TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miranda J.Morris
AU  - Tånuf Sålim Nuh Di-Kisin.
AU  - Maribel Fierro
AU  - M. Sukru Hanioglu
AU  - Renata Holod
AU  - Florian Schwarz
TI  - The Oral Art of Soqoṭra: A Collection of Island Voices 
SN  - 9789004462991
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Leiden
PB  - Brill
KW  - Oral tradition
KW  - Yemen
KW  - Socotra
KW  - Folk literature
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Soqotri language
KW  - Texts
KW  - Translations into English
KW  - Translations into Arabic
KW  - Socotra (Yemen)
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introduction to the Songs and Poems--16 Humour--17 Derision, Anger, Abuse--18 Advice--19 Sayings of the Wise Men--20 Petitions and Thoughts on Death--21 Ritual Prayers--22 Songs and Poems from the `Other World'--23 Sorcery--24 Multi-Subject Poems--25 Poems of One Family--26 The Annual Poetry Challenge--27 Riddles-- 28 Temetil (Stories)--29A The Story of the `Eter ('εter) People--29B The Rahabhan Series--30 Two Poems from the Twenty-First Century
N2  - In the bilingual English-Arabic work, The Oral Art of Soqoṭra: A Collection of Island Voices, Miranda Morris,  in collaboration with Soqoṭrans from all parts of the island, present over a thousand examples of poems and songs, prayers, lullabies, work-chants, messages in code, riddles, examples of community wisdom encapsulated in poetic couplets, and stories cenetred on a short poem or exchange of poems. These were documented by oral transmission directly to the scholar, or through recordings collected. They are presented in Soqoṭri (transcribed phonetically in Roman and in Arabic script), and in English and Arabic translation."--
ER  -