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Title:		Loekyam Cholim – Moon and Sun Songs
		The Traditional Songs And Poetry Of Upper Assam – A Multifaceted Linguistic and Ethnographic Documentation of the Tangsa, Tai and Singpho Communities in Margherita, Northeast India
Contributor:		Stephen Morey
Contributor (consultant):		Loekyam Cholim
Coverage:		India
Date:		2009-12-22
Description:		A recording in which Loekyam Cholim sings various songs, including the songs of the sun and the moon. This recording consists of the following files SDM12-20091222-01_SM_Lukam_MoonAndSunSongs.mpeg and SDM12-20091222-01_SM_Lukam_MoonAndSunSongs.wav; duration 12’41” (These recordings run from 24’21” to 37’02” on the video cassette numbered ASSMVDP21DEC0901) The detailed description of this recording is as follows (times on the cassette are in parentheses): Loekyam sings several types of song jyoepo Qhyoe ‘moon song’, rangxai Qhyoe ‘sun song’, wueralap Qhyoe ‘hornbill feather song’ and wakngi we Qhyoe ‘wild pig tooth song’. This was filmed while Lukam was preparing decorations for the Wihu festival. Another song called khangli khuephuk Qhyoe ‘helnet song’ also exists. 0’45” (25’06”) jyoepo Qhyoe ‘moon song’ cham chhung ta se la – also called cham chijyoe gai ‘spirit of rice song’. 1’54” (26’15”) khangli Qhyoe. This tells how helmet was received from the sun (san²wang² tai¹ ~ we¹, a male), and the moon (hum²jam² wi¹ ~ nyu¹, a female). 3’37” (27’58”) some small part of the rangxai Qhyoe. 5’41” (30’02”) rangxai nyip woen Qhyoe ‘the sunset song’; 10’19” (34’40”) discussion. This song is sung while people are coming back to the house, their work done, Also called rangxai tham Qhyoe or ben nang maq Qhyoe (coming from the field song). 11’44” (36’05”) It is a very ancient song, from long back (kuwang) it is a song of the forefathers, and the young people today do not know it. Only the forefather’s knew it.
		This project contains linguistic, musicalogical, ethnographic and other cultural information about three communities in Upper Assam: Singpho, Tai and Tangsa. The recordings and analyses have been done by Stephen Morey, together with Palash Kumar Nath (Gauhati University), Juergen Schoepf (Phonogrammarchiv, Vienna), Meenaxi Barkataki Ruscheweyh (Goettingen Academy of Sciences), Chaichuen Khamdaengyodtai (Rajabhat University, Chiang Mai), Zeenat Tabassum (Gauhati University), Karabi Mazumder (Gauhati University), Krishna Boro (Gauhati University), Paul Hastie (LaTrobe University). The key aims of the project were • to provide a comprehensive documentation of the varieties of Tangsa language spoken in the Margherita Subdivision of Upper Assam, India, • to provide a comprehensive documentation of the traditional songs, and poetry of three endangered language communities in the Margherita Subdivision: the Tangsa and Singpho (both Tibeto-Burman) and the Tai (Tai-Kadai), including a study of Tai traditional manuscripts, which are highly relevant for language and culture maintenance among the Tai. Within each of these communities there is considerable linguistic and cultural diversity, so all the files have been divided up and named according to this system: Tai SDM01 Phake SDM02 Aiton SDM03 Khamyang SDM04 Ahom SDM05 Khamti Singpho SDM07 Turung SDM08 Numhpuk Hkawng SDM09 Diyun Hkawng SDM10 Tieng Hkawng Tangsa SDM11 Youngkuk SDM12 Cholim SDM13 Kimsing SDM14 Tikhak SDM15 Lochhang SDM16 Ngaimong SDM17 Maitai SDM18 Shechhyv SDM19 Mossang SDM20 Khvlak SDM21 Lakkai SDM22 Lungri SDM23 Hakhun SDM24 Lungkhe SDM25 Ronrang SDM26 Sangte SDM27 Sangwal SDM28 Halang SDM29 Haseng SDM30 Morang SDM31 Moklum
		A recording in which Loekyam Cholim sings various songs, including the songs of the sun and the moon. This recording consists of the following files SDM12-20091222-01_SM_Lukam_MoonAndSunSongs.mpeg and SDM12-20091222-01_SM_Lukam_MoonAndSunSongs.wav; duration 12’41” (These recordings run from 24’21” to 37’02” on the video cassette numbered ASSMVDP21DEC0901) The detailed description of this recording is as follows (times on the cassette are in parentheses): Loekyam sings several types of song jyoepo Qhyoe ‘moon song’, rangxai Qhyoe ‘sun song’, wueralap Qhyoe ‘hornbill feather song’ and wakngi we Qhyoe ‘wild pig tooth song’. This was filmed while Lukam was preparing decorations for the Wihu festival. Another song called khangli khuephuk Qhyoe ‘helnet song’ also exists. 0’45” (25’06”) jyoepo Qhyoe ‘moon song’ cham chhung ta se la – also called cham chijyoe gai ‘spirit of rice song’. 1’54” (26’15”) khangli Qhyoe. This tells how helmet was received from the sun (san²wang² tai¹ ~ we¹, a male), and the moon (hum²jam² wi¹ ~ nyu¹, a female). 3’37” (27’58”) some small part of the rangxai Qhyoe. 5’41” (30’02”) rangxai nyip woen Qhyoe ‘the sunset song’; 10’19” (34’40”) discussion. This song is sung while people are coming back to the house, their work done, Also called rangxai tham Qhyoe or ben nang maq Qhyoe (coming from the field song). 11’44” (36’05”) It is a very ancient song, from long back (kuwang) it is a song of the forefathers, and the young people today do not know it. Only the forefather’s knew it.
		Lukam / Loekyam speaks Singpho, Assamese and Burmese apart from Cholim.
Identifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0017-C56F-C
Publisher:		Stephen Morey
		Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University
Subject:		Singing
		Unspecified
		Tase Naga language
		Tangsa - Cholim variety (general name Tonglum)
Subject (ISO639):		nst
OLAC Info
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_00-0000-0000-0017-C56F-C
DateStamp:		2017-04-21
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Search Info
Citation:		Stephen Morey; Loekyam Cholim (consultant). 2009-12-22. Stephen Morey.
Terms:		area_Asia country_MM iso639_nst
Inferred Metadata
Country:		Myanmar
Area:		Asia