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Conversation about the Tchaan Yamluung
Shekarnong Sankhil and Tholung Beshot of Thamlapokpi discuss Tchaan Yamluung, a musical instrument used by the Lamkangs and the Kachin people in Myanmar, who are also called red people and can be our people.
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
Tholung, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about Umpii Doon K’Kaat
Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Shangwar of Khuibung, Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, and unknown women discuss Tlingkhup, is the son Sinthling Arkoi Chapa named Rengpu is the young guy belonging to a Sankhil clan who shot at the Umpii Doon. Today when one takes a name for strength they take the name of Rengtlung. They also discuss the sound of the bird called “Vakpa ke Kuk” and how it originated. A lady shares about her grandparents who were caught by the Kukis they are still there.
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
Tholung, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a song of a brother without a sister
Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi shares a song a man without sister would sing and the other woman from the same clan would be there to console him as the sister would do. Then he shared how the giving of “Saa Khuu” to the sisters were done in some eastern parts.
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
Tholung, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the Lamkang origin story
Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching and another speaker discuss the Lamkang origin story of coming out from the cave (Duti Pardii)
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
Tholung, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of Archung Yunee Thxaaso
A group of men and women singing and dancing Archung Yunee Thxaaso
Date:
2004
Creator:
Tholung, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of Har Khuungpaa and Puulraang
Men and women singing and sancing Har Khuungpaa and Puulraang
Date:
2004
Creator:
Tholung, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue about the Harvest Festival
Beshot Tholung of Thamlapoki discusses the Chaakhei Klou, the Harvest Festival. He explains the rituals that are followed in the process of harvesting of the crops. He shares about the feast called DilK’or, the festival of the harvest. He explains how they conduct a recitation to invite the crops from the field to the barns. A “Khulpuu” elder will call all the human spirits to also come back home from the fields to the homes.
Date:
2004
Creator:
Tholung, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of Tharon Thoe Tharon napi napao
Elders from various villages who are experts in traditional songs and dance, including Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Shangwar Dilbung of Khuibung, Belun Sankhil of Phaidaam, Shetwor Dilbung of Keithelmanbi, and Beshot Khullar of Phaidaam performing the dance “Tharon Thoe, Tharon napi napao”. In this dance, while the group of dancers are performing, the singers are in two groups as they had to respond to each other in teams which the dancers cannot do while dancing, so the singers are required even if the dancers sing as their voices are not audible and one runs of out breath while dancing.
Date:
2004
Creator:
Tholung, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a song about the names of the months
Thamnung Sankhil Tholungnu of Thamlakhuren shares a song about the names of the month in Lamkang. She explains the months of Lamkang, example how in the month of Purdun the cows came home from the jungle. They were discussing how some say or name it differently in some cases. Later they discuss about the elders from different villages trying to see who is from which village.
Date:
2004
Creator:
Tholung, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of Likhaa Kardaam
Dancers from various villages were invited to perform during the Lamkang Student Union [Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun] seminar. This a special dance called Likhaa Kardaam (The Drumming Dance), where the drumming is different from the other types of dance, a faster drum beat which allows the dancers to take their steps faster. All the dancers are requested to join the dance and they perform the Yaangkaa Kardaam, at Charangching Khullen village.
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
Tholung, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about resettling villages
A discussion with Suungnem Bunghon of Leingangching, Tholung Beshot and Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi about the names of villages which the Lamkangs abandoned and Kukis resettled there using the same names (Charangching Khullen-Khunkha). This was recorded at the seminar on culture and origin of the Lamkangs at Charangching village.
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
Tholung, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of The First Dance in Tharon Thoe
Suungnem Bunghon of Leingangching and group performed first the dance in Tharon Thoe, then khuu kak’kplap laa, and lastly they perform the “reelruu” dance at the end.
Date:
2004
Creator:
Tholung, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on bees and how to farm bees
This is a monologue about bees and bee farming. it was recoded at a bee farm near Denton Texas.
Date:
August 16, 2016
Creator:
Robinson, Melissa
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of words for gemination
Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with gemination in a frame sentence with Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word. In this version, target words do not occur in a frame sentence. This was part of the Fall 2017 LING 5300 Phonology course.
Date:
November 14, 2017
Creator:
Burke, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue about Lamkang heroes
Shekarnong Sankhil discusses a piece in the Souvenir magazine about the heroes of the Lamkang.
Date:
December 2, 2009
Creator:
Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reading of names with VC VC sequences
Sumshot Khular reads a list of names along with the agentive marker -ngi.
Date:
November 6, 2017
Creator:
Burke, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of imperative verbs in frame sentences
A recording of imperative verbs in the frame "Please X" as told by Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil. The recording is useful for tone and segment information. Recorded at UNT in 2009.
Date:
November 24, 2009
Creator:
Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about why linguists record conversations
Recording of a discussion among Harimohon Thounaojam, Rex Khullar, and Beshot Khullar about why linguists record conversations.
Date:
May 17, 2008
Creator:
Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reading of the Prodigal Son
Beshot Khullar of Phaidam reads the Prodigal Son. A landowner's second son demands his share of the inheritance before the father's death, goes off and squanders it, and returns to his father, who accepts his penitent son. The older brother, however, is upset at his father's acceptance of his returning brother.
Date:
May 22, 2008
Creator:
Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monolgue on the Totlang Festival
A discussion of the Totlang Festival by Shekarnong Sankhil.
Date:
November 2009
Creator:
Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of reduplication
Discussion of reduplication with positive and negative connotations in Lamkang. Discussant are Beshot Khullar, Rengpu Rex Khullar and Shobhana Chelliah.
Date:
May 24, 2008
Creator:
Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interview with two young girls
Beshot Khullar asks two young girls questions about their lives.
Date:
2007
Creator:
Khullar, Rengpu Rex
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Grace Sankhil telling life expereinces story
Recording of Grace Sankhil telling her experiences to Rengpu Rex Khullar.
Date:
2009
Creator:
Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reading of the Escape of the Younger Brother
Rex Khullar reads a connected text "Escape of the Younger Brother." This is a sample text provided in the sketch on Lamkang in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India. The text was later re-recorded with corrections and commentary by Shekarnong Sankhil.
Date:
May 2009
Creator:
Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System:
The UNT Digital Library