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Performance of Har Khuungpaa and Puulraang

Men and women singing and sancing Har Khuungpaa and Puulraang
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Har Khungpaa and Puulraang

A group of men and women singing and dancing to 'Har Khungpaa' and 'Puulraang'.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Archung Yunee Thxaaso

A group of men and women singing and dancing Archung Yunee Thxaaso
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue about Khungphai

Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi talks about “Krei Klou” and others like “Arloo”, “Hol”,”Chavei” and “Changbom”.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue about Totlang dance, dress, and ornaments

Bunghon Suungnem explains the meaning behind Totlang Kam and why they sing a particular song with the dance and also the dress they wear.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of The First Dance in Tharon Thoe

Suungnem Bunghon of Leingangching and group performed first the dance in Tharon Thoe, then khuu kak’kplap laa, and lastly they perform the “reelruu” dance at the end.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the Squirrel and Rongnu

Recording by Daniel Tholung of a retelling of the traditional story The Squirrel and Rongnu.
Date: 2008
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traditional story about Smangyur transcript

Traditional story about Smangyur

The Story of Smangyur, a tiger than transforms into a woman.
Date: 2000
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traditional narrative about the slave girl, part 1 transcript

Traditional narrative about the slave girl, part 1

Retelling of Manhen Paomin [the story of the Slave Girl] as narrated by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu.
Date: 2000
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue about the sound of the trumpet and the Chakhei harvest

Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching explains how the trumpet is sounded to convey different messages to the community members. He also shares how the process of Chakhei harvest is done.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Thamptlum

The Thamptlum paomin [the Story of Thamptlum] as told by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu of Thamlakhuren. The story tells of how a snake married a woman. Translated into English and input in SayMore by Sumshot Khular.
Date: 2000
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Inn ksaa laa

A man sings Inn ksaa laa, a song about building a house,”lumen cheen neh”, Inmun Ksii o” and “inluu ee.” He mentioned how a dog was killed, then he told it has to be demonstrated by killing and also in some places where they cannot afford to kill a dog they will perform it with eggs.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Puulraang

Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, and Belun Sankhil of Phaidaam sing in praise of Puulraang for its beauty and the relations that they had with the Puulraang, a bird whose feather is used as a decorative item during the cultural traditional dances in Totlang Kam festival or any other festivities in the community.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of dance steps

Elders who are experts in traditional songs and dance, including Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Shangwar Dilbung of Khuibung, and Beshot Khullar of Phaidaam, give instructions to the dancers on the dance steps [kardaam] in the Charangching Khullen village.
Date: January 2, 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Chuungnii o Txuiva Mrsaal Le

Men and women dance Chuungnii o Txuiva Mrsaal Le, led by elders Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Belun Sankhil of Phaidaam, and Shangwar Dilbung of Khuibung
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about the Tchaan Yamluung

Shekarnong Sankhil and Tholung Beshot of Thamlapokpi discuss Tchaan Yamluung, a musical instrument used by the Lamkangs and the Kachin people in Myanmar, who are also called red people and can be our people.
Date: January 2, 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a song of a brother without a sister

Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi shares a song a man without sister would sing and the other woman from the same clan would be there to console him as the sister would do. Then he shared how the giving of “Saa Khuu” to the sisters were done in some eastern parts.
Date: January 2, 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of The Story of When There Is No Graveyard

Wangchen paomin [The Story of When there is No Graveyard] as told by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu of of Thamlakhuren. In this story, a woman marries and lives in a village that has no graveyard. She ends up marrying into this village and here they eat a person when they die.
Date: 2000
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about Chuva and Khava by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu of Thamlakhuren

Chuva Leh Khava [Chuva and Khava] as told by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu of Thamlakhuren village. Translated into English and inputting into SayMore by Sumshot Khular.
Date: 2000
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of The Titus in Lamkang

Recording of Rev. Daniel Tholung reading the Titus in Lamkang. He translated from English to Lamkang as part of the Evangel Bible Translation project of the Lamkang Bible.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional narrative about the slave girl, part 2

Retelling of Manhen Paomin [the story of the Slave Girl] part 2 as told by Thampol Khularnu Sankhil.
Date: 2000
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional narrative about leeches and tigers

Folk songs and love stories recorded with family members. Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching tells the traditional folktales “Akhuu Kmaakna”, “Dii Laa”, “Bungkhuu” about villagers who left the village due to the leech, ”K’sil chelraaangpa” about a beautiful cow eaten by the tiger.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about celebrating Dilkoor in Chalong village

Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi and Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching discussing the Chalong village's celebration of “Dilkoor” and how the first Lamkang meetings were held. They discuss how students union were started in the 1950s and the chief association-Law commission Yuman saa maan.
Date: January 2, 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traditional story about the Big Frog transcript

Traditional story about the Big Frog

Uitokpa Paomin [The story of Big Frog] as told by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu. In this story, a frog was cursed and pinched by everyone, and so he looks as he does today. On the other hand, Useen, the second character, was blessed by the people for a clever decision she made.
Date: unknown
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library