The sun rises [electronic resource] : a shaman's chant, ritual exchange and fertility in the Apatani Valley / by Stuart Blackburn.
By: Blackburn, Stuart H.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Material type: BookSeries: Brill's Tibetan studies library: v. 16/3.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010Description: xvii, 401 p., 22 p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Apatani (Indic people) -- Rites and ceremonies | Oral tradition -- India -- Apatani Valley | Apatani (Indic people) -- Folklore | Apatani Valley (India)Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.89/4 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewIncludes bibliographical references (p. [391]-397) and index.
Apatanis and their valley -- The Subu Heniin text -- The Murung festival -- The Nyibu performer -- The Subu Heniin in translation -- Conclusions and the future -- Appendices. Outline of Murung events ; Number of Murungs, 1944/1945-2009 ; Sacrificial shares for spirits and humans ; Transcription of the Subu Heniin ; Mudan Pai's life-history ; Feasts of merit in the extended Eastern Himalayas.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Includes English translation and Romanized Apatani text.
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