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