***Therinia Makri, sings the Shad Khla (dance of the tiger) and plays the mui¤ musical instrument*** 

Author: Margaret Lyngdoh Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore, University of Tartu 
Contact: lyngdoh@ut.ee

*** The song was recorded as part of the project ?Tradition, creativity and society: minorities and alternative discourses IUT2-43? (Winter 2012). The Video was recorded by Margaret Lyngdoh, with Justin Kharkongor as local research assistant in Pahamskhen village, Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya, India. 

***It has beeen made public as an effort to complement the research data on human-animal transformation traditions among Khasis where people interact with the natural world as the living place of the guardian deity of the tigermen and women. The article is being published in Synthesis: An Anglophone Journal of Comparative Literary Studies. See, https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/synthesis/ 

***The song features Therinia Makri, singing about the traditional folktale about the competition between the young girl and the tiger. Therinia plays the mui¤ musical instrument to show the superior musical prowess of the girl who defeated the tiger as a result of her wit and intelligence.ÿ

***The video is intended for educational purposes only.