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Title: | Photos of Hongma shrine | |
hongmadevi | ||
Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern Nepal | ||
Contributor: | Arjun Rai | |
Martin Gaenszle | ||
Coverage: | Nepal | |
Date: | 2004-11-30 | |
Description: | A selection of photographs of Hongma alias Kanyadevi, the goddess and her shrine in Devisthan VDC. | |
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 | ||
These photographs show the shrine of the Devi (Kanyadevi or Hongma) in Devisthan. This goddess is a major divinity in the Puma area, worshiped both by Puma and Hindu castes. | ||
English language is used in this photograph captions. | ||
He is the research assistant for ethnography in the Puma team. | ||
Dr. Gaenszle is the researcher in charge of ethnography | ||
Format: | image/jpeg | |
Identifier: | oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0010-9AE1-A | |
CPDP | ||
Publisher: | Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel | |
University of Leipzig | ||
Subject: | Photographs | |
selected photographs | ||
English language | ||
Subject (ISO639): | eng | |
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_00-0000-0000-0010-9AE1-A | |
DateStamp: | 2017-02-14 | |
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Citation: | Arjun Rai; Martin Gaenszle. 2004-11-30. Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel. | |
Terms: | area_Europe country_GB iso639_eng | |
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Country: | United Kingdom | |
Area: | Europe |