OLAC Record oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-000D-EEC0-4 |
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Title: | Puma sentimental song | |
pum_song_14 | ||
Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern Nepal | ||
Contributor: | Arjun Rai | |
Contributor (singer): | Sakuntala Rai | |
Coverage: | Nepal | |
Date: | 2005-04-14 | |
Description: | This song was recorded at Pauwasera VDC, Tamdung-9. It is a love song: A boy has gone overseas leaving his girlfriend behind. They are deeply in love. Feelings of the girl when her boyfriend is away are expressed in this session. | |
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 | ||
In this recording, the singer remembers her boyfriend who is far away. The boy had said many words and given many promises to his girlfriend before going overseas. The singer is remembering these words, and she is requesting him to come back fast. | ||
Puma language is used in this session. | ||
SR is a Puma native speaker.She has written some Puma songs. Her clan is Henyongcha and she is the settler of Pauwasera VDC. She has sweet voice and interested to sing. So Puma team requested to sing a song. | ||
He is the research assistant for ethnography in the Puma team. | ||
SR is a house wife. She has good knowledge of the Puma language and culture. She has written some Puma songs. | ||
Format: | DV | |
Identifier: | oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-000D-EEC0-4 | |
CPDP | ||
Publisher: | Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel | |
University of Leipzig | ||
Subject: | Singing | |
Folk song | ||
A sentimental love song | ||
Puma language | ||
Subject (ISO639): | pum | |
OLAC Info |
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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_00-0000-0000-000D-EEC0-4 | |
DateStamp: | 2017-02-14 | |
GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for simple DC format | |
Search Info | ||
Citation: | Arjun Rai; Sakuntala Rai (singer). 2005-04-14. Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel. | |
Terms: | area_Asia country_NP iso639_pum | |
Inferred Metadata | ||
Country: | Nepal | |
Area: | Asia |