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Conversation about Boro social customs

Conversation on the social tradition of the Boros. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 22, 2010
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about Boro social customs

Conversation on the social tradition of the Boros. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 22, 2010
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about college life

This is a personal narrative about college life
Date: May 22, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traditional story about Khukhuu transcript

Traditional story about Khukhuu

Sumshot Khular telling Khukhuu paomin [The Story of Khukhuu], with Tyler Utt.
Date: February 22, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Narration of a traditional narrative

Recording of a telling of a traditional narrative at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about college life

Personal narrative about about a college student's hometown, family and friends, and educational institutions.
Date: May 22, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about social reform by Kalicharan Brahma

This is a conversation on the social reformation movement by Kalicharan Brahma. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 22, 2010
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 353b transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 353b

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 354a transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 354a

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional narrative about Chingnu and Helen

Joujam Haokip tells the love story of Chingnu (a girl) and Helen (a boy). She is a female Thadou speaker from Churachandpur district, Manipur, around 80 years old at the time of recording.
Date: May 22, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of verb paradigms

Recording of analytic discussion of verb paradigms at the 2016 Orthography workshop held at Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion about Sumphaai and Raangleen

Recording of Shobhana Chelliah discussing the Story of Sumphaai and Raangleen with Sumshot Khular and a group of Lamkang speakers.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of marriage ceremonies

Houjahen Haokip, a male speaker from Manipur (currently living in Lambung) explains marriage ceremonies in Thadou. He is also a speaker of Manipuri. He is 85 at the time of recording. The man must approach the parents of the bride with a pot of wine and ask permission to marry their daughter. Then they set a date, and the families offer an animal (often, a mithun) for the ceremony.
Date: June 22, 2013
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 52 Side A

Akha songs and narratives. 0-42 Àbɔ́qɔ 22/4-78; 42-[end] Mì-jàq: mɔ-hỳhɔə́ mɔ-njí 29/4-78
Date: 1978-04-22/1978-04-29
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of postpositions transcript

Analytical discussion of postpositions

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of superlative forms transcript

Elicitation of superlative forms

Recording of an elicitation of superlative forms in Mankiyali based on English words and sentences used as prompts. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: October 22, 2019
Creator: Dale, Merrion
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 354b transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 354b

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional narrative about Sakhimalte

Joujam Haokip tells the traditional narrative 'Sakhimalte' involving deer meat. She is a female Thadou speaker from Lhanjang village in Churachandpur district, Manipur. She is among the youngest Thadou storytellers, around 18 years old at the time of recording.
Date: May 22, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of death ceremonial practices

Houjahen Haokip describes the ceremonial practices performed when a person dies. He is a Thadou speaker from Manipur (currently living in Lambung village), around 80 years old at the time of recording. He was thought to be the only living Thadou priest in Lambung village at the time.
Date: June 22, 2013
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional narrative about Khupting and Ngambom

Veninei Haokip tells the immortal love story of two lovers, Khupting and Ngambom. She is a female Thadou speaker from Lambung village in Tamenglong district of Manipur, around 80 years old at the time of recording.
Date: May 22, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion about Psalm 23 in Lamkang

Beshot Khullar translates and discusses Psalms 23 with Shobhana Chelliah and Thounaojam Harimohon Singh.
Date: May 22, 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of the Prodigal Son

Beshot Khullar of Phaidam reads the Prodigal Son. A landowner's second son demands his share of the inheritance before the father's death, goes off and squanders it, and returns to his father, who accepts his penitent son. The older brother, however, is upset at his father's acceptance of his returning brother.
Date: May 22, 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of belief systems

Houjahen Haokip, a male speaker from Manipur (currently living in Lambung) explains the belief of God and the various spirits. He is 85 at the time of recording. The Thadou believed in the existence of both the supreme God who is in control of everything and the various spirits who inflict sickness when they are instigated by human beings who cannot see the spirits with their naked eyes.
Date: June 22, 2013
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of birth ceremonies

Houjahen Haokip, a male speaker from Manipur (currently living in Lambung) explains birth ceremonies in Thadou. He is also a speaker of Manipuri. He is 85 at the time of recording. When a baby is born, friends and relatives visit and give gifts. A priest blesses the child and gives them the name of their grandfather, whichever of their grandfathers lived the longest life.
Date: June 22, 2013
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
System: The UNT Digital Library