TY - BOOK ID - 104764553 TI - Long narrative songs from the Mongghul of Northeast Tibet : texts in Mongghul, Chinese and English AU - Roche, Gerald AU - Limusishiden PY - 2017 SN - 9781783743858 9781783743865 1783743859 9781783743841 9781783743834 1783743867 9781783743872 1783743875 9781783744398 1783744391 1783743832 1783743840 9791036509667 PB - Open Book Publishers DB - UniCat KW - Folk songs, Chinese. KW - Folk songs, Mongolian. KW - Mongolian folk songs KW - Chinese folk songs KW - narrative songs KW - china’s ethnic minorities KW - tibet KW - pre-colonial multilingualism KW - mongghul oral literature KW - multilingualism KW - Bird KW - Gautama Buddha KW - Highland barley KW - Huni KW - Kitchen stove KW - Sheep UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:104764553 AB - Containing ballads of martial heroism, tales of tragic lovers and visions of the nature of the world this book is a rich repository of songs collected amongst the Mongghul of the Seven Valleys, on the northeast Tibetan Plateau in western China. These songs represent the apogee of Mongghul oral literature, and they provide valuable insights into the lives of Mongghul people-their hopes, dreams, and worries. They bear testimony to the impressive plurilingual repertoire commanded by some Mongghul singers: the original texts in Tibetan, Mongghul, and Chinese are here presented in Mongghul, Chinese, and English. The kaleidoscope of stories told in these songs include that of Marshall Qi, a chieftain from the Seven Valleys who travels to Luoyang with his Mongghul army to battle rebels; Laarimbu and Qiimunso, a pair of star-crossed lovers who take revenge from beyond the grave on the families that kept them apart; and the Crop-Planting Song and the Sheep Song, which map the physical and spiritual terrain of the Mongghul people, vividly describing the physical and cosmological world in which they exist. This collection of songs is supported by an Introduction by Gerald Roche that provides an understanding of their traditional context, and shows that these works offer insights into the practices of multi lingualism in Tibet. Long Narrative Songs from the Mongghul of Northeast Tibet is vital reading for researchers and others working on oral literature, as well as those who study Inner Asia, Tibet, and China’s ethnic minorities. Finally, this book is of interest to linguistic anthropologists and sociolinguists, particularly those working on small-scale multi lingualism and pre-colonial multi lingualism. ER -