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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackburn, Stuart H.

Series:

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 16/3.

Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; v. 16/3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apatani (Indic people)--Rites and ceremonies.

Apatani (Indic people).

Oral tradition--India--Apatani Valley.

Oral tradition.

Apatani (Indic people)--Folklore.

Apatani Valley (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the centre of this study is a shaman's chant performed during a three-week long feast in the eastern Himalayas. The book includes a translation of this 12-hour text chanted in Apatani, a Tibeto-Burman language, and a description of the events that surround it, especially ritual exchanges with ceremonial friends, in which fertility is celebrated. The shaman's social role, performance and ritual language are also described. Although complex feasts, like this one among Apatanis, have been described in northeast India and upland Southeast Asia for more than a century, this is the first book to present a full translation of the accompanying chant and to integrate it into the interpretation of the social significance of the total event.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-397) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-78636-9

9786612786365

90-474-2922-2

OCLC:

667292724

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004175785.i-394 DOI