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Found 4 from your keywords: subject="Oral tradition"
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Studies in Malaysian oral and musical traditions
Malm, William P.Sweeney, Amin

The first of two studies included is “Music in Kelantan, Malaysia and Some of Its Cultural Implications,” by William P. Malm. Kelantan is the northernmost province on the east coast of Malaysia. It is considered to be the most orthodox area in a nation whose state religion is Islam. At the same time it must be noted that it borders to the north with the Buddhist country of Thailand and to t…

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ISBN/ISSN
9780472902286
Collation
99 p.
Series Title
Michigan Papers On South And Southeast Asia
Call Number
781.75951 MAL s
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Stories from Quechan oral literature
Halpern, A.M.Miller, Amy

"The Quechan are a Yuman people who have traditionally lived along the lower part of the Colorado River in California and Arizona. They are well known as warriors, artists, and traders, and they also have a rich oral tradition. The stories in this volume were told by tribal elders in the 1970s and early 1980s. The eleven narratives in this volume take place at the beginning of time and introduc…

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ISBN/ISSN
9781909254879
Collation
XII, 533 p.
Series Title
World Oral Literature Series
Call Number
970.00497 HAL s
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The lands west of the lakes; A history of the Ajattappareng kingdoms of South…
Druce, Stephen C.

The period 1200-1600 CE saw a radical transformation from simple chiefdoms to kingdoms (in archaeological terminology, complex chiefdoms) across lowland South Sulawesi, a region that lay outside the ‘classical’ Indicized parts of Southeast Asia. The rise of these kingdoms was stimulated and economically supported by trade in prestige goods with other parts of island Southeast Asia, yet the …

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ISBN/ISSN
9789067183314
Collation
xvi, 377 p.
Series Title
Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
Call Number
909 DRU l
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Master poets, ritual masters : the art of oral composition among the Rotenese…
Fox, James J.

This is a study in oral poetic composition. It examines how oral poets compose their recitations. Specifically, it is a study of the recitations of 17 separate master poets from the Island of Rote recorded over a period of 50 years. Each of these poets offers his version of what is culturally considered to be the ‘same’ ritual chant. These compositions are examined in detail and their oral …

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ISBN/ISSN
9781760460068
Collation
xv, 444p. : ill
Series Title
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Call Number
398.2095987 FOX m