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Akha notebook 45 (open access)

Akha notebook 45

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of elicited sentences with complement clauses, causatives, comparatives, and stative verbs and word lists including kinship terms, modes of transportation, and verbs of cutting. These notes were taken in Copenhagen during sessions with Akha consultants.
Date: June 1974
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 46 (open access)

Akha notebook 46

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of elicited sentences with complement clauses, conditionals, causatives, modal verbs, and the verbs 'to bring' and 'to like' in various aspects. These notes were written in Copenhagen with Akha consultants.
Date: June 1974
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 47 (open access)

Akha notebook 47

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of elicited sentences with subordinate clauses, directionals, conditionals, modal verbs, and interrogatives in various aspects. These notes were written in Copenhagen with Akha consultants.
Date: June 1974
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 48 (open access)

Akha notebook 48

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of elicited sentences with complement clauses and the verbs 'to bring,' 'to know,' and 'to buy' in various aspects. These notes were written in Copenhagen with Akha consultants.
Date: June 1974
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 64 (open access)

Akha notebook 64

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives about the man with the goiter, the daughter and the sickle, the daughter who didn't want to teethe, Akha priests, and vampires.
Date: June 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 65 (open access)

Akha notebook 65

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives about vampires, tigers, and opium smoking.
Date: June 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 66 (open access)

Akha notebook 66

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives about opium, frogs, tigers and quails, and creation.
Date: 1977-06?
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 67 (open access)

Akha notebook 67

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of songs and narratives about siblings, creation, competition, and swinging.
Date: June 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 94 (open access)

Akha notebook 94

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs.
Date: June 20, 1978
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical notes on Uipo lullabies (open access)

Analytical notes on Uipo lullabies

Transcription, translation, and analysis of the lullaby 'Tou chabyo, uoi uoi.'
Date: June 5, 2023
Creator: Khaling, Mosyel Syelsaangthyel
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Burma Pamphlets, Number 6, The Hill Peoples of Burma (open access)

Burma Pamphlets, Number 6, The Hill Peoples of Burma

Book describing the traditional clothing and social practices of the ethnic groups of Burma, including Burmese, Talaing, Karen, Shan, Chin, Kachin, and Naga peoples. Includes maps and photographs.
Date: June 1944
Creator: Stevenson, H. N. C.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consent and speaker background: Hauva transcript

Consent and speaker background: Hauva

Consent and speaker background of Hauva including education, languages spoken, and places lived. Recorded in Old Bagbahar.
Date: June 3, 2023
Creator: Saikia, Anujeema
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about traditional and modern health practices transcript

Conversation about traditional and modern health practices

Recording of Ringdam, a young Lamkang speaker living in Hyderabad, talking with Jane Lorenzen about health and wellness practices that she has observed over time.
Date: June 12, 2017
Creator: Lorenzen, Jane
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation and demonstration of Nêpo appeasement rituals

After a casual conversation, Mr. Karma Wangdi demonstrates the Bon ritual ceremonies used to appease Nêpo, a local ghost or spirit who steals the life force of humans. He appeases Nêpo, asking him to divert life's obstacles. Partial time-aligned transcription and translation into English.
Date: 2022-06/2023-06~
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation and demonstration of Nêpo appeasement rituals

After a casual conversation, Mr. Karma Wangdi demonstrates the Bon ritual ceremonies used to appease Nêpo, a local ghost or spirit who steals the life force of humans. He appeases Nêpo, asking him to divert life's obstacles. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date: 2022-06/2023-06~
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Demonstration of astrological prediction and ritual

Mr. Karma Wangdi demonstrates astrology prediction and a ritual to heal from poisoning. Partial time-aligned transcription and translation into English.
Date: 2022-06/2023-06
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Demonstration of astrological prediction and ritual

Mr. Karma Wangdi demonstrates astrology prediction and a ritual to heal from poisoning. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date: 2022-06/2023-06
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Demonstration of Nêpo appeasement rituals

Mr. Karma Wangdi demonstrates the Bon ritual ceremonies used to appease Nêpo, a local ghost or spirit who steals the life force of humans. The name Nêpo is Dakpa for 'guest'. He can be appeased by raising prayer flags using mugwort and offering wine. Also present were Gajay and Wangdi's grandchildren. Partial time-aligned transcription and translation into English.
Date: 2022-06/2023-06~
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Demonstration of Nêpo appeasement rituals

Mr. Karma Wangdi demonstrates the Bon ritual ceremonies used to appease Nêpo, a local ghost or spirit who steals the life force of humans. The name Nêpo is Dakpa for 'guest'. He can be appeased by raising prayer flags using mugwort and offering wine. Also present were Gajay and Wangdi's grandchildren. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date: 2022-06/2023-06~
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description and demonstration of astrological prediction

Mr. Karma Wangdi demonstrates astrology prediction on Gajay using rice, water, incense, and a rosary. When he dips rice into the water, if there is any spirit harming the patient, then the rice will be scattered at the edges of the bowl. If cursed, the rice will stand upward. He concludes that no spirits are harming Gajay; however, he recommends that Gajay offer appeasement wine to the local deity. Partial time-aligned transcription and translation into English.
Date: 2022-06/2023-06
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description and demonstration of astrological prediction

Mr. Karma Wangdi demonstrates astrology prediction on Gajay using rice, water, incense, and a rosary. When he dips rice into the water, if there is any spirit harming the patient, then the rice will be scattered at the edges of the bowl. If cursed, the rice will stand upward. He concludes that no spirits are harming Gajay; however, he recommends that Gajay offer appeasement wine to the local deity. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date: 2022-06/2023-06
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description and demonstration of Mamo appeasement rituals (open access)

Description and demonstration of Mamo appeasement rituals

Bonism is a traditional form of worship involving rituals related to healing and the earth. Some Bon rituals are performed only by certain individuals (Bonpos). Bonpo Karma Wangdi demonstrates a ritual appeasement of Mamo (also known as Lamringbu). His wife and extended family are present because they have not seen this ritual performed for the last 15 years. Mr. Wangdi is the last known Bonpo in Chema village in the Trashi Yangste District of Bhutan. He also belongs to the first generation of Dakpa speakers who started speaking Tshangla in their childhood. Translation into English.
Date: 2022-06/2023-06
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description and demonstration of Mamo appeasement rituals

Bonism is a traditional form of worship involving rituals related to healing and the earth. Some Bon rituals are performed only by certain individuals (Bonpos). Bonpo Karma Wangdi demonstrates a ritual appeasement of Mamo (also known as Lamringbu). His wife and extended family are present because they have not seen this ritual performed for the last 15 years. Mr. Wangdi is the last known Bonpo in Chema village in the Trashi Yangste District of Bhutan. He also belongs to the first generation of Dakpa speakers who started speaking Tshangla in their childhood. Partial time-aligned transcription and translation into English.
Date: 2022-06/2023-06
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of ponpo curry, part 1

Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She describes how to prepare ponpo curry using lichen, demonstrating the process of steaming the lichen with ash before cooking. She explains that people in Thragom village consume ponpo curry once a year to wash away any dirt or hair inside the body. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date: 2022-06/2023-06
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library