The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

sound recording

sound:

U19400.mp3

caption:

anonymous recordings of Naga songs and musical instruments

caption:

Southern Angami song, accompanied by a one-stringed instrument, tati, made from a dried gourd and a single string. A love-song to a lover. The central meaning is "If you are not there, there is no one else for me." The vocabulary is archaic.

medium:

sound

ethnicgroup:

Angami <Southern

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note:

information supplied by Ms G. Ashin Panmei of Imphal, Manipur