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Title:a ritual for bringing in
lam_takma
Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern Nepal
Contributor:Surya
Bhisan
Bom Bhakta
Ichchha Purna
Contributor (speaker):Ban Bir
Coverage:Nepal
Date:2005-06-29
Description:This is a ritual which is called Lam Takma which literally mean to make entry. In this case, borrowed deity is made entry.
This is the Lam takma which is brought in and established it outside.
This is a chant in the ritual language used by Chintang ritual experts. Its characterized by binomials which are different from ordinary language nouns.
The collector is IR, Surya is an elder and performed as the priest. Bhisan is Surya's grand son and he is also a priest. Ban Bir worked as the knowledgeable elder and chanted the ritual language. Bom Bhakta is a helper and he is son of Surya and father of Bhisan.
He is an elder person and works as the priest for this worship.
He is young but performs as a priest because this is the borrowed deity from his mother side and he will be the priest since then. That is why he performs as the priest.
He is member of the Tuprihang clan. Like his elder brother BhB he is a Chambak, i.e. a tribal shaman, who goes into trance during certain occasion. In this ritual, he chanted the ritual language.
He is elder son of Dambar Bahadur Rai. He has illustrated the worship for the time being
Ichchha Purna is the RA for the study of ethnography of Chintang
Format:audio/x-wav
video/x-mpeg1
video/x-mpeg2
text/x-toolbox-text
Mini DV
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-000A-2C7E-4
CPDP
Publisher:Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel
University of Leipzig
Subject:Ritual texts; Religious texts
Invocation
Unspecified
Nepali (macrolanguage)
Nepali
Chhintange language
Chintang
Subject (ISO639):nep
ctn
Type:audio
video

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Citation: Surya; Bhisan; Ban Bir (speaker); Bom Bhakta; Ichchha Purna. 2005-06-29. Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel.
Terms: area_Asia country_NP iso639_ctn iso639_nep

Inferred Metadata

Country: Nepal
Area: Asia


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