The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

sound recording

sound:

U50670.mp3

caption:

anonymous recordings of Naga songs and musical instruments

caption:

extract from modern Rengma Christian devotional song, sung by Miss Amale

medium:

sound

ethnicgroup:

Rengma

production:

date:	1987 approx.
note:	information from source unless otherwise stated
note:	recorded by Iralu/ Easterine

text:

The gist of the song is as follows:
"Earthly beauty has no permanence
And life on this earth is transient
But I have heard of a place where beauty remains
Where the grass and flowers never fade
I have a home in that land
And although I have stopped here for a while
I will live there for eternity"