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

By: Blackburn, Stuart HContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)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, 2010Description: xvii, 401 p., 22 p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), mapsSubject(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 LOC classification: DS432.A6 | B53 2010Online resources: Click to View
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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Includes English translation and Romanized Apatani text.

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