World Oral Literature Project

01/05/2013

We promised more collections: thanks to Carole Pegg for these wonderful samples of Altaian Heroic Epics

http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/cpegg001.html

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15/04/2013

The latest collection to be available online is the Namuyi Tibetan Ritual Chant Collection. These twelve groups of chants, in the Namuyi language, are recited by local religious practitioners called phatse.

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12/04/2013

Hoping for some sunshine this weekend? Here's an optimistic picnic song 'The picnic with beautiful colours', in the Logay language of Lo Monthang, Nepal:

http://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1454196

Part of a new collection online today:

http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/kblumenthal001.html

08/04/2013

Great start to the week! Click below to view the latest collection hosted on our website. The earliest recordings that are deposited with us, from 1920s Nigeria.

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11/03/2013

Thanks to the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology for this detailed and varied audio collection of Fijian music, songs and dances recorded by George Kingsley Roth in the 1950s:

http://oralliterature.org/collections/roth001.html

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06/03/2013

More cultural material uploaded today, recordings, videos, and texts related to Akha Zanr, the indigenous religion of the Akha (ahk) of northern Mainland Southeast Asia: http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/jterrell001.html

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14/02/2013

Check out the Oral History Summer School website for their 2013 programme: http://www.oralhistorysummerschool.com/

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14/02/2013

Our new collection online today contains two movies of cultural revitalization activities held in Dashui Village: a story-telling competition and a folk-song singing competition to encourage use of the Namuyi language and pride in local traditions

http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/libulakhi001.html

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14/02/2013

Happy Valentines Day! Celebrate by listening to a love song from the Pumi village of Wangjiagou, China: "I bless you from my immaculate heart. Different people respond differently at various times, but my feelings for you won't change. I’ll always think about you."

http://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1187262

13/02/2013

Mark Turin will be talking about 'Documenting Vanishing Voices and Hidden Himalayan Archives' 4pm today (13 Feb) at Dartmouth College:

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10/02/2013

An offering from the World Oral Literature Project on this first day of the Year of the Snake - a Mudugar song listing snake varieties. There's a great online collection for you to peruse on a Sunday evening here: http://bit.ly/lJrosL

08/02/2013

Two new collections online today of videos of horse racing, circle dancing, picnics and celebrations from the Tibetan village of Bang smad:

http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/bkrashis002.html

and

http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/bkrashis003.html

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