Collection details
Collection ID KK2
Title Kachin culture and history told in Jinghpaw
Description Recordings of Kachin culture and history in Jinghpaw. These materials were collected by Keita Kurabe, Gumtung Lu Awng, Sumdu Ja Seng Roi, and Labang Tu La as part of community-based collaborative fieldwork in northern Myanmar between 2017 and 2020. A total of 263 stories with 263 ELAN files, 263 transcriptions, and 15 translations are currently available (September 20, 2021). Transcriptions were contributed by Gumtung Lu Awng, Sumdu Ja Seng Roi, Galang Lu Hkawng, Hpauhkum Htu Bu, and Keita Kurabe. Stories were translated by Nbanpa Rita Seng Mai, Maran Seng Pan, Dumdaw Mike Tu Awng, Nhkum Htoi Awng, and Keita Kurabe.

For Kachin oral literature, please refer to:
https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/KK1

Our research was made possible under the support of JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP17H04523, JP20K13024, JP20H01256, Linguistic Dynamics Science 3 (LingDy3) from Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), and JSPS Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers "A collaborative network for usage-based research on lesser-studied languages."
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK2
Collector
Keita Kurabe
Operator
Originating university Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
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DOI 10.26278/5fa1707c5e77c
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), 2017. Kachin culture and history told in Jinghpaw. Collection KK2 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa1707c5e77c
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Keita Kurabe
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Items in Collection (263)

Item Title Actions
0247 Machyang baw mare de ai lam (Building Machyang baw village) View
0248 Putao ginra up hkang ai lam (Governance of Putao) View
0249 Ginru ginsa (Migration) View
0250 Myen hkawhkam hte shingjawng hkat ai lam (Ndawng Nawng and Burmese king) View
0251 Putao ga de Myen du hpang wa ai lam (History of Burmese settlement in Putao) View
0252 Putao ga na sasana lam (History of the mission to Putao) View
0253 Laklai ai du wa ni a lam (Great chiefs with a miracle power) View
0254 Japan majan (Japanese war) View
0255 Myu sha labau (History of the Kachin) View
0256 Myu sha ni kaw nnan makam hpang ai lam (How the Kachin became Christians) View

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