OLAC Record oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0017-C58C-8

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Title:		The process of tea-production in bamboo containers
		Cholim - Tea production in bamboo containers
		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:		MB
Contributor (consultant):		Mrs. Rengya Tonglum
		Lukam Tonglum (Loekyam Cholim is his Cholim name; Lukam is the name used by other Tangsa groups)
Coverage:		India
Date:		2009-11-04
Description:		This video describes the process of producing a variety of tea, popular among the Tangsas and the Singphos, using bamboo 'sungas' (ie cylindrical pieces cut from bamboo trunk with a bamboo joint at the bottom and open from the top) as container. The tea leaves are plucked and then cooked in a little water after which they are left to dry over the kitchen hearth. Once dry the leaves are crushed and sieved, and then stuffed into the 'sunga', a handful at a time, after which the sunga is temporarily closed with a 'kou'leaf and gently heated over a fire. After repeating this process several times when the 'sunga' is fully stuffed with tea, the burnt outer part of the 'sunga' is shaved off, the top is sealed (with a section of the sunga itself), and then the sunga is left to dry over a period of 2-3 weeks. The result is a compact cylinder of black tea, which can then be cooked with water to produce their special kind of tea. The main actor in the video is Mrs. Rengya Tonglum. The language of communication between MB and Mrs. Tonglum is Assamese. Mr. Lukam Tonglum is also seen by the fireplace at times and he adds his comments in Assamese to what is being said and done. The video is to be found in file SDM-ass-2009-11-4&6-MB-sunga-tea-making.avi
		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 (Phonogram Archiv, Vienna), Meenaxi Bhattacharjee, Chaichuen Khamdaengyodtai (Rajabhat University, Chiang Mai), Zeenat Tabassum (Gauhati University), Karabi Mazumder (Gauhati University), Krishna Boro (Gauhati 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
		Mrs. Rengya Tonglum is the wife of Mr. Lukam Tonglum of Kharangkong village. She is also of Burmese origin and is very good with her hands at showing how things are done.
		Lukam Tonglum (Loekyam Cholim) is the leader of the Cholim community in Kharang Kong. He came from Burma in the 1950s to join his brother who had already set up in Kharang Kong. He is very knowledgeable about all aspects of Cholim culture.
Format:		image/jpeg
		video/x-mpeg2
		video/x-mpeg1
		audio/x-wav
Identifier:		oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0017-C58C-8
Publisher:		Stephen Morey
		Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University
Subject:		video recording of a traditional skill
		producing tea
		Tase Naga language
		Tangsa - Cholim variety (general name Tonglum)
		Assamese language
Subject (ISO639):		nst
		asm
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-C58C-8
DateStamp:		2017-04-21
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Search Info
Citation:		Mrs. Rengya Tonglum (consultant); MB; Lukam Tonglum (Loekyam Cholim is his Cholim name; Lukam is the name used by other Tangsa groups) (consultant). 2009-11-04. Stephen Morey.
Terms:		area_Asia country_IN country_MM iso639_asm iso639_nst
Inferred Metadata
Country:		IndiaMyanmar
Area:		Asia