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Title:Henyongcha clan description
henyongcha_01
Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern Nepal
Contributor:Arjun Rai
Contributor (speaker):Shree Kumar
Bal Bahadur
Coverage:Nepal
Date:2006-05-04
Description:In this session, it is described in detail about the Henyongcha Puma of Pauwasera. The occupation, education, lifestyle, origin of Henyongcha etc are described in this session. This session was recorded at Pauwasera VDC, Bangsila-7.
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
The session gives description of Henyongcha clan in general. The way of living style, origin, profession, agriculture, weather etc are described in this session.
Puma language is used throuthout this session.
Bal Bahadur Rai is Henyongcha Puma, living in Pauwasera VDC. He is enthusiastic person for the Puma language and culture.
He is the research assistant for ethnography in the Puma team.
SKR is doing his Master's in Business Administration from Tribhuvan University, Biratnagar and also RA n Puma team. He is very keen to preserve and promote his language and culure. He has written some gazels and poems in his own language.
BBR is resident of Pauwasera VDC. He is a young Puma who is welknown person about Puma people. So Puma team requested him to tell something about Henyongcha Puma.
Format:DV
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-000F-5BE9-D
CPDP
Publisher:Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel
University of Leipzig
Subject:Narrative
Henyongcha clan description
Puma language
Subject (ISO639):pum

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Citation: Arjun Rai; Shree Kumar (speaker); Bal Bahadur (speaker). 2006-05-04. Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel.
Terms: area_Asia country_NP iso639_pum

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Country: Nepal
Area: Asia


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