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Conversation about annual feast offerings, part 1

Conversation about the annual feast offering, started around 50 years ago. They discuss how the community shares the work responsibly, applies tax, lends money, calculates the interest, and returns utensils after the feast offering is completed. They keep track of the funds generated through the lending of money. They discuss how much cash was used for the current feast offering, and what amount was paid as remuneration to each monk.
Date: May 26, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about annual feast offerings, part 2

Conversation about the annual feast offering, started around 50 years ago. They discuss how the community shares the duties of organizing, preparing, and funding the annual feast. They describe how the practice of Zhakchang, where people gather to finish the leftover wine from ritual ceremonies, was a common feature of any ritual. Zhakchang also gives an opportunity to those households who couldn’t come to the ritual. It is an avenue where a missed opportunity for one neighbor to take part in a neighbor's ritual ceremonies. In this recording, each sponsor discusses who is going to be the leader in the next feast offering, and how cash and extra rations should be used.
Date: May 26, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Historical narrative about Tshong Tshongma, part 1

Tshong Tshongma is a sacred mountain and a local deity in Eastern Bhutan. Over 4000 meters in elevation, it is accessible only four months per year due to local customs. Mr. Lama Tshering describes how Tshong Tshongma got its current palace after being deceived by Samye Paygi Gyelpo when Guru Rinpoche called all the deities to the allocated respective palace.
Date: May 26, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Historical narrative about Tshong Tshongma, part 2

Tshong Tshongma is a sacred mountain and a local deity in Eastern Bhutan. Over 4000 meters in elevation, it is accessible only four months per year due to local customs. Mr. Lama Tshering describes how Tshong Tshongma got its current palace after Tshong Tshongma was deceived by Samye Paygi Gyelpo when Guru Rinpoche called all the deities to the allocated respective palace.
Date: May 26, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about Benglam

Beshot Khullar tells a Benglam Story.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on family history transcript

Monologue on family history

Recording of Abdullah, a speaker of Nagar Burushaski, narrating a historical account.
Date: June 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of The Story of Suhuinu transcript

Retelling of The Story of Suhuinu

The story of Suhuinu or How one mimics the sound of different animals.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion on the terms "Khajunaa" & "Phaṭor Ṣape" transcript

Discussion on the terms "Khajunaa" & "Phaṭor Ṣape"

Recording of an analytical discussion of the words "Khajuna" and the word "Phaṭor Ṣape" in Urdu language.
Date: July 26, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library

Historical narrative about the early years of Haflong

Historical narrative about the early years of Haflong
Date: December 26, 2016
Creator: Langthasa, Dhrubajit
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of St. Agnes

Personal narrative of St. Agnes in Haflong
Date: December 26, 2016
Creator: Langthasa, Dhrubajit
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on cultural practices transcript

Monologue on cultural practices

Recording of Hasil Murad having a discussion over Daghowan Dolas, a cultural practice. This discussion is in Urdu.
Date: July 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library

Historical narrative about World War II

Historical narrative about World War II
Date: December 26, 2016
Creator: Langthasa, Dhrubajit
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative on a mother's trip to Chomangkan festival with her children

This is a personal narrative about a trip to the Chomangkan festival, narrated by the mother of the family that went on the trip.
Date: February 26, 2009
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of a ghulmaldi recipe transcript

Description of a ghulmaldi recipe

Recording of Ruqayya sharing a recipe for “Ghulmaldi”, a yoghurt dip made for covering thin bread and butter. This is told in the Nagar dialect.
Date: July 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Surung Thuko transcript

Retelling of Surung Thuko

Recording of Piar Karim translating Surung Thuko from Burushaski into Urdu.
Date: July 26, 2010
Creator: Karim, Piar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Surung Thuko transcript

Retelling of Surung Thuko

Recording of Piar Karim and Naseema Ali translating the story of Surung Thuko from Nagar Burushaski into Urdu.
Date: July 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on cultural events transcript

Monologue on cultural events

Recording of Bakhtawar Shah recalling cultural events in the Nagar dialect.
Date: July 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about the Origin of the Lamkang, Part 1

Origin of the Lamkang, Part 1 as told by Bunghon Suungnem, who retells a traditional history of how in the beginning of creation man and animals spoke the same language and how man was given the authority to name the birds and animals and everything that is therein.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of The Origin of the Lamkang

Suungnem Bunghon narrated a monologue/traditional account on the origin of the Lamkang clans. This is a recording of discussion translating the original source file by Rex Khullar. Translation by Daniel Tholung.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Story of school boy in Lamkang by Pengpu Rex Khular

Recording of a school boy story by Rengpu Rex Khullar narrated during the Lamkang Orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Story of Rumnu and Theipa by Sumshot Khular

Recording of Sumshot narrating a Rumnu and Theipa story in Lamkang during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative on Donnu Sankhil's two aunts from Challong

Recording of a story by Donnu Sankhil about her two aunts from Challong during the Lamkang Orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Swamy Tholung Ksen sharing a Lamkang love story in the Lamkang Orthography Workshop

Recording of Lamkang love story narrated by Swamy Tholung Ksen during the Lamkang Orthography workshop at Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a song entitled "Ishqam Jutining" transcript

Performance of a song entitled "Ishqam Jutining"

Recording of the song "Ishqam jutining" at Rivera Hotel in Gilgit.
Date: July 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library