Dairi stories and Pakpak storytelling :: a storytelling tradition from the North Sumatran rainforest /

"This study of traditional literature in Pakpak-Dairi, an endangered North Sumatran language, is based on written and oral versions of stories. Discussing the views of well-known scholars of Sumatran languages, the book includes the texts of seven stories which were collected in North Sumatra b...

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Main Author: Brakel-Papenhuijzen, Clara (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Batak
Dutch
Published: Leiden : Brill, [2014]
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"This study of traditional literature in Pakpak-Dairi, an endangered North Sumatran language, is based on written and oral versions of stories. Discussing the views of well-known scholars of Sumatran languages, the book includes the texts of seven stories which were collected in North Sumatra by the well-known linguist Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk (1824-1894) and are kept in Leiden University Library. The book also contains a story performed in the village of Sukarame by Sonang Sitakar, who may well have been one of the last Pakpak-Dairi storytellers"--
The art of storytelling, which has been popular for centuries in the forested Dairi district of North Sumatra, is usually considered an oral tradition. This book presents evidence that written versions of Dairi stories existed before there was contact with European culture.
Item Description:19. Narration of SI Buah Mburle's Birth.
Physical Description:1 online resource (363 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004261730
9004261737
ISSN:1572-1892 ;

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