Tape 71 Side A

Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Tape 67. 0-2 qá ma sjhə̀ há ə; 2-11 dɛ̀q máŋ sjhí jö̀ sjha ə; 11-[end] ná qɔ́ thó ə 24/10-78
Date: 1978-10-13/1978-10-24
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a modern song 'Assam Ram'

Group performance of Assam Ram 'Assam's land,' an original song composed by Sukumar Sakachep.
Date: October 13, 2013
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of the traditional song 'Naite awina'

Group performance of a traditional song 'Naite awina,' a lullaby.
Date: October 13, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about the origin of the division into Bey subclans

This is a traditional story about the origin of the division into Bey subclans. Bey Ki’ik and Bey Ke’et have a falling out over changing marriage plans as a result of the grandmother’s advice. As a result, a taboo exists such that descendants of Bey Ki’ik and those of Bey Ke’et are not allowed to marry each other. Another result is that members of the Bey Ronghang clan are not allowed to grind rice for rice beer, because in mythological times, the Bey Ronghang women kept grinding rice for rice beer without doing anything else--even forgetting to breast-feed their children, who then died from starvation.
Date: October 13, 2011
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library