A Recording of the Jangar Epic Songs (a Report by N. O. Ochirov)
https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2018-15-143-162
Abstract
The history of recordings, publications and investigations of the Kalmyk epic of Jangar dates back more than two centuries. Special attention of domestic scientists has been paid to the search of archival materials containing information about recordings and respective texts of certain chapters of the epic. The very first publication gave rise to another topical research issue — the emerged written (manuscript) tradition and related problems. A number of facts make it possible to conclude that there had been some Kalmyk-language manuscript texts of the epic by the early 19th century already. Still, no available data confirm any book publications. One newly discovered material is a 1908 report by N. Ochirov written immediately after he had recorded nine Jangar songs from the Kalmyk jangarchi Eelyan Ovla. The revealed source — though not that extensive — contains interesting research information revealing new aspects of the prominent Kalmyk rhapsode’s tale-telling tradition.
About the Author
B. Bicheev
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (8, Ilishkin Str., Elista, 358000, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph.D. in Philosophy (Doct. of Philosophical Sc.), Leading Research Associate, Department of Mongolian Philology
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Bicheev B. A Recording of the Jangar Epic Songs (a Report by N. O. Ochirov). Mongolian Studies. 2018;10(4):143-162. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2018-15-143-162
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