28.3935, Books: Chitoniya Tharu Analyzed Text: Paudyal

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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:01:52
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: Chitoniya Tharu Analyzed Text: Paudyal

Title: Chitoniya Tharu Analyzed Text 
Subtitle: Jeetbahan: A Story Recited on the Day of Jitiya Pawani in Chitwan and
Neighbouring Districts of Nepal 
Series Title: Languages of the World/Text Collections 42  

Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu

Book URL: http://lincom-shop.eu/LWT-42-Chitoniya-Tharu-Analyzed-Text 

Author: Krishna Prasad Paudyal

Paperback: ISBN:  9783862888429 Pages: 156 Price: Europe EURO 66.80

Abstract:

Chitoniya Tharu is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by an indigenous group known
as Tharu residing in the Chitwan and eastern part of Nawalparasi districts of
Nepal. Jitiya Pawani is one of the most widely celebrated festivals in this
community. It is celebrated for three days beginning on Ashwin Krishna
Saptami, the seventh day of the crescent moon, and concluding on Aswin Krishna
Nawami, the ninth day of the crescent moon that generally fall in the third
week of September every year.

The text analyzed here is a mythological story that is recited during the
Pooja practice in the evening of the Pawani proper when all the devotees
listen to the story wishing their sons to be just like Jeetbahan, the
protagonist of the story. Jeetbahan is an epic hero who wins every game when
he is young and finds solutions to the problems of different people while he
is in search of his God father. Having met his God father and solved the
problems of concerned creatures, Jeetbahan, along with his two wives, returns
home happy and prosperous. Ultimately, he conveys the God’s message to the
community people that they all should celebrate a festival after Jeetbahan’s
name so that they could be happy and prosperous like Jeetbahan himself. This
text, thus, has great cultural importance, and as it contains different kinds
of natural texts, it is even more significant from linguistic perspective.

Linguistic Field(s): Ling & Literature

Subject Language(s): Tharu, Chitwania (the)

Written In: English  (eng)

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