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Title:		Chintang Sanskriti ra Jalpadevi
		ctn_sanskriti
		Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern Nepal
Contributor (author):		Lokendra
Coverage:		Nepal
Date:		2006
Description:		It is a book written in Nepali language by Lokendra Tele, a local lay ethnographer. He is a primary teacher by trainning. The book, which is published by the Chintang Puma Documention Project (CPDP) contains an indigenous description of the major features of Chintang culture and Jalpadevi, the well-known village goddess. It also includes a rich documentation of Chintang ritual texts, which the author assembles from his own written notes made after first hand experience of the ritual performances and after consulting with various knowledgeable elders.
		This is a book written in the Nepali language by a Chintang intellectual. Besides the general descriptions in Nepali, the publication includes ritual texts in the ritual language. The ritual texts are all translated into Nepali. The book consists of three sections (parts) with several chapters each. The first section contains a short description of the Khalsa locality and different aspects of Chintang life, like history, religion, climate, crops, clan structure and languages,etc. The second section contains an account of the Chintang rituals with the respective ritual texts and folk tales. Rituals documented are Pani Magne, Khipmang, Wadhangmi, some minor ceremonies as well as folk tales like Biruma nisa, Thube?ma, Rahangba, Pe?wahang, Budhahang, etc. The third section deals with the village goddess, Jalpadevi and Kanyadevi, which are the most imporatant deities of Chintang, also known outside the village. This section also deals with the genealogy of priests and the process of worship, rules and regulation of Jalpadevi. At the end, it also has one summary chapter with appendices.
		The main text is in Nepali, some myths and ritual texts are presented in the Chintang language (ordinary and ritual register).
		He is a primary teacher by trainning and is widely known across Dhankuta as a social worker. For his credit, he is life-member of Kirat Rai Yayokkha, the umbrella organization of Kirat Rais and representative member of Chintang language community to language council of Yayaokkha. Besides these, he is an editor in cheif of Namphung Sahityik Patrika. He belongs to Tele clan and speaks the Chintang language as a native language. He is main consultant for ethnographic section.
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Identifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-000A-319D-6
		CPDP
Publisher:		Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel
		University of Leipzig
Subject:		Book
		Chintang culture and Jalpdevi
		Chhintange language
		Chintang
		Nepali (macrolanguage)
		Nepali
Subject (ISO639):		ctn
		nep
Type:		image
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Archive:		The Language Archive at the MPI for Psycholinguistics
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-000A-319D-6
DateStamp:		2017-02-14
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Citation:		Lokendra. 2006. Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel.
Terms:		area_Asia country_NP iso639_ctn iso639_nep
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Country:		Nepal
Area:		Asia