Asian Folklore Studies, April 1st, 1996
This is the second book by Damrong Tayanin on aspects of his native Kammu culture, following Hunting and Fishing in a Kammu Village (1991). (The Kammu [Khmu] are a highland minority group that inhabits the mountainous area of northwestern Laos and the adjacent territories of Thailand and China.) Born in 1938, the author spent the first thirty-five years of his life in upper Laos, mostly in his native village Rmcual, Namtha Province. Having gained a regional reputation as a Kammu storyteller, he was recruited by Kristina Lindell for a Thailand-based project of the Scandinavian Institute of As...
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