Chintang/Puma
Special emphasis is given to the ethnographic context of language practices.
Above all this means a comprehensive documentation of the numerous culturally
salient genres of speaking, such as myths, legends, and folk tales, forms of
politeness, ceremonial dialogues, ritual invocations of ancestors, and shamanic
seances. Among the Kiranti most rituals are accompanied by the use of a special
speech register which is distinct from ordinary speech. Thus the translation of
such texts is a particular challenge and requires sound background knowledge of
indigenous notions concerning, e.g., personhood, the acestral past and ritual
communication.
| Our project office at the Center for Nepal and Asian Studies |
During our training workshop |
| In Chintang | Chintang children |
| Chintang speakers | A Chintang speaker |
| Puma | |