TAl CULTURE

Interdisciplinary Tai Studies Series

 

Vol. 18: Tai Oral Tradition

 

This volume is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Christian Velder, (175-186)

 

    3                                         Editorial                   

Part 1: ARTICLES

    6  John F. Hartmann        KHÀP LUE: Singing in the Lue Manner               

  11  Soison Sakolrak          MYTH-MAKING IN CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS:  
Reconstruction of Lilit Phra Loo                     

  23  Tongyin Yang                KAM STORYTELLING AND ASPECTS OF ITS
NARRATIVE DISCOURSE                                  

  45  Siraporn Nathalang     DIALOGUE AND COEXISTENCE BETWEEN THE NATURE GODS AND THE BUDDHA.

An Analysis of Various Myths of Tai Peoples in Southeast Asia and Yunnan, China

  53  Elena Afanasieva        phii AND khwan in THAI LITERATURE and FOLKLORE

  60  Wajuppa Todsa           DISSEMINATING AND BRINGING TO LIFE TRADITIONAL THAI/LAO FOLK LITERATURE AMONG THE YOUNGER GENERATION

  74  Oliver Raendchen        A LAO TRICKSTER TALE CYCLE: SIANG MIANG.

                                               Some thoughts on a sub-genre of the Lao oral tradition

  86  Nguyên Xuân Hiên / Trân Dang Dàn

                                               ABOUT THE POPULARITY OF THE VIETNAMESE  
                                               PLAA BOO THOONG                                       

101  Cam Trong                   FOLKLORE OF THE TAI PEOPLES OF VIETNAM

108  Mani-Samouth M.P. Rattana Koumphon
                                               NAANG PAAKPEN: a Lao version of a Panchatantra
                                               story: some comments

110  Phiulavan Luangvanna           ON TAI PHUAN POETRY

113  Sitthisone Saysongkham       PROVERBS OF THE LAO: A short  

presentation of the tôôngtôôi-phaasit subgroup.

Translation and Comments           

117   Boike Rehbein             THE RE-INVENTION OF LAO PROVERBS            

119                                        The Epic “Chüang Haan”

124  Chen Hui                       A BRIEF INTRODUCTION IN THE FOLK  
                                               LITERATURE OF THE ZHUANG PEOPLE                                         

127  Jana Igunma                ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM THAILAND

140  Oliver Raendchen        HAS THE khään TO DO WITH TAI ORAL TRADITION?    

146                                        khôôn IN CLASSICAL THAI THEATRE

Part 2: ORIGINAL TEXT SOURCES

149  Nicola B. Tannenbaum                       SERMON delivered by Tu Calern,
                                                                       Abbot of the Mook Tsam Pe temple                            

151  Chaichuen Kamdaengyodtai THE SPIRIT OF THE RICE    

157  Sai Aung Tun               A LOVE STORY FROM A SHAN PAPER SCROLL            

169  Wen Xueyang              WHY THE CAT AND THE RAT ARE ENEMIES

170  Oliver Raendchen        THAAO TAU KHAM – A Lao Fairytale

172                                         THE LEGEND OF bangfai phanjaa naak

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175                             translations of fairy-tales by Christian Velder

 

                                                Part 3: COMMUNICATIONS

180                             obituary

Dr. Christian Velder
 

book reviews

184                             reviews on Christian Velder’s books

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187                                         other book reviews

 

presentation                   

194  Jana Igunma                phongsawadaan müang laan saang

 

portrait   

195  Jana Igunma                            PIERRE NGINN

198  Thanet   Charoenmuang         CHARAN MANOPHET

200                                                    INFORMAL NORTHERN THAI GROUP (INTG)

 

conference review

202  Oliver Raendchen        1st COMPARATIVE YUNNAN TAI STUDIES      0304  

204  Oliver Raendchen        1st LAO LITERARY HERITAGE intl. conf.   0401

206  Boike Rehbein             1st LAOS STUDIES intl. conf.                                  0505

 

future conferences

208                                        1st Intl. Congress POWER OF LANGUAGE        0605     

 

209                                        annoted bibliography