World Oral Literature Project Collections
| Created: | 2011-01-22 09:42 |
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| Institution: | Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Description: | The World Oral Literature Project is an urgent global initiative to document and make accessible endangered oral literatures before they disappear without record. The project has been established to support local communities and committed fieldworkers engaged in the collection and preservation of all forms of oral literature by providing funding for original research, alongside training in fieldwork and digital archiving methods. We have started to host materials collected by our grantees along with heritage recordings deposited with the project. Collection updates will be posted on this page. |
Media items
This collection contains 1414 media items.
Media items
Bkra shis bzang po: Bang smad Tibetan Village Summer Picnic
This video contains footage of the summer picnic in Bang smad Village in July 2011. It includes footage of games, songs, dances, and the village environment.
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 8 Feb 2013
Bsod nams dung mtsho: Pa bru Village Collection: Pa bru Dancing Song 1
People generally sing this song antiphonally between a group of men and a group of women during celebratory gatherings. The lyrics to this song say, "This is the best place in the...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 13 Aug 2012
Bsod nams dung mtsho: Pa bru Village Collection: Pa bru Dancing Song 2
This song is sung antiphonally between men and women while dancing at celebratory gatherings and festivals. The lyrics state that the cuckoo is considered an auspicious and lucky...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 13 Aug 2012
Bsod nams dung mtsho: Pa bru Village Collection: Pa bru Dancing Song 3
This song can be sung while dancing at any celebratory gathering. The lyrics describe a happy deer family living in a happy valley. 在任何节日和庆祝聚会上都可以唱这首歌,歌词中叙述了 快乐的鹿一家生活在欢乐的山谷里。
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 13 Aug 2012
Bsod nams dung mtsho: Pa bru Village Collection: Pa bru Dancing Song 4
This song is sung antiphonally between men and women while dancing at celebratory gatherings and festivals. 男子和女子们在节日和庆祝聚会上轮流唱这首歌的同时 跳舞。
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 13 Aug 2012
Bsod nams dung mtsho: Pa bru Village Collection: Pa bru Dancing Song 5
This song shows people's love and respect for nature and also praises singing and dancing. This song may be sung while dancing at any celebratory gatherings or festivals....
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 13 Aug 2012
Bsod nams dung mtsho: Pa bru Village Collection: Pa bru Dancing Song 6
This song is thought to be 500 hundred years old. It may be sung at any festivals or celebratory gatherings. This song states where there is golden mountain, there is also a...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 14 Aug 2012
Bsod nams dung mtsho: Pa bru Village Collection: Pa bru Dancing Song 7
People usually sing this song during festivals and celebratory gatherings but may also sing it whenever they are happy. The lyrics discuss the merits of different seasons....
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 13 Aug 2012
Carole Pegg: Altaian Heroic Epics: Ritual Practices and Beliefs: Ai sürlü, 'The Moon is Beautiful'
This is not a ritual song and is therefore performed after rather than during the ritual. The Moon and Sun are revered by Ak Jang practitioners.
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 24 Apr 2013
Carole Pegg: Altaian Heroic Epics: Ritual Practices and Beliefs: Ak Jang Ritual 2, 'White Belief’ Ritual 2
At the beginning of the Ak Jang clan ritual (Sary Bür), Arzhan Kӧzӧrӧkov requests blessings in traditional Altain verse form, using epic terminology, while sprinkling milk-vodka...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 24 Apr 2013
Carole Pegg: Altaian Heroic Epics: Ritual Practices and Beliefs: Ak Jang Ritual, 'White Belief’ Ritual
This clan ritual (Sary Bür) is held bi-annually by Ak Jang believers at open-air temples in secret mountain locations. Arzhan Kӧzӧrӧkov, a renowned epic-teller and shaman, draws...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 24 Apr 2013
Carole Pegg: Altaian Heroic Epics: Ritual Practices and Beliefs: Altaimnyng chechegi, 'My Altai’s Flower'
This jangar song, performed by female helpers (shabychi) at bi-annual Ak Jang rituals held in a secret open-air mountain temple above their home village Kulady, praises the nature...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 24 Apr 2013
Carole Pegg: Altaian Heroic Epics: Ritual Practices and Beliefs: Bisti Byrkan Jaaigan, 'Burkhan Created Us'
This jangar song, performed by female helpers (shabychi) at bi-annual Ak Jang rituals held in a secret open-air mountain temple above their natal village Kulady, praises Burkhan,...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 24 Apr 2013
Carole Pegg: Altaian Heroic Epics: Ritual Practices and Beliefs: Karakol
This jangar is the first song performed by female helpers (shabychi) in the Sary Bür Ak Jang ritual held above their natal village, Kulady. In it, they situate themselves in...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 24 Apr 2013
Carole Pegg: Altaian Heroic Epics: Ritual Practices and Beliefs: Küreebiske jaragai, 'May our Mountain-Temple enjoy'
This jangar song assumes that the temple, with its stone altars, birch poles, and prayer-flags is alive and therefore able to enjoy the ritual.
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 24 Apr 2013
Carole Pegg: Altaian Heroic Epics: Ritual Practices and Beliefs: Kӧk ӧlӧng bazhy, 'The Blue Grass’s Head'
This jangar song, performed by female helpers (shabychy) at bi-annual Ak Jang rituals held in a secret open-air mountain temple above their home village Kulady, praises the nature...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 24 Apr 2013
Carole Pegg: Altaian Heroic Epics: Ritual Practices and Beliefs: Maadai Kara
Elbek Kalkin, a ‘with-spirit’ (eelü) epic-teller, is son of the famous Telengit bard A. G. Kalkin. In this heroic epic, Khan Maadai Kara’ son (Kӧgüdei Mergen – Heavenly Archer) is...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 24 Apr 2013
Carole Pegg: Altaian Heroic Epics: Ritual Practices and Beliefs: Shunu baatyr, 'Shunu Hero'
This jangar song is about the Ak Jang hero spirit-protector Shunu, the subject of an Altaian epic and many tales.
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 24 Apr 2013
Chen Sihua: Yulong Naxi Collection: Yulong Chanting 1, Congbaitu
The vocalist is a dongba religious specialist, and his grandfather, also a dongba, taught him this chant. This chant describes the formless earth immediately after its formation.
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 31 Aug 2012
Chen Sihua: Yulong Naxi Collection: Yulong Chanting 2, Sumigu
The vocalist is a dongba religious specialist, and his grandfather, also a dongba, taught him this chant. This chant is performed after a family member has been cremated, in order...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 31 Aug 2012
