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Traditional narrative about a fortunate daughter-in-law
This is a story of a newly married daughter-in-law who was fortunate to become rich out of whatever activity she undertakes. Dialect: Sanzari
Date:
February 3, 2009
Creator:
Basumatary, Prafulla
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Traditional narrative about an ungrateful son
This is a story of an ungrateful boy who leaves his parents in search of a job. He returns home with his friend one day and introduces his mother as a working woman; the mother cries a lot, the boy gets back to job and dies. Dialect: Sanzari
Date:
February 3, 2009
Creator:
Basumatary, Prafulla
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Traditional narrative about the daughter and the sparrow
This is a traditional story of a daughter and sparrow birds. The daughter tries to send away the birds from the rice field by singing a song, but hears an absurd voice. She fell in love with a boy disguised as a snake, got married, and became rich. Seeing this, a neighbor followed the same, got her daughter married to a real snake, but was eaten up. Dialect: Sanzari
Date:
February 3, 2009
Creator:
Basumatary, Prafulla
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Traditional narrative about the old man and the sesame
This is a traditional story of an old man who went to get some sesame from a nearby market but forgot the Assamese word of it on the way. In the market, his friend helped him to get sesame. He also picked up a mirror but left it on the way while resting. A boy got it and used for the first time, took his own face to be his deceased father's. Always looked in the mirror, remembered his father more and more, became indifferent to his wife. The wife suspected that he always looked another woman in the mirror, quarrel begins. An old woman showed her that what they saw in the mirror were not other man or woman, but their own images. Dialect: Sanzari
Date:
February 3, 2009
Creator:
Basumatary, Prafulla
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about family and early education
This is a personal narrative on family and early life. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
February 5, 2009
Creator:
Basumatary, Prafulla
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description about traditional tools, utensils and foods
This is a description about various cooking tools, various dishes that Boros like to eat. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
February 7, 2009
Creator:
Basumatary, Prafulla
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of Black Dal curry
This is a description of how the Boro traditional dish, black dal curry with chicken is prepared. Dialect: Standard Boro.
Date:
February 7, 2009
Creator:
Narzary, Nareswar
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of Onla curry
This is a description of how the Boro traditional dish, Onla curry, is prepared, including its ingredients and varieties. Dialect - Standard Boro.
Date:
February 7, 2009
Creator:
Narzary, Nareswar
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description about cooking fish with different vegetables and herbs
This is a description of how different dishes are prepared with fish by Boros traditionally. Dialect: Bwddwn
Date:
February 9, 2009
Creator:
Basumatary, Prafulla
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description about traditional way of fishing
This is a description of how fishing is done by the Boros traditionally by using different fishing tools. Dialect: Bwddwn
Date:
February 9, 2009
Creator:
Basumatary, Prafulla
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of weaving methods
Sarojani Borgayari describes weaving tools and how weaving was traditionally done by the Boros. Dialect: Bwddwn
Date:
February 9, 2009
Creator:
Basumatary, Prafulla
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about 1950s Boro culture
This is a description of the cultural life of the Boros in Kokrajhar during the 1950s. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
May 8, 2009
Creator:
Brahma, Bihung
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the future plans of the UN Academy, Kokrajhar
This is a conversation about the future plans of the UN Academy, Kokrajhar. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
May 8, 2009
Creator:
Brahma, Bihung
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the history of the UN Academy, Kokrajhar
This is a conversation about the start and development of the UN Academy, Kokrajhar. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
May 8, 2009
Creator:
Brahma, Bihung
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation and radio broadcast of Boro folk song
This is a folk song along with its background that was first sung and broadcast on All India Radio, Guwahati. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
May 8, 2009
Creator:
Brahma, Bihung
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about early life
This is a personal narrative on ealry life of Mr. Ghana Kanta Basumatary, the first folk song singer to be broadcast on All India Radio, Guwahati. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
May 8, 2009
Creator:
Brahma, Bihung
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about early life
This is a personal narrative about early life. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
May 8, 2009
Creator:
Brahma, Bihung
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description about cooking rice
This is a description about food preparation, how it was done in olden times and how it should be done. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
May 9, 2009
Creator:
Brahma, Bihung
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description about making a bamboo sieve
This is a description about making bamboo sieve. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
May 9, 2009
Creator:
Brahma, Bihung
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description about silk rearing
This is a description about silk rearing and making sticky glue out of rice. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
May 9, 2009
Creator:
Brahma, Bihung
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description about weaving different type of clothes
This is a description about weaving different kinds of clothes.
Date:
May 9, 2009
Creator:
Brahma, Bihung
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of a traditional dish
This is a a description about preparing a dish. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
May 9, 2009
Creator:
Basumatary, Prafulla
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of Bathou religion
This is a narrative about belief system of the Boros. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
May 9, 2009
Creator:
Brahma, Bihung
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about Boro society
This is a narrative about personal experience on social systems of past and present. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date:
May 9, 2009
Creator:
Brahma, Bihung
System:
The UNT Digital Library