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Title:myth about the culture hero
myth_01
Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern Nepal
Contributor:Martin Gaenszle
Arjun Rai
Narayan Gautam
Contributor (speaker):Prem Dhoj
Coverage:Nepal
Date:2004-04-30
Description:The session was recorded in Beltar with our main local consultant. In this session, he tells a short version of a well known Puma myth.
The aim of the project is to provide a rich linguistic and ethnographic documentation of two highly endangered but almost totally undocumented languages in eastern Nepal, Chintang and Puma. These languages belong to the Kiranti family of Tibeto-Burman. Chintang is spoken by the Chintang Rai in Chintang Village Development Committee (VDC) of Dhankuta district. Puma is spoken by the Puma Rai in Diplung, Mauwabote and Pauwasera VDCs, to the south of Khotang bazar in Khotang district. Both these districts are situated in the eastern hilly part of the country.http://www.cpdp.uzh.ch
This is a myth about the culture hero Hetcakupa, Tongwama and Khiwama who were orphans.Hetcakupa was the younger brother of Tongwama and Khiwama. This is a version of a widely known and culturally important myth
The text is in Puma, with some loanwords from Nepali.
PR is a Puma native speaker. He lives in Beltar and is the host of the Puma research team in Beltar. He was asked to narrate a story in our office.
Dr. Gaenszle is the researcher in charge of ethnography
He is the research assistant for ethnography in the Puma team.
He is the research assistant for linguistics in the Puma team.
PR is a Puma native speaker. He lives in Beltar. He is also the host of the Puma research team. He helps Puma research team in many ways.
Format:video/x-mpeg1
video/x-mpeg2
text/x-shoebox-text
DV
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0005-70C4-C
CPDP
Publisher:Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel
University of Leipzig
Subject:Narrative
Myth
Unspecified
Puma language
Nepali (macrolanguage)
Nepali
Subject (ISO639):pum
nep
Type:video

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Citation: Martin Gaenszle; Arjun Rai; Narayan Gautam; Prem Dhoj (speaker). 2004-04-30. Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel.
Terms: area_Asia country_NP iso639_nep iso639_pum

Inferred Metadata

Country: Nepal
Area: Asia


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