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Metadata
Title:Description of shamanic seance
guru_puja_01
Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern Nepal
Contributor:Arjun Rai
Martin Gaenszle
Contributor (speaker):Dil Bahadur Rai
Coverage:Nepal
Date:2004-11-23
Description:It was recorded at Pathivara, Cisapani. In this session, the speaker talks about a shamanic offering which has to be done on the occasion of the Dashain festival.
In this session, the speaker describes the guru puja which is one of the most important rituals of the Puma shamans. Ways of performing the rite, mundhum language used in the rite and its meaning etc are described in this session. The account also contains narrative elements of mythic episodes (Sumnima and Paruhang cycle).
The recording is in the Puma native language. Some clauses contain Nepali words.
The speaker is the Puma native speaker and also a shaman,he is well familiar Puma in the Community. His clan is Thumrahang.
He is the research assistant for ethnography in the Puma team.
Mr Dil Bahadur Rai Thumrahang is a Puma shaman.He wants to preserve and document the Puma language and culture. He is the resident of Pathivara VDC.
Dr. Gaenszle is the researcher in charge of ethnography
Format:audio/x-wav
video/x-mpeg2
text/x-shoebox-text
DV
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0005-6F58-5
CPDP
Publisher:Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel
University of Leipzig
Subject:Description
Oral Description
Guru Puja celebration
Nepali (macrolanguage)
Nepali
Puma language
Subject (ISO639):nep
pum
Type:audio
video

OLAC Info

Archive:  The Language Archive at the MPI for Psycholinguistics
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0005-6F58-5
DateStamp:  2017-07-18
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Search Info

Citation: Arjun Rai; Dil Bahadur Rai (speaker); Martin Gaenszle. 2004-11-23. Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel.
Terms: area_Asia country_NP iso639_nep iso639_pum

Inferred Metadata

Country: Nepal
Area: Asia


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