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Title:Description about hopmacham.
hopmacham_02
Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern Nepal
Contributor:Arjun Rai
Martin Gaenszle
Contributor (speaker):Sain Dhoj
Karna Bahadur
Coverage:Nepal
Date:2004-11-22
Description:This recording was recorded at Sove-5,Diplung. In this session, it is stated about the general description of hopmacham. This is highly endangered in the Puma community.
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
Hopmacham is one of the ritual song which is generally sang in the marriage ceremony of the Puma people. The speaker has said when to sing this kind of the hopmacham and so on.
The speakers have spoken the Puma language in the whole session.
The participants have wide knowledge of the Puma language and culture so the Puma team invited them for the description of the holpmacham which is popular in the Puma Community.
He is the research assistant for ethnography in the Puma team.
Mr Sain Dhoj Rai is one of the influential person who is well knowledgeable Puma in the community.
Mr Karna Bahadur Rai is one of the most influential Puma who knows very well about the Puma language and culture. So Puma team called him to tell the stories about the Hetcakupa.
Dr. Gaenszle is the researcher in charge of ethnography
Format:DV
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-000D-EECF-E
CPDP
Publisher:Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel
University of Leipzig
Subject:Discourse
Narrative
Unspecified
Puma language
Subject (ISO639):pum

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Citation: Arjun Rai; Sain Dhoj (speaker); Karna Bahadur (speaker); Martin Gaenszle. 2004-11-22. Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel.
Terms: area_Asia country_NP iso639_pum

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Country: Nepal
Area: Asia


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