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

该项目旨在研究新开放的印度-缅甸边境复杂且研究不足的语言多样性。Tangsa Wihu歌曲循环是印度-缅甸边境地区一个语言非常多样化的社区的人们共同的仪式和诗歌传统。这个项目计划研究这首传统上要表演数小时甚至数天的歌曲，研究这首歌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为人类语言和社会发展的传统模式提供了线索，这项详细的研究有望提高我们对印度和缅甸语言和文化多样性的认识。

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.