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The 'Lepchas' or 'Rongs' and their songs

Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie12 • Published In 1899 • Pages: 41-57

By: Waddell, Laurence Austine.

Abstract
This brief article contains the texts of nine Lepcha songs, together with the accompanying music for a few of them, as well as the texts of some of the songs in the original script. Waddell begins the work with a short description of Lepcha culture, with caustic comments on the workers who had done transcriptions of the Lepcha before him. Waddell was a Colonel, presumably in the British Indian Service.
Subjects
Music
culture
Lepcha
HRAF PubDate
2003
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Central Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Government Official
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
Field Date
1891
Coverage Date
1891
Coverage Place
Sikkim and West Bengal, India
Notes
[by] L.A. Waddell
Includes bibliographical references
LCSH
Lepcha (South Asian people)