Analytical discussion of The Origin of the Lamkang

Suungnem Bunghon narrated a monologue/traditional account on the origin of the Lamkang clans. This is a recording of discussion translating the original source file by Rex Khullar. Translation by Daniel Tholung.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of the Raapa Story

Translation of story of Raapa as told by Bunghon Suungnem. In this story, a tiger, angry at being duped by Koreng, eats him. Koreng's sisters vow to marry whoever kills the tiger, and the only one able to do it is Raapa. Jealous, the other men conspire to kill Raapa, but he survives two attempts and tricks them so that they drown. In the end Koreng's sisters kill Raapa.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of The Story of Seven Sons

Translation discussion of the Story of Seven Sons as told by Angtoi Sankhil recorded by Rex Khullar and Harimohon Thounaojam.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of The Story of Sumphaai and Raangleen

Beshot Khullar of Phaaidam village, Chandel, tells the story of Sumphaai leh Raangleen [Sumphaai and Raangleen]. The story was collected by Rengpu Rex Khullar and Harimohon Thounaojam at the NSF-funded storytelling festival in 2009. The narration was transcribed by Reverend Daniel Tholung. This recording is of the translation discussion between Shobhana Chelliah and Daniel Tholung at the UNT in 2010.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of the story "Origin of the Lamkang" with Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil transcript

Analytical discussion of the story "Origin of the Lamkang" with Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil

A discussion of a recording we have named "The Origin of the Lamkang". Present at the dicussion are David Peterson, Shobhana Chelliah, Sumshot Khular, Daniel Tholung, and Shekarnong Sankhil. The recording illustrates how grammatical information can be gleaned in the process of translating connected text.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Raapa story  told by Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching captions transcript

Raapa story told by Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching

The story of Raapa as told by Bunghon Suungnem. A tiger, angry at being duped by Koreng, eats him. Koreng's sisters vow to marry whoever kills the tiger, and the only one able to do it is Raapa. Jealous, the other men conspire to kill Raapa, but he survives two attempts and tricks them so that they drown. In the end Koreng's sisters kill Raapa.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the Rich Boy and the Poor Boy

A traditional story as told by Bunghon Suungnem. In this story, the parents of five sons used up all their wealth purchasing brides and so have nothing to bequeath to them. The father tells them to obey the eldest son and work together to dig up 500 rupees he had buried and distribute it equally. After a few months of digging they are unable to find it, so they ask the eldest son what to do. He has them level the field, draw new boundaries and cultivate it. He assigns the highest plot to the youngest brother, then the next to the next-youngest, and so on. (b) Their neighbors include two lazy men who never work, but live off their wives. One wife tells her husband (the less lazy of the two) to go fishing. Instead of fish, he brings back some gold he finds in the water, and threatens to beat his wife if she does not cook it. She exchanges the gold for food and clothing. The other neighbor and his wife do not prosper, as the husband refuses to work.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of The Story of Suhuinu transcript

Retelling of The Story of Suhuinu

The story of Suhuinu or How one mimics the sound of different animals.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about Benglam

Beshot Khullar tells a Benglam Story.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traditional story about the Creation of Villages narrated by  Bunghon Suungnem captions transcript

Traditional story about the Creation of Villages narrated by Bunghon Suungnem

Creation of Villages as told by Bunghon Suungnem. Recorded at Storytelling Event organized by Rengpu Rex Khullar and Harimohon Thounaojam at Phaaidam village.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about the Origin of the Lamkang, Part 1

Origin of the Lamkang, Part 1 as told by Bunghon Suungnem, who retells a traditional history of how in the beginning of creation man and animals spoke the same language and how man was given the authority to name the birds and animals and everything that is therein.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traditional story about the Seven Sons captions transcript

Traditional story about the Seven Sons

The Story of Seven Sons as told by Angtoi Sankhil. A man is killed by a tiger, and as his six sons go to avenge him, he kills them too one by one. The mother is pregnant with a seventh son, who is able to foretell events while still in the womb. After the child learns how his father died, he goes to confront the tiger and his wife. He avoids the tiger's attempt to kill him, takes back his father's head from the tiger's possession, and vanquishes the tiger.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about a woman's field of study transcript

Conversation about a woman's field of study

Beshot Khullar of Phaidaam Pantha Phaidaam asks a series of questions to a Lamkang student. Examples of the questions he asks are, 'What do you do?' and 'How big is your family?'
Date: August 27, 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dataset for discussion of naming systems, Part III

Shekarnong Sankhil explains traditional naming practices. This system is based on birth order.
Date: August 27, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Flying Horse and Giant Monster transcript

Retelling of Flying Horse and Giant Monster

Recording of Mahida Murad reciting “A flying Horse and a giant Monster,” in the Hunza dialect. In this popular story a princess is hidden away by her father, but an ogre discovers her presence. He goes to the king to ask for her hand in marriage, but the King refuses to agree unless the Ogre knows her name. The princess refused to marry the ogre, and runs away on a flying horse.
Date: August 1, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Allama Nasiruddin Hunzai reciting anecdotes about "Qadiro" captions transcript

Allama Nasiruddin Hunzai reciting anecdotes about "Qadiro"

Recordings of Allamah Nasiruddin Nasir Hunzai reciting anecdotes about "Batta Qadiro" (now called 'Wazir Qadiro'), a legendary wise man in the former state of Hunza.
Date: August 4, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Manulum Dado transcript

Retelling of Manulum Dado

Recording of Dawar Muneem reciting "Manulum Daado" (lit. 'grandfather' or 'old man from Man'), a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski. According to the story, "Man" is the name of a pasture in Shispar meadows.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Karim, Piar
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Bulchi Tthoko and the Witch transcript

Retelling of Bulchi Tthoko and the Witch

Recording of Muneem Dawar reciting "Bulchi Thoko ke Danglathas," a popular story in the region, in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski. Bulchi Tthoko is an old male name in Burushaski and "Ddanglatthas" is the word for 'witch'.
Date: August 5, 2011
Creator: Karim, Piar
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of Juniper Tree of Boyo (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of Juniper Tree of Boyo

Transcription and translation of the recording of Muneem Dawar, a speaker of Hunza Burushaski, reciting the story of juniper tree of Boyo ("Boyuwe Gal").
Date: August 5, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Mythical Donkey of Barashal transcript

Retelling of Mythical Donkey of Barashal

Recording of Muneeb Dawar narrating the story "Barashale Qaan Zrakun" ('mythical donkey of Barashal') in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: August 7, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf & Karim, Piar
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Ghawu Kanguli transcript

Retelling of Ghawu Kanguli

Recording of Muneem Dawar reciting the story of "Ghawu Kanguli"
Date: August 8, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of Saihriem marriage system

Chongpu Chongloi describes the marriage system of the Saihriem as practiced by their traditional forefathers. He is a native speaker of Saihriem from Noxa Tila, Cachar District, Assam, around 85 years old at the time of recording.
Date: August 15, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the traditional narrative 'Mairangkoh and Sapinthei'

Hoihte Saihriem, aged 64, is a female speaker from Bahbahar village of Cachar district of Assam. She tells the story of a wicked lady who killed the wife of Sapinthei and later married her father. This wicked lady had a daughter named Mairangkoh. Together, they tortured Sapinthei and managed to kill her after she was married to a king.
Date: August 15, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about Saihriem villages

Chungpu Chongloi, Kimpi Chongloi, and Gunjanei Vaiphei discuss the different villages they have lived in over the years. They are Saihriem elders in their 80s at the time of recording.
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library