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Monologue on hardships of ancestors and the ease of current life
Recording of a monologue about the hardship of a woman's ancestors before they had electricity and other advanced facilities. She notes that her people are lazy and lack unity now that they have commodities, but her ancestors were strong. The speaker is Nargis Bibi (a 40-year old housewife).
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative of Muhammad Awaiz
Recording of a personal narrative by Muhammad Awaiz (a 31-year old male) in which the speaker talks about the economic hardships he endured as a student up until high school. He then moved to a far off big city in search of a job. There, he acquired a government job which helped him improve his financial situation. In this light, he reiterates his resolve to provide his children better education and better opportunities.
Date:
March 10, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative by Muhammad Suleman
In this conversation with Atta-Ur Rehman, Muhammad Suleman recounts the personal experiences of his first ever journey to the Chitral district of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province where he attended a workshop on orthography and conservation of regional languages of Pakistan organized by the Project Director, Dr. Sadaf Munshi, in collaboration with the Forum for Language Initiatives, Islamabad (Pakistan).
Date:
July 12, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story of a woman's wisdom, 2
This is a traditional story about a savage prince who used to marry women and kill them afterwards without any apparent reason. Eventually, he got married to a wise woman who gave him a lesson and turned him into a gentleman. Nargis Bibi is a housewife who is 38 years old at the time of recording.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story of a woman's wisdom, 1
This is a retelling of a story about an evil man (a king/prince) who used to get married and then kill his wives. Eventually, he married a very wise girl, and she used her wisdom to make him a gentle man. In this recording, the narrator Abdul Qayum (a 59-year old male factory worker) is addressing Alam Zeb (a 32-year old male teacher).
Date:
July 13, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a prayer to god
This poem is a prayer to god by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male).
Date:
March 12, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of a love story about Yusuf Khan and Sher Bano
This is a retelling of a love story of Yousaf Khan and Sher Bano by Ghulam Sarvar (a 70-year old male). Abdul Qayoum (a 60-year old male) is the listener in this recording. Native speakers Naik Muhammad and Aurangzeb are also present.
Date:
July 13, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a poem about the Judgement Day
This is a performance of a poem that warns about the brevity of life and the imminent arrival of the Judgement Day. Existence, including life, is ephemeral, so we would do better to prepare for the grave than pile up riches and seek pleasure in this life. The contributor Muhammad Aslam is a 36-year old male teacher.
Date:
July 12, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story of greed is curse
This is a retelling of the story of three friends by Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male) with Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male) as the listener. In this story, the three friends once found some money and decided to divide it among themselves. However, each one of them was trying to cheat the others. Finally, no one gets the money and all three end up dead.
Date:
January 20, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue about a woman and two kidnappers
This is a monologue by Khurshaid Bibi (a 50-year old female) about a woman who lives with her two daughters. One day two men come to the said woman's home at night and try to kidnap her. She kills the kidnappers and gets a prize the next day.
Date:
January 29, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue about the speaker's native village
This is a monologue (personal narrative) by Muhammad Awaiz about his village.
Date:
February 3, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a poem about a religious missionary group
Recording of a performance of a poem about a religious missionary group who pray often and teach people about the benefits of religious practices. The contributor Muhammad Aslam is a 36-year old male teacher.
Date:
July 12, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story of a witty man
This is a traditional story which involves a descriptive riddle about a witty man who needs to take a lion, a goat and a load of leaves across a river. The caveat is that the man cannot take all three in one go. (Note: the narrator inadvertently refers to the goat as a jackal in the beginning). In this recording, the speaker Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male speaker who works as a driver) is addressing Muhammad Awaiz (a 31-year old male government servant).
Date:
January 20, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story of seven brothers and a sister
This is a retelling of the story about seven brothers and their sister by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old government servant) with Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male) as the listener. In this story, the brothers get separated from their sister and the latter is searching for them. The sister finds her lost brothers in a forest but the brothers cannot recognise her and each one of them wants to marry her. When the sister lets them know that she was their sister, they drop the idea of marrying her.
Date:
January 10, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on getting water from the tap
This monologue by Muhammad Aslam (a 36-year old male teacher) is about a story of a man who was visiting a village and saw people getting water from a tap in the wall. He returned to his own village and eagerly explained that he discovered a new way to get water that was much easier than their traditional way. He bought the supplies and installed the tap in the wall, but no water came out. One of his fellow villagers explained to him that, in order for the tap to work, one must install a pipe from a water source to the tap faucet in the wall.
Date:
July 12, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about a sports event
This is a conversation about a sports event between Imtiaz Ahmad (a 31-year-old male) and Muhammad Suleman (a 36-year-old male). In this conversation, Imtiaz talks about participating in a cricket match.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Traditional story about a princess
This is the retelling of a traditional story about a princess narrated by the native speaker Ghulam Sarvar, and the native speaker Abdul Qayum was the listener.
Date:
July 13, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about a surgery
This is a conversation between Taj Nisa (a 49-year-old female) and Nargis Bibi (a 40-year-old female). In this conversation, Taj Nisa talks to Nargis Bibi about a surgery she had in the past, and narrates how the doctors and medical staff treated her.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about domestic matters
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This is a conversation between Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male) and Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male). Abdul Malik talks about an incident of olden days of his life and then both speakers talk about a domestic matter of their relative couple.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about life in village Danna in the olden days
This is a conversation between Abdul Haq (a 29-year old male teacher) and Abdul Qayum (a 60-year old male) about life in village Danna in the olden days.
Date:
July 14, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story about "Unity is Strength"
This is a traditional story about a king who teaches his sons that unity is strength. He explains that one person by himself, just like one stick, can be broken easily, but many people together, like many sticks, cannot be so easily broken. Aurangzeb (born 1985) told the story while Gohar Rehman, born 1981, listened.
Date:
July 14, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of a traditional Burusho house
Video of Muhibuddin describing (in Urdu) a traditional Burusho house in the village Sultanabad, Gilgit.
Date:
July 31, 2010
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story of a man and his cunning wife
Recording of a traditional narrative where a cunning wife puts her husband to test by pretending to be ill all the time. The husband uses all possible means to cure her but to no avail. He then asks his wife to suggest what else he could do to cure her. She asks him to disgrace his mother. He disgraces her mother instead. His wife is shocked to see this. However, he responds to her saying that he did what she had asked him to do in order to cure her illness. The narrator Abdul Qayum (a 60-year old male factory worker) is narrating the story to two young speakers of Mankiyali (Abdul Haq and Aurangzeb).
Date:
July 14, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of a traditional house in Danyor village
Recording of Muhib Uddin Hunzai, a speaker of Hunza Burushaski from Gilgit, describing a traditional house of Hunza. The recording was made in Danyor, a small village near Gilgit town.
Date:
July 2010
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library