Assam (Garo Hills) captions transcript

Assam (Garo Hills)

Video of life in Assam villages featuring landscapes, the Brahmaputra river, wild elephants, traditional houses, cotton fields, and scenes from the marketplace.
Date: October 31, 1944
Creator: Ferger, H. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about language documentation captions transcript

Discussion about language documentation

Video of Muhammad Wazir Khan, research assistant and speaker of Yasin Burushaski, explaining the documentation project to Qadir Khan, another native speaker of Burushaski, during fieldwork in Gilgit.
Date: unknown
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang community meat cutting by men during the first death anniversary of late Behon Shilshi at Deering Khu village.

Recording of Lamkang Community meat preparation for the first death anniversary celebration of late Behon Shilshi of Deeringkhu. Swamy Tholung Ksen discuss the various meat given to certain people and how they are prepared.
Date: January 1, 2050
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue about cane baskets made by Thamshi Khular Thamlakhuren Chandel district Manipur.

Recording of Sumshot Khular describing traditional cane baskets and how it was made by their father Thamshi Khular. Made from cane and some bamboo lining underneath to make the circle.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on chikir captions transcript

Monologue on chikir

Recording about "chikir", a traditional gun, used in the Yasin Valley in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski. The recording was made in Hundur, a village situated in the Yasin Valley.
Date: unknown
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a song entitled "Ishqam Jutining" captions transcript

Performance of a song entitled "Ishqam Jutining"

Recording of the song "Ishqam jutining" at Rivera Hotel in Gilgit
Date: unknown
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a song in Yasin Burushaski captions transcript

Performance of a song in Yasin Burushaski

Video of Zafar Iqbal and friends performing a song in Yasin Burushaski.
Date: unknown
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of the Arpo dance ritual, part 2

'Arpo' is a generic term for the naked dance ritual practiced in Chema village, Trashiyangtse, Bhutan. Mr. Karma Wangdi is well-known for his efforts to sustain these rituals in Chema village. In this recording, he explains to the audience the lyrics: "if you don’t know who I am, join the monkhood, ask the serpent king, ask the thunder and lightening." He describes that, with each stanza, the dancers will wave their sword to show the might of the mythical king of Tibet.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of the dance of attaining ten

Dikiuram villagers perform the dance of attaining ten, 'Kariu taobo lem'. This is a typical dance occasionally performed by the Liangmai village folks to praise someone who had attained great wealth, or someone who performed a significant deed. The person whose wealth increased would usually build a traditional grand house 'tarenki' to mark his achievement, and as a sign of joy and pride. To celebrate the achievement, they would throw a great feast and invite the villagers. On this auspicious day, he would offer ten each of his livestock to feed the village folks. Thus, the name kariu ‘ten’ taobo ‘reach/achieve’. The villagers will dance this kariu taobo lem in his honour.
Date: unknown
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of the Ngan Ngai dance

Performance of the Ngan Ngai dance by a group of Rongmei youths in traditional clothing at the Ngan Ngai festival.
Date: ~2013-11
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative by Qadir Khan captions transcript

Personal narrative by Qadir Khan

Video of Qadir Khan narrating a personal account.
Date: unknown
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Sakhi by Badaq (introduction) captions transcript

Retelling of Sakhi by Badaq (introduction)

Video of Badaq giving a preface of the story of Sakhi in Yasin Burushaski.
Date: unknown
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Steamed rice cooking and its processes captions transcript

Steamed rice cooking and its processes

Recording of Steamed rice cooking in Lamkang tradition and its various process before it is served for eating. Video taken during the first death anniversary celebration of late Behon Shilshi at Deerigkhu, Chandel, Manipur state, India.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about a common fool character

This a traditional story about a common fool character, who does stupid things (bokolapo); in this story, he wants to go to the market but by switching sides of the basket he is carrying also accidentally switches the direction in which he is walking; he ends up walking back to his own house without realizing it.
Date: unknown
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library
In the Shadow of the Tiger captions transcript

In the Shadow of the Tiger

Documentary about life in the villages surrounding the Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal (Shiltong, South Paro, North Paro, Rajabathkava, and Bothia villages). Villagers and government officials describe a project by the World Bank to create wildlife reserves for endangered species, specifically the Bengal tiger. Villagers struggle to grow enough food, and elephants trample their fields. They were told to resettle elsewhere, but refused to leave their ancestral lands. Selling firewood is a main source of income for most, leading to deforestation in the reserve areas. Government officials committed to providing infrastructure (irrigation, roads, electricity, fences) on the condition that villagers stop cutting down trees on the reserve. The documentary ends with a letter from Tileswar Rabha stating that the villagers have ended their communication with the Forest Department after they shot a villager carrying firewood.
Date: 1998
Creator: Grundström, Veena & Karlsson, Beppe
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of Lai Haraoba pena ballads and dance captions transcript

Performance of Lai Haraoba pena ballads and dance

Video of a festival featuring dance and pena performances. Elders are shown assembling the pena. Pena cholom is where a group of pena balladeers play together organized by ranks where the highest ranking balladeer plays first, and so on. The structure and components of the pena are described. Other instruments similar to the pena are shown, like tingteila of the Tangkhuls, and Laa of Kabui (Rongmei). The final segment includes a voice-over in English describing spirituality and symbolism of pena culture in Manipur, and the Lai Haraoba celebration.
Date: 1999
Creator: Audio Visual Research Centre
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pena Phaibok of Laihui

Video of a performance by the Laihui ensemble of pena players at Marjing Mayanglambam's weaning ceremony where the baby eats solid food for the first time. Ballads includes a portion from Moirang Kangleirol. The event was organized in Keishamthong by Mayanglambam Mangangsana.
Date: August 13, 2000
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about smoking captions transcript

Conversation about smoking

Recording of Raja Safdar Ali Khan and Jamsheed Ali discussing smoking in the Srinagar dialect of Burushaski.
Date: 2004
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation with children #1 captions transcript

Conversation with children #1

Recording of Burusho children in Srinagar having a discussion. The children are speaking in the Srinagar dialect of Burushaski.
Date: 2004
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation with children #2 captions transcript

Conversation with children #2

Recording of children having a discussion, speaking in the Srinagar dialect of Burushaski.
Date: 2004
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation with children #3 captions transcript

Conversation with children #3

Recording of children having a conversation, speaking in the Srinagar dialect of Burushaski.
Date: 2004
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation with children #4 captions transcript

Conversation with children #4

Recording of Burusho children in Srinagar having a discussion during playtime. The children are speaking in the Srinagar dialect of Burushaski.
Date: 2004
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation with Raja Majid captions transcript

Conversation with Raja Majid

Recording of Raja Majid having a discussion.
Date: 2004
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation with Raja Safdar Ali and family captions transcript

Conversation with Raja Safdar Ali and family

Recording of Raja Safdar Ali Khan (Master Ji) having a discussion with a group in the Srinagar dialect of Burushaski.
Date: 2004
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library