0 a word meaning "thing" pronounced with a Southern US accent and often used when talking about something that is typical of someone or something:
Fur is a very Italian thang.
Perhaps it's a generational thang.
The khene uses a pentatonic scale in one of two modes ("thang sun" and "thang yao"), each mode having three possible keys.
Thang is being the last syllable of the name-givers name and so it comes to the first syllable of the name given.
In short, this is no oldies band, boys and girls this is a happening thang...
The physical side of thang-ta is eventually supplemented with breathing exercises ("ningsha kanglon"), traditional medicine ("layeng kanglon"), meditation ("hirikonba"), and the sacred dances ("thengouron").
Thang-ta can be practiced in three different ways: ritual, demonstration and combat.