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Dairi stories and Pakpak storytelling : a storytelling tradition from the North Sumatran rainforest / by Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brakel-Papenhuijzen, Clara, author.
- Series:
- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 279.
- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Landen Volkenkunde, 1572-1892 ; Volume 279
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folk literature, Dairi Pakpak--History and criticism.
- Folk literature, Dairi Pakpak.
- Storytelling--Indonesia--Sumatera Utara.
- Storytelling.
- Dairi Pakpak dialect--Texts.
- Dairi Pakpak dialect.
- Sumatera Utara (Indonesia)--Social life and customs.
- Sumatera Utara (Indonesia).
- Tuuk, Herman Neubronner van der, 1824-1894.
- Tuuk, Herman Neubronner van der.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (363 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study of traditional literature in Pakpak-Dairi, an endangered North Sumatran language, is based on written and oral versions of stories. Discussing the views of well-known scholars of Sumatran languages, the book includes the texts of seven stories which were collected in North Sumatra by the well-known linguist Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk (1824-1894) and are kept in Leiden University Library. The book also contains a story performed in the village of Sukarame by Sonang Sitakar, who may well have been one of the last Pakpak-Dairi storytellers. Presenting unique information on an endangered literary genre from North Sumatra.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen
- Literary Traditions in North Sumatra / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen
- Van Der Tuuk's Collection of Batak Manuscripts in Leiden University Library / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen
- Dairi Stories Originally Written on Bamboo in Van Der Tuuk's Collection of Batak Manuscripts / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen
- Dairi Stories Written on Paper for Van Der Tuuk / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen
- Written Dairi Stories / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen
- The Story of Si Buah Mburle in Various Versions / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen
- Comments on The Performance of Si Buah Mburle / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen
- Sonang Sitakar's Performance of Si Buah Mburle / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen
- Final Remarks / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen
- Glossary / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen
- Bibliography / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen
- Appendix Kinship Terms: The Basic Pattern / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen
- Index / Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-26173-7
- OCLC:
- 880826907
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004261730 DOI
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