Description of traditional folk songs, part 1

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This narration is about the importance and role songs played for communication in the traditional life of the Liangmai. Songs were employed in various situations, and they are expressions of different kinds of emotions. Liangmai ancestors used songs to express and convey their feelings and thought. It is a medium to express pleasure and pain, sorrow and joy, spiritual and moral values, and traditional and cultural knowledge. It is a rich form of cultural heritage that contributes towards maintaining the history of the people and plays vital role in connecting generations, establishing cultural identity and helps transmit cultural values, beliefs, … continued below

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Daimai, Kailadbou October 1, 2016.

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This narration is about the importance and role songs played for communication in the traditional life of the Liangmai. Songs were employed in various situations, and they are expressions of different kinds of emotions. Liangmai ancestors used songs to express and convey their feelings and thought. It is a medium to express pleasure and pain, sorrow and joy, spiritual and moral values, and traditional and cultural knowledge. It is a rich form of cultural heritage that contributes towards maintaining the history of the people and plays vital role in connecting generations, establishing cultural identity and helps transmit cultural values, beliefs, knowledge, etc. When one is not happy or angry with another person, songs were used to express the feelings instead of talking and using explicit words. Angry facial countenance was not used; rather, a person used a song as a means to express his feelings or wishes. Then the other person would understand that the one singing the song is not happy or sad or angry. One would listen to the lyric of the song and understand the intended meaning.

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This narration was recorded during fieldwork for a project titled "Documenting the unexplored oral literature of Liangmai", funded by Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research.

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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.

Computational Resource on South Asian Languages

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.

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Description of traditional folk songs, part 2 (Video)

Description of traditional folk songs, part 2

This narration is about the importance and role songs played for communication in the traditional life of the Liangmai. Songs were employed in various situations, and they are expressions of different kinds of emotions. Liangmai ancestors used songs to express and convey their feelings and thought. It is a medium to express pleasure and pain, sorrow and joy, spiritual and moral values, and traditional and cultural knowledge. It is a rich form of cultural heritage that contributes towards maintaining the history of the people and plays vital role in connecting generations, establishing cultural identity and helps transmit cultural values, beliefs, knowledge, etc. When one is not happy or angry with another person, songs were used to express the feelings instead of talking and using explicit words. Angry facial countenance was not used; rather, a person used a song as a means to express his feelings or wishes. Then the other person would understand that the one singing the song is not happy or sad or angry. One would listen to the lyric of the song and understand the intended meaning.

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Daimai, Kailadbou. Description of traditional folk songs, part 1, video, October 1, 2016; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2124592/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Information.

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