CrossAsia Entry: Traditional Songs and Stories of the Hua Miao of South West China

http://www.archives.ecs.soton.ac.uk/miao/songs
(Steve Rake, University of Southampton, Southhampton, United Kingdom)
Description: The songs within this archive are presented in the form 1. Introduction, 2. Translation, 3. Transcription, and 4. Notes. No sound examples are available. The accompanying searchable English-Miao Miao-English dictionary seems to be very useful (download of a Miao font is necessary).
Site content: (1) Using this archive (Setting up your browser, The song documents); (2) Introduction to the Songs (The people called 'A-hmao' and their writings, The origin of the documents, Handling the documents); (3) The Symbols and Sounds of the Miao Script ; (4) Writing Miao text and the Ahmao font (Ahmao font Miao template Pin-yin); Index of Songs (Beginnings, Miao 'history', Miao social life, Narratives); (5) Index of Songs (Beginnings; Miao "history"; Miao social life; Narratives); (6) The Hua Miao - English On-line Glossary

Subject: Ethnic groups, Vocal music, Manuscripts
Region: China CN
Language: English
Ressource type: Dictionary, Collection of articles/texts, Individual homepage
Imported from IGCS