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Author Damrong Tayanin

Title Being Kammu : my village, my life / Damrong Tayanin
Published Ithaca, N.Y. : Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (130 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Southeast Asia Program series ; no. 14
Southeast Asia Program series ; no. 14.
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; Biographical Sketch; Acknowledgements; Chapter I: The Village and the House; 1. The Kammu Village, Kúŋ Kmmú; 2. Village Common-Houses, Cɔ̀ɔŋ; 3. A Kammu Shaman, Mɔ́ɔ Kmmú; 4. Spirits and Illnesses, Róoy káp chíe lòok; 5. The Village Ceremony, Tɛ́ɛŋ kúŋ lii pàak kúŋ; 6. The Tɛɛŋ Spirits, Róoy tɛ̀ɛŋ; 7. Kammu Houses, Kàaŋ Kmmú; 8. Parts of the Kammu House, Klúaŋ kàaŋ Kmmú; 9. The Village Headman and Priest, Nàay báan káp lkùun; 10. Messages, Cláaŋ; 11. Family Registration, Cót sámmanòo krùa; 12. The Names of Districts and Villages, Cìi tasɛ́ɛŋ káp kúŋ
13. The Streams in the Area of Rmcùal Village, Cìi òm tàa kúŋ Rmcùal14. Weather in the Area, Aakáat; 15. My Home Village, Rmcùal; Chapter II: Village Economy; 16. Food Other Than Rice, Sə́ŋ màh; 17. The Kammu Calendar, Mìi káp píi Kmmú; 18. The Agricultural Cycle, Káan ríam ré; 19. Staying in The Fields, Yàt cám ré; 20. Kammu Domestic Animals, Tóo sát Kmmú; 21. Ownership in Kammu Villages, Khɔ́ɔŋ kɔ́ɔn kúŋ Kmmú; Chapter III: Life inside the Village; 22. Elderly People's Work, Káan kòn tháw; 23. Men's Work, Káan cmprɔ̀; 24. Women's Work, Káan cmkín
25. Children in Kammu Villages, Kɔ́ɔn ñɛ̀ tàa kúŋ Kmmú26. My Family Was in Debt, Kàaŋ ò àh níi; 27. Catching Birds, Sír síim; 28. The Ancestors Help a Patient, Róoy kàaŋ cɔ̀ɔy kòn cú; 29. A Dog and aTiger, Sɔ́ káp rwàay; 30. Life in the Village I Left, Chíiwìt yèm ò yàt tàa kúŋ Kmmú; Chapter IV: Life outside the Village; 31. My First Job in Town, Kɔ́ɔ yɔ̀h ə̀h káan tàa mìaŋ; 32. Going to Buy Salt, Yɔ̀h wɛ̀ɛt máar; 33. Flying for the First Time, Ò Kɔ́ɔ tíir yʌ̀ʌ clɔ̀ɔŋ tíir; 34. From Jungle to Town, Càak prì, rɔ̀ɔt tàa mìaŋ; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; W; Y
Fig. 12 Map of the streams, phɛ́ɛnthii òmFig. 13 Counting the Days, nàp dɔ́ɔk mìi; Fig. 14 The Kammu farming year, mòŋ ə̀h ré; Fig. 15 A field house and bamboo clappers, c' ò ré káp pɔ́h; Fig. 16 Elderly women's work drying paddy, káan kòn tháw cmkín hntáar ŋɔ́ (photo Li Daoyong); Fig. 17 Separating cotton from the seeds, ìit pháay (Photo Li Daoyong); Fig. 18 Binding thatch, prèey srlìaŋ (Photo Li Daoyong); Fig. 19 Silver coins, kmúul màn
Summary Combining autobiography and ethnography, Damrong Tayanin examines the lifestyles, customs, practices, and beliefs of the Kammu people by describing his own early experiences
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-130)
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Subject Damrong Tayanin
SUBJECT Damrong Tayanin
Damrong Tayanin fast
Subject Khmu' (Southeast Asian people)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Khmu' (Southeast Asian people)
Travel
SUBJECT Rmcùal (Laos) -- Description and travel
Subject Laos -- Rmcùal
Form Electronic book
LC no. 94180883
ISBN 9781501718984
1501718983