Funeral Nights is an extraordinary journey into the heart of Meghalaya, exploring the rich culture, myths, and traditions of the Khasi people. Following a group of friends from Shillong who travel to witness Ka Phor Sorat, a rare six-day-long funeral ceremony of the Lyngngams, the novel unfolds as they arrive early and spend eleven days in a remote village sharing stories, debating ideas, and discovering themselves. Inspired by the narrative frames of The Decameron and The Arabian Nights, this serio-comic work is not simply about death, but about life, culture, history, and human experience—capturing a tribal world in all its depth and vitality.
Publisher: Context (9 August 2021)
Language: English
Format: Paperback, 1024 pages
ISBN-10: 9389648289 | ISBN-13: 978-9389648287
Item Weight: 650 g
Dimensions: 20.3 × 25.4 × 4.7 cm
Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, born and raised in Sohra, Meghalaya, is a poet, dramatist, and fiction writer in Khasi and English. His works include The Yearning of Seeds and Time’s Barter: Haiku and Senryu. He has published extensively in literary journals and anthologies, and has received multiple awards including the North-East Poetry Award, the Veer Shankar Shah-Raghunath Shah National Award for tribal literature, and a Tagore Fellowship. He currently teaches literature at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong.