Jobnang – Mulon Song

Two recordings in which Mr Jobnang Maitai and Mr Tonwang Maitai sing and talk about the Mulon song. This consists of one video file and one sound file: nst-mai_20120228_02_SM_JVC_Jobnang_MulonSong nst-mai_20120228_17_SM_H4n_Jobnang_MulonSong The details of these recordings are as follows: nst-mai_20120228_02_SM_JVC_Jobnang_MulonSong _Duration 3’58”, Mulon song. Telling about the preparation of rice, (ding shing) and about a particular type of rice which is called bonM khaiL, it is a plant called bonMkhaiL khingL. The house fly lays it eggs and this looks like rice. It is wrapped up in the morning and opened in the noon time. When they opened the rice, one said “here my brother, look at my rice, it jumps” (because it was flies eggs). Rilung kah means ‘fighting the others’. 1’55” He starts to sing the song. According to Tonwang this song has the same meaning as the song sung by Lukam Cholim at 0’44” of SDM12-2008Tascam-105.wav nst-mai_20120228_17_SM_H4n_Jobnang_MulonSong_Duration 4’13”, About Mulon song; also recorded as nst-mai_20120228_02_SM_JVC_Jobnang_MulonSon