| The title -- gugie xulág
ie guné -- is in Udehe language (one of the Tungusic
languages of the Amur basin). It comes from a jexé (or
'song-story') sung by Aleksandr Petrovich Kanchugá at
Bikine (Primorski district,Russian Far East), recorded in 1970
by Ju. I. Shejkinym, published in Simonov/Kjalundzjuga/Xasanova,
p. 330. |
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portrait of Giancarlo Toniutti
by Giuliana Stefani © 2003 |
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