| Description |
Sora cultural expert Srinivas Gomango speaks on various important topics in nine oral texts in his dialect, Lanjia-Sor. He covers a wide range of traditional knowledge domains, local celebrations and healing practices of the Sora recorded by Opino Gomango. Traditions are described in detail; many include animal sacrifices alongside the worship of deities specific to Sora spiritual beliefs. These texts are: Rogon Abdur (the red gram harvest festival), Daramapur (the worship of the Darama Spirit to restore good health and harvest), Kaniboisumpur (the worship of Epilepsy Spirit Woman), Gelbidsum (Braided Feather Spirit, aka Grandmother Smallpox Spirit), Lurnisum (a spirit that resides in a small house near Sora villages), Durisumpur (worship of the Duri Spirit that heals sick people), Etangjonma (Cut-Cow Eater Woman, a spirit who heals variola and who is only appeased by cow sacrifice), Kinaloboipur (Tiger Earth Woman Ceremony, a ritual to deal with those who have been killed by a tiger) and Mordisum (Cholera Spirit). Glossing by Gregory D. S. Anderson. |
