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Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
BURMA (MYANMAR) COLLECTIONS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE
Compiled by: Theresa Anne J. Sotto
Series Editor: Ann Hoog
For additional information about Archive
of Folk Culture collections, contact the Folklife
Reading Room. To request copies, see our webpages regarding audio
materials and photographic materials.
Please refer to the AFC and/or AFS numbers when requesting information.
All indications of time duration listed in this finding aid are estimates.
AFS 11,793-11,830: Smithsonian Institution / Burmese Dialects
Thirty-eight 10-inch discs of Burmese dialects, including parables, tales, and songs. The collection includes a log detailing the dialect and subject matter. Recorded pre-1960. (tape copy on LWO 5111 reels 388-389A)
AFS 13,723-13,732: Foreign Folk Music Project by Joint Army-Navy Committee / Music of India and Burma
Ten 12-inch discs recorded by the Foreign Folk Music Project of the Joint Army-Navy Committee. Miscellaneous classical music of India and Burma.
AFC 2006/004: Sara L. M. Davis Collection on Tai Lue Culture
The collection consists of original field documentation of Tai Lue religious rituals, epic oral narratives, popular songs, and performances for tourists, as well as interviews with poets and singers; audio and printed materials collected in Sipsongpanna (Xishuangbanna), Yunnan Province, China, and in Kengtung, Shang State, Burma, between 1997 and 2003, by anthropologist Sara L. M. Davis. The material was used to write the book, "Song and Silence: Ethnic Revival on China's Southwest Borders." Includes manuscripts, graphic images, sound recordings, videorecordings and artifacts.
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