Chen Sihua: Yulong Naxi Collection: Yulong Funeral Song 1, Kaicuo
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Description: | The singer learned this from her teacher Aohua when she was twenty years old. The song is thought to originate at the time when Pumi people and Naxi battled. The song is sung at funerals to open a road to the afterlife to the deceased. |
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Created: | 2012-08-31 11:53 | ||||
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Collection: | World Oral Literature Project Collections | ||||
Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||||
Copyright: | World Oral Literature Project | ||||
Keywords: | naxi; yunnan; dongba; | ||||
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Abstract: | This collection contains three chants, three folk songs, three funeral songs, two instrumentals, five love songs, two paeans, two weddings songs, two welcoming songs, and two working songs that were collected by Chen Sihua in various locations in Yulong County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, PR China. |
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