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Author Blackburn, Stuart H.

Title The sun rises [electronic resource] : a shaman's chant, ritual exchange and fertility in the Apatani Valley / by Stuart Blackburn.

Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Description xvii, 401 p., 22 p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps.
Series Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 16/3
Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 16/3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-397) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Language Includes English translation and Romanized Apatani text.
Subject Apatani (Indic people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
Oral tradition -- India -- Apatani Valley.
Apatani (Indic people) -- Folklore.
Apatani Valley (India)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004175785 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004175784 (hardback : alk. paper)

 
    
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