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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Sino-Tibetan (Other) Original language: Sino-Tibetan (Other) Series: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 16/3.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.Description: xvii, 401 p., 22 p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.89/4 22
LOC classification:
  • DS432.A6 B53 2010eb
Online resources:
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.
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Includes 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, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Includes English translation and Romanized Apatani text.

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