Warming Your Hands With Moonlight: Lavrung Tibetan Oral Traditions and Culture

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Lavrung is a little studied Qiangic language spoken by a small group of Tibetans in Rangtang County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. This work provides the first monographic introduction to Lavrung Tibetans and their language and culture, focusing on the use of trilingual (Lavrung, Chinese, and Tibetan) figurative speech in villagers' everyday discourse. Background on local oral traditions, including folktales, riddles, work songs, and secret curative chants, is also provided. A Lavrung-English word list, fifty-six full-color photographs, and several maps showing the location and distribution of Lavrung-speaking communities are also included.

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Warming Your Hands With Moonlight: Lavrung Tibetan Oral Traditions and Culture

TitleWarming Your Hands With Moonlight: Lavrung Tibetan Oral Traditions and Culture
Publication TypeJournal Article
JournalAsian Highlands Perspectives
Volume13
Start Page1
Pagination1-284
ISSN1925-6329
Call NumberDS1.A4739
Keywordsfigurative speech, Lavrung, Rangtang, Rgyal rong
Sort Order 013
Citation Keyplacul1320