This a traditional agricultural song. It refers to a person who is selfish in that she/he works less when she/he works in other’s farm but works hard in her/her own field. The singer is from Taningjam village, Manipur.
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This a traditional agricultural song. It refers to a person who is selfish in that she/he works less when she/he works in other’s farm but works hard in her/her own field. The singer is from Taningjam village, Manipur.
Physical Description
1 sound recording (51 sec.)
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This recording is part of the following collections of related materials.
Liangmai Language Resource
This is a collection of folk songs collected from 2012-2022. The present archival activities of Liangmai folk songs and folk tales in CoRSAL are supported by the Endangered Language Fund. Liangmai folk songs can be divided into four categories: legendary folk songs, agrarian folk songs, festive folk songs and lullabies.
The Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) is a digital archive for source audio, video, and text on the minority languages of South Asia.