Tangsa Wihu song: insight into culture through language, music and ritual

该项目旨在研究新开放的印度和缅甸边境的复杂和未被充分研究的语言多样性。唐萨维胡歌是一种仪式和诗意的传统，在位于印度和缅甸边境地区的一个语言非常多样化的社区里，人们共同拥有这种传统。该项目计划研究这个历时数日的歌曲循环，考察歌曲在不同背景下的语言、历史和音乐学特征。唐萨丰富而复杂的语言多样性揭示了人类语言和社会发展的传统模式，这项详细的研究有望增强我们对印度和缅甸语言和文化多样性的了解。

This project seeks to study the complex and under-researched linguistic diversity of the newly opening India–Myanmar borders. The Tangsa Wihu song-cycle is a ritual and poetic tradition common to people in a very linguistically diverse community situated in the India–Myanmar border region. This project plans to study this song-cycle, which was traditionally performed over many hours and days, examining the linguistic, historical and musicological features of the song in its various contexts. The rich and complex linguistic diversity of Tangsa is shining a light on traditional patterns of human linguistic and social development, and this detailed study is expected to enhance our knowledge of the linguistic and cultural diversity of India and Myanmar.