Funeral Nights

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Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih

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WESTLAND PUBLICATIONS LTD.

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Publisher	WESTLAND PUBLICATIONS LTD.
Publication Year	2021
ISBN-13	9789389648287
ISBN-10	9789389648287
Binding	Paperback
Number of Pages	1024 Pages
Language	(English)
Weight (grms)	1000
Subject	Literature & Fiction

A group of friends from Shillong journey to a remote part of West Khasi Hills to witness Ka Phor Sorat, the feast of the dead, a unique six-day-long funeral ceremony of the Lyngngams, a Khasi sub-tribe. It may well be the last time this ancient rite is performed. The ceremony—involving a number of rituals and the sacrifice of as many as fifty bulls—will conclude with the cremation of a beloved elder, a woman whose body has been preserved in a tree house for nine whole months

Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih

Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih was born and brought up in Sohra, Meghalaya. He writes poetry, drama and fiction in Khasi and English. His latest works include The Yearning of Seeds and Time’s Barter: Haiku and Senryu. He is the author of Around the Hearth: Khasi Legends and the co-editor of Dancing Earth: An Anthology of Poetry from Northeast India.