CPDP
Publisher:Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel
University of Leipzig
Subject:Ritual texts; Religious texts
Unspecified
Bantawa language
Puma language
Subject (ISO639):bap
pum
Type:audio
video

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Citation: Arjun Rai; Lal Dhan (speaker). 2005-05-10. Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel.
Terms: area_Asia country_NP iso639_bap iso639_pum

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Country: Nepal
Area: Asia


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