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
Conversation with Zulfi and family transcript

Conversation with Zulfi and family

Recording of the Zulfin family having a discussion.
Date: 2004
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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

Conversation about the Lamkang origin story

Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching and another speaker discuss the Lamkang origin story of coming out from the cave (Duti Pardii)
Date: January 2, 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

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

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

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
Retelling of The Story of a Princess transcript

Retelling of The Story of a Princess

Recording of Mimi reciting "the Story of a Princess," in the Srinagar dialect. This is a popular story told to children, and tells the story of a Burusho princess.
Date: Spring 2004
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue about the importance of culture, tradition, and identity

Phamhring Sengul of Lambung Anal shares the importance of preserving the culture and how even just with our dress alone we are identified. As indigenous people we are deeply rooted in our environment and our culture, which is our identity. So we are the ones to preserve and promote and protect it from being lost.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of welcome songs and speech

Lamkang Student Union [Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun] opens with prayer, followed by a welcome song by two elders Rengkarnung Leivon and Bunghon Suungnem from Leigangching village. Stephen Sankhil, President of the Lamkang Student Union, made the welcome address and presentation.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Saa Kraang K'aai Laa

Elders who are experts in traditional songs and dance, including Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Dilbung Shangwar of Khuibung, and Beshot Khullar of Phaidaam sing a traditional song called “Saa Kraang K’aai Laa", a song sung in celebration when a fierce animal, such as a tiger, is killed.
Date: January 2, 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a song about the names of the months

Thamnung Sankhil Tholungnu of Thamlakhuren shares a song about the names of the month in Lamkang. She explains the months of Lamkang, example how in the month of Purdun the cows came home from the jungle. They were discussing how some say or name it differently in some cases. Later they discuss about the elders from different villages trying to see who is from which village.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about resettling villages

A discussion with Suungnem Bunghon of Leingangching, Tholung Beshot and Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi about the names of villages which the Lamkangs abandoned and Kukis resettled there using the same names (Charangching Khullen-Khunkha). This was recorded at the seminar on culture and origin of the Lamkangs at Charangching village.
Date: January 2, 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion about saa khuu

A discussion about how the “saakhuu” was given to a particular “Yur”, a sister from the animals they hunt. The sister can be one’s own sister or clan sister with whom they share the meat (saa khuu). The sisters in return would give the brothers a potful of wine called "Yu”, but nowadays they can give milk and sugar or anything that they can afford to show appreciation to the brother.
Date: January 2, 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library