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Session Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0010-A9A1-D

Title: Ritual to cleanse client of evil spirts/ possession

Description: Healing RitualBundle filenames • Media filesNupAmaibi_Ameilon_01012017_ritual_session2_639-3.MP4NupAmaibi_Ameilon_01012017_INF_CONS_Bobby_639-3.MP4• Elan fileNupAmaibi_HealingExcorcismRitual.eaf• Pdf fileNupAmaibi_Ameilon_01012017_ritual_session2_639-3.pdfBasic metadataDate of recording: 1st January, 2017Location: Chingmeirong (Ima Bobby’s temple), ImphalParticipants: Ima Bobby, Bhobon AmaibaOthers present: Karen, MeiphakDescription:In this demonstrated ritual, the priest Bhobon Amaiba plays the role of client and undergoes a healing ritual. Various incantations are used by Ima Bobby to invoke the deities and call upon them to heal Bobhon Amaiba. There are elements of the Sanamahi creation story embedded in the text, where the order of the creation of the elements are detailed. The association of deities with elemental forces is strong in all of the rituals, and in this one, the term nung-sit ‘wind-wave’ refers to the entrance of a deity on a gust of air. This association of the arrival of a deity with a ‘breeze’ makes salient the animistic basis of the Sanamahi tradition. Some of the metaphorical language used in this ritual was incredibly difficult to translate. This was especially so after the passing of Ima Bobby. With the help of Ima Nanao and after consulting some elder speakers, the ritual was however successfully translated. The poetic beauty of some of these metaphors in extraordinary. For example, the phrase thouri-thouya-lang, ‘rope-coil-arrange’ symbolizes the ‘cycle of time’. Several archaic words are used in the ritual, and we learn, among other things, that khabi is the archaic word for priestess Amaibi.

Date created: Unspecified

Location

Continent: Asia

Country: India

Project

ID: SG0436

Name: 0445-SG0436

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Content

Genre: Ritual/religious texts

Languages

Language

Name: Meitei

Actor

Name: Ima Bobby

Role: Consultant

Actor

Name: Meiphak

Role: Musician

Actor

Name: Bhobon

Role: Consultant

Media Files

Filename: NupaAmaibi_Ameilon_01012017_video_ritual_session2_639-3.mp4

File handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0010-A9A4-7

File type: Video

Access: U

Written Resources

Filename: NupaMaibi_Ameilon_01012017_ritual_session2_639-3.pdf

File handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0010-A9A3-9

File type: Document

Access: U

Filename: NupaMaibi_HealingExcorcismRitual.eaf

File handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0010-A9A2-B

File type: ELAN

Access: U

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