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About Mising Culture
Kaban
A kaban is a song of lament. The theme is usually one of separation from near and dear ones, mostly from one’s beloved. The tune of a kaban exudes a sense of sorrow and it is rendered in a relatively slow rhythm.
Oi ni:tom
Oi ni:toms are the most popular variety of Mising traditional songs and are generally sung by young men and women. Traditionally, and mostly even now, they are amorous in content, and emotions are usually expressed with the help of similes and metaphors. Oi ni:toms often accompany an occasion of Mising so:man, singing and dancing performances of Misings, but they are sung on such other occasions also as when one is reaping crops in the field or gathering firewood or wild herbs in the jungle, and, these days, as musical pieces on stages or the media. The tunes are melodious. |
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