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Spider Oh Spider

Details

Singer / Performer

Mrs. Aza Shikanili

Tribe

Sumi

Language / Dialect

Sütsa/ Lezhole

Region / Village

NA

Date & Place of Recording

19th April 2025 at Thahekhu village, Dimapur

Recorded By

Mr. L. D. Miller Pou

Occasion of Performance

Festivals

Lyric Transliteration

He o he…O (2x) Salutations for the start of the songs He o wolo woho o no ili ili wolo ho Salutations in different tunes/rhymes (Wolo…) in the start. He o thalaxu no oh thalaxu thalaxu ye ho Spider Oh Spider (thalaxu) -A call He o kitapu ye oh kitapu kitapu ye ho Spider oh spider (Kitapu) -A call He o thalaxu no oh aqhumi hi ghojulo ho aqhumi: Men’s shawl.(Black and red) Make a men’s shawl with the thalaxu webs. He o Kitapu no ochokuthaphi hi ghojulo ho ochokuthaphi: Women’s shawl Make a women’s shawl witht he kitapu webs. He o thalaxu no a abophi hi ghojulo ho abophi: men’s shawl (Black and blue) Make a men’s shawl with the thalaxu webs He o kitapu no oh lithashi hi ghojulo ho litashi: women’s mekhala Make a women’s shawl with the kitapu webs. He o thalaxu no oh ipu phi hi ghojulo ho ipu phi (father’s shawl) Make a father’s shawl with the thalaxu webs. He o kitapuno no oh izaphi hi ghojulo ho iza phi (Mother’s shawl) Make a mother’s shawl with kitapu webs. He o ghoye ghoye oh tipaphi hi ghojulo ho Banai sai koile etu nishina hi banai dibi He o ghoye ghoye oh tipaphi ye ghomula he Etu nishina kapra toh bhanabole napare He o zulo zulo ono ili ili zulo ho zulo zulo as a closing salutation/rhymes