OLAC Record oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-000A-3009-B

Metadata
Title:		The worship of the Hang deity on the occasion of the correction worship
		sudhar_hang
		Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern Nepal
Contributor:		Ichchha Purna
		Satake
Contributor (speaker):		Ban Bir
Coverage:		Nepal
Date:		2005-06-27
Description:		This is the worship of Hang (or Rajdeo), an important influential deity among Chintang people. It is a ritual ceremony with ritual language chanted by a village elder, namely, Chambak kancha. This is the initial rite of the ritual called Mang Sudharne ('correcting the deity') which was performed due to illness in the household. It takes place outside the house. The quality is good.
		This is the worship of the Hang (Rajdeo), which is worshipped at the beginning of most rituals. The Hang, whose proper name is Rucchehang, is believed to be an adopted son of Budhohang. He was the biological son of Bahun, the priestly high caste of Nepal. The Hang is worshipped outside the house. Chicken, chicken eggs, pork, etc. are not used as offerings to the Hang. For worshipping the Hang, only pigeon, duck eggs are used as sacrificial objects.
		This is a chant in the ritual language used by Chintang ritual experts. It is different from ordinary language so a few knowledgeable elders canspeak and understand partly. Its basic character is binomial.
		Ichchha Purna is the RA for the study of ethnography of Chintang
		He is member of the Arihang clan. He know nothing about the mundhum but he follows what the knowledgeable elders say. In this worship, he is both householder and 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.
Format:		audio/x-wav
		video/x-mpeg1
		text/x-toolbox-text
		Mini DV
Identifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-000A-3009-B
		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
OLAC Info
Archive:		The Language Archive at the MPI for Psycholinguistics
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/www.mpi.nl
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-000A-3009-B
DateStamp:		2017-02-14
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Search Info
Citation:		Ichchha Purna; Satake; Ban Bir (speaker). 2005-06-27. Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel.
Terms:		area_Asia country_NP iso639_ctn iso639_nep
Inferred Metadata
Country:		Nepal
Area:		Asia