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Transcription: Description of a bamboo pork recipe (open access)

Transcription: Description of a bamboo pork recipe

This is a description of a recipe for pork with fermented bamboo shoots.
Date: unknown
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about the origin of the division into Terang subclans

This a traditional story about the origin of the division into Terang subclans starting with two Terang brothers, the younger one, Dili and the older one, Rongchetcho (also referred to as Rongchercho); the older one causes a lot of hardship for the younger one, finally, the younger one, Dili, takes a vow to officially form separate subclans (with various societal implications).
Date: February 2, 2009
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about two twin girls being brought up by tigers

This a traditional story about two twin girls (hingchong musoso) that are born to the human wife of a king, who also has a second wife who is a witch. The witch is jealous and abandons the girls, who are subsequently brought up by tigers. After having grown up, they return to their father’s kingdom and tell their story. The father learns the truth, the witch dies, and the reunited family lives happily ever after.
Date: March 31, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about step-parenthood (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about step-parenthood

This a traditional story about step-parenthood: the mother of two children (with the names Rengso and Onso) dies and the father marries again; the new stepmother is evil and mistreats her step-children, whereupon the father does not know what to do and both abandons his children in the jungle and kills his wife.
Date: unknown
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about step-parenthood

This a traditional story about step-parenthood: the mother of two children (with the names Rengso and Onso) dies and the father marries again; the new stepmother is evil and mistreats her step-children, whereupon the father does not know what to do and both abandons his children in the jungle and kills his wife.
Date: March 31, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about an elderly couple with a dog

This a traditional story about an elderly couple with a dog; the wife dies and the dog takes the husband to Chom arong (i.e., the village of the dead); the wife does not want to leave, but the husband forces her; upon return to their village, soon somebody else in the village dies, and the wife has to die and go back to Chom arong with the other person.
Date: April 1, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Monologue on a crying child (open access)

Transcription: Monologue on a crying child

This is a monologue on the (traditional) everyday situation of a mother having a baby to take care of while having to perform other chores such as getting firewood and cooking (not considered a true folk story by language consultants).
Date: unknown
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue on a crying child

This is a monologue on the (traditional) everyday situation of a mother having a baby to take care of while having to perform other chores such as getting firewood and cooking (not considered a true folk story by language consultants).
Date: April 1, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about a couple, in which the husband tricks his wife in order to get her to give him meat to eat

This is a traditional story about a couple, in which the husband tricks his wife in order to get her to give him meat to eat. He carves a hole into a tree and pretends to be a scary big black bird and tells his wife to feed the big black bird. After the wife has fed the big black bird (i.e., her husband) all of their chickens, the husband himself tells her to look inside the hole the next time around, which she does. Upon recognizing her husband, the wife is angry and tells him she will separate from him and go to stay with her parents. She collects all her things into a big basket. The husband sneaks himself into the basket, and as the wife is on the way carrying the basket, the husband urinates. As if it had not been enough already before, the wife now leaves him with even angrier than before.
Date: April 1, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about a couple, in which the husband tricks his wife in order to get her to give him meat to eat (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about a couple, in which the husband tricks his wife in order to get her to give him meat to eat

This is a traditional story about a couple, in which the husband tricks his wife in order to get her to give him meat to eat. He carves a hole into a tree and pretends to be a scary big black bird and tells his wife to feed the big black bird. After the wife has fed the big black bird (i.e., her husband) all of their chickens, the husband himself tells her to look inside the hole the next time around, which she does. Upon recognizing her husband, the wife is angry and tells him she will separate from him and go to stay with her parents. She collects all her things into a big basket. The husband sneaks himself into the basket, and as the wife is on the way carrying the basket, the husband urinates. As if it had not been enough already before, the wife now leaves him with even angrier than before.
Date: unknown
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about a common fool character

This a traditional story about a common fool character, who does stupid things (bokolapo); in this story, he wants to go to the market but by switching sides of the basket he is carrying also accidentally switches the direction in which he is walking; he ends up walking back to his own house without realizing it.
Date: unknown
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of how traditional clothing items are weaved, and colors are applied on them

This is a description of how Traditional clothing items are weaved, and colors are applied on them
Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Description of how traditional clothing items are weaved, and colors are applied on them (open access)

Transcription: Description of how traditional clothing items are weaved, and colors are applied on them

This is a description of how Traditional clothing items are weaved, and colors are applied on them
Date: unknown
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of cleaning and washing

This is a description of the important status of cleanliness in Karbi culture.
Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of cooking alkaline food

This is a description of cooking alkaline food by burning jhum fields and using the ashes.
Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of cooking alkaline food: part 2

This is a description of cooking alkaline food by burning jhum fields and using the ashes.
Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about an orphan who encounters a tiger (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about an orphan who encounters a tiger

This a traditional story about an orphan who encounters a tiger; by using a container with a mirror on top, he manages to convince the tiger that he (the orphan) has caught a large tiger in that container; the tiger is scared and the orphan ends up managing to steal gold from the tigers’ Rongker (= the name of a ceremony in Karbi traditional culture) due to his trick with the mirror container. Chikari Tisso was an active listener during the recording of this text. All of his backchanneling as well as clarification questions and other remarks are included in this transcription, signaled by{curly brackets}.
Date: unknown
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about an orphan who encounters a tiger

This a traditional story about an orphan who encounters a tiger; by using a container with a mirror on top, he manages to convince the tiger that he (the orphan) has caught a large tiger in that container; the tiger is scared and the orphan ends up managing to steal gold from the tigers’ Rongker (= the name of a ceremony in Karbi traditional culture) due to his trick with the mirror container. Chikari Tisso was an active listener during the recording of this text. All of his backchanneling as well as clarification questions and other remarks are included in this transcription, signaled by{curly brackets}.
Date: April 10, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about the origin of the division into Bey subclans (open access)

Transcription: 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 beer without doing anything else, even forgetting to breast-feed their children, who then died from starvation.
Date: unknown
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative on a trip to Hornbill Festival

This is a personal narrative about a trip to the Hornbill festival in Nagaland.
Date: December 6, 2011
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the pear story

This is a retelling of an online narration of the Pear Story (Chafe 1980). The speaker was asked to describe what was happening as he was watching the video clip.
Date: December 5, 2012
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transcription: Retelling of the pear story

This is a retelling of an online narration of the Pear Story (Chafe 1980). The speaker was asked to describe what was happening as he was watching the video clip.
Date: 2012/2020
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of a bamboo pork recipe

This is a description of a recipe for pork with fermented bamboo shoots.
Date: January 23, 2009
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library