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The hawaiification of sipsongbanna : orality, power, and cultural survival in Southwest China

Article: English. Bibliographic reference
Author(s)
Davis, Sara Leila Margaret
Title
The hawaiification of sipsongbanna : orality, power, and cultural survival in Southwest China
In
TDR : the drama review, 45, 4, 2001, 25-41
Subjects
Zhangkhap
Type of material
Article
ISBN / ISSN
1531-4715
Near the Burmese border, ethnic Chinese Tai villagers perform zhangkhap songs based on Buddhist epics and improvised oral poetry. Repressed from the 1950s as through the 'as, zhanghap has revived dramatically in recent years. Tourists are taking notice, but this may not be good news.