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The sun rises : a shaman's chant, ritual exchange and fertility in the Apatani Valley
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- Creator
- by Stuart Blackburn
- Included Title
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- Brill e-books
- Format
- Books
- Languages
- English, Sino-Tibetan (Other)
- Publication
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- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 401 pages, 22 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps)
- ISBNs
- 9786612786365, 9047429222, 1282786369, 9004175784, 9789047429227, 9789004175785
- OCLC
- ocn667292724, ocn499128614
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [391]-397) and index.
- Includes English translation and Romanized Apatani text.
- 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