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Bhupender Singh narrates the Jackal and the Crow captions transcript

Bhupender Singh narrates the Jackal and the Crow

Bhupender describes each picture of the Jackal and the Crow, a picture-based stimulus task. He tells the whole story, and then tells the story from the crow’s perspective. The recording was made at his home in Rakchham village.
Date: March 7, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about Bimla Devi's daily activities captions transcript

Conversation about Bimla Devi's daily activities

Bhajan Dass asks Bimla about her daily activities during the four seasons. The interview-like quality of this recording provides useful examples of interrogatives. The recording was made at their home in Rakchham village, right after a period of heavy snowfall.
Date: March 7, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about climate change and snowfall captions transcript

Conversation about climate change and snowfall

Bhupender and Ayala discuss how they have experienced climate change over the past few years in Rakchham village. The recording was made at their home in Rakchham village, following a period of heavy snowfall.
Date: March 7, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of how to make a traditional carpet captions transcript

Description of how to make a traditional carpet

Bupinder and Ayala describe how to make traditional carpets 'khyara' and related local items. They continue to have a natural conversation that goes beyond this subject. The recording was made at their home in Rakchham village after heavy snowfall. Water was dripping in the background.
Date: March 7, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Snowfall in Rakchham captions transcript

Snowfall in Rakchham

Bimla discusses snowfall in Rakchham over the past few years, saying that heavy snowfall was more frequent in earlier times. The recording was made at her and her husband's house in Rakchham, just after some heavy snowfall episodes when the village was still covered by thick snow. It was only a few days after the road from Reckong Peo to Sangla and Rakchham had reopened.
Date: March 7, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Yashvir Singh narrates the Jackal and the Crow captions transcript

Yashvir Singh narrates the Jackal and the Crow

Yashvir describes each picture of the Jackal and the Crow, a picture-based stimulus task. He tells the whole story, and then tells the story from the crow’s perspective. Yashvir had made it clear before being recorded that he was very familiar with the story, which is noticeable, as he notably provides lengthy descriptions and narrations. The recording was made at Uma Homestay in Rakchham village.
Date: March 7, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Balbir Singh Negi narrates the Jackal and the Crow captions transcript

Balbir Singh Negi narrates the Jackal and the Crow

Balbir describes each picture of the Jackal and the Crow, a picture-based stimulus task. He tells the whole story, and then tells the story from the fox’s perspective. Before being recorded, Balbir mentioned that he already knew about the story. The recording was made at his home in Rakchham village.
Date: March 6, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Narayan Bhakti narrates the Jackal and the Crow captions transcript

Narayan Bhakti narrates the Jackal and the Crow

Narayan describes each picture of the Jackal and the Crow, a picture-based stimulus task. She tells the whole story, and then tells the story from the crow’s perspective. The recording was made in Rakchham village, nearby the main temple.
Date: March 6, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pritam Chand narrates the Jackal and the Crow captions transcript

Pritam Chand narrates the Jackal and the Crow

Pritam describes each picture of the Jackal and the Crow, a picture-based stimulus task. He tells the whole story, and then retells the story from the jackal’s perspective very briefly. Chhitkul-Rakchham is not Pritam's first language. The recording was made at his home in Rakchham village.
Date: March 6, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recitation of song lyrics about local deities captions transcript

Recitation of song lyrics about local deities

Shudha Bhakti and Narayan Bhakti recite the lyrics of a song about Bhagwati, one of the local deities. The recording was made next to the main temple entrance, in Rakchham village.
Date: March 6, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Amir Singh and Kahan Singh Negi narrate The Family Story, part 1

Amir and Kahan complete set-up 1 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. They describe the 16 pictures and then rearrange them in whatever order they think is right. This recording is the first part of three. The task was broken into three parts because the instructions for this task are too lengthy. Consequently, breaking down the recording made it more manageable to follow the instructions. The recording was made at Amir's home, Amar Guest House, in Chhitkul village.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Amir Singh and Kahan Singh Negi narrate The Family Story, part 2

Amir and Kahan complete set-up 1 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. This is the second part of the task where they tell the whole story from start to finish. The recording was made at Amir's home, Amar Guest House, in Chhitkul village.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Amir Singh and Kahan Singh Negi narrate The Family Story, part 3

Amir and Kahan complete set-up 1 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. Amir and Kahan complete set-up 1 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. This is the final part of the task where they tell the whole story from start to finish, from the man's perspective. The recording was made at Amir's home, Amar Guest House, in Chhitkul village.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Balbir Singh Negi narrates the Jackal and the Crow

Balbir describes each picture of the Jackal and the Crow, a picture-based stimulus task. He tells the whole story, and then tells the story from the fox’s perspective. Before being recorded, Balbir mentioned that he already knew about the story. The recording was made at his home in Rakchham village.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bhupender Singh narrates the Jackal and the Crow

Bhupender describes each picture of the Jackal and the Crow, a picture-based stimulus task. He tells the whole story, and then tells the story from the crow’s perspective. The recording was made at his home in Rakchham village.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about Bimla Devi's daily activities

Bhajan Dass asks Bimla about her daily activities during the four seasons. The interview-like quality of this recording provides useful examples of interrogatives. The recording was made at their home in Rakchham village, right after a period of heavy snowfall.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about climate change and snowfall

Bhupender and Ayala discuss how they have experienced climate change over the past few years in Rakchham village. The recording was made at their home in Rakchham village, following a period of heavy snowfall.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about local customs and traditions

Neeraj and Rajdeep discuss their customs and traditions, debating whether some of them should be preserved or discarded. The recording was made at Umar Homestay in Rakchham village.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about pesticides in agriculture

Balbir and Hardev discuss whether pesticides should be used in agriculture. Balbir suggested the topic, since both participants are involved in agricultural work. The recording was made at Balbir's home in Rakchham village.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about Santan and Savitri's schedules

Santan and Savitri discuss what they were doing in the village and their plans for the week. The recording was made in Rakchham village, nearby the main temple.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about smartphones

Manish and Radju discuss their use of smartphones, The recording was made at Umar Homestay.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about teaching Chhitkul-Rakchham at school

Raj and Sahdev discuss whether the Chhitkul-Rakchham language should be taught at school. They are members of the current leadership of Rakchham village ('Panchayat'), elected in 2015. The recording was made after a a long meeting with members of the Panchayat at the Panchayat building ('Panchayat Bhawan') in Rakchham village.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about the current economic situation

Nand and Sunder discuss the overall economic situation in India and compare the current situation with that of 5-10 years earlier (2000s). The recording was made in Vinod Kumar Negi's garden in Rakchham village.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about the Dhumti road

Rajesh Kumar Thakur and Bhag Singh Negi discuss the Dumti road, which was being built at the time. The road will connect Chhitkul to Dumti, located closer to the border with China (Tibet). Dumti will serve as a military post. The road is the result of recurring tensions between India and China. The recording was made in front of Rajesh's house in Chhitkul village.
Date: 2019/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library