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The Sun Rises - A Shaman's Chant, Ritual Exchange and Fertility in the Apatani Valley (Hardcover)
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The Sun Rises - A Shaman's Chant, Ritual Exchange and Fertility in the Apatani Valley (Hardcover)
Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library / Tribal Cultures in the Eastern Himalayas, 16/3
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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.
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