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Kailadbou Daimai Collection
3
Krishna Boro Collection
3
Maaz Shaikh Collection
2
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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
Object Type:
Video
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
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of words with open long syllables (2)
Recording of This is an elicitation of words with open long syllables (CVV) in different positions. The purpose is to determine the relative weight of open long syllables for primary word stress placement. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 40-year old male shop owner).
Date:
April 20, 2021
Creator:
Aurangzeb
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Sanjib Laobangdisa describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a worker who speaks Bengali, Hindi, Nagamese, and Assamese in addition to Dimasa. He is 46 years old at the time of recording.
Date:
October 20, 2022
Creator:
Barman, Animesh
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Sanjib Laobangdisa describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a worker who speaks Bengali, Hindi, Nagamese, and Assamese in addition to Dimasa. He is 46 years old at the time of recording.
Date:
October 20, 2022
Creator:
Barman, Animesh
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Usha Rani Barman describes her experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a retired teacher who speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Assamese in addition to Dimasa. She is 70 years old at the time of recording.
Date:
October 20, 2022
Creator:
Barman, Animesh
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Usha Rani Barman describes her experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a retired teacher who speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Assamese in addition to Dimasa. She is 70 years old at the time of recording.
Date:
October 20, 2022
Creator:
Barman, Animesh
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Sadhan Barman describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a worker who speaks Bengali, Hindi, Manipuri, English, and Assamese in addition to Dimasa. He is 51 years old at the time of recording.
Date:
October 20, 2022
Creator:
Barman, Animesh
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Sadhan Barman describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a worker who speaks Bengali, Hindi, Manipuri, English, and Assamese in addition to Dimasa. He is 51 years old at the time of recording.
Date:
October 20, 2022
Creator:
Barman, Animesh
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Photograph of lotus blooms in Manipur
Photograph of Lotus flowers blooming on the way to Imphal in Manipur.
Date:
January 20, 2009
Creator:
Bora, Rashmi Rekha
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Photograph of Lotus fruits known as Thamchet in Manipur
Photograph of Lotus fruit known as Thamchet in Manipur sold on streets in Manipur. The tender leaf, flower and fruits of lotus as eaten as part of the cuisine. The leaves are used for wrapping vegetables like dry fish.
Date:
January 20, 2009
Creator:
Bora, Rashmi Rekha
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Photograph of Sumshot buying the lotus fruits Thamchet
Photograph of Sumshot seen buying Thamchet in the wayside vendors on the way to Imphal.
Date:
January 20, 2009
Creator:
Bora, Rashmi Rekha
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Photograph of Thangjing a local root vegetable
Photograph of a root fruitlike vegetable known as Thanjing in Manipuri. Known for its delicacies in ironba a chutney in Maniprui dishes and cusines.
Date:
January 20, 2009
Creator:
Bora, Rashmi Rekha
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation introductions
Two speakers give basic introductions of each other.
Date:
May 20, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation introductions
Two speakers give basic introductions of each other.
Date:
May 20, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about home life and school
This is a narrative about the speaker's hometown, friends and family, and educational institutions.
Date:
May 20, 2019
Creator:
Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the Totlang Kam Festival
Beshot Khullar and Rengpu Rex Khullar talk about the Totlang Kam Festival. The exchange is useful for cultural information, lexical items related to this important festival, and question and answer exchanges. Rengpu Rex Khullar accompanied his father Beshot Khullar to Chennai to share information on Lamkang with Shobhana Chelliah.
Date:
May 20, 2008
Creator:
Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to a family member
Recording of a personal letter to a family member about Chhingi's daughter, Nutei.
Date:
November 20, 1985
Creator:
Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to a family member
Recording of a personal letter to a family member.
Date:
November 20, 1985
Creator:
Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to a family member
Recording of a personal letter to a family member.
Date:
November 20, 1985
Creator:
Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter to a family member
Recording of a personal letter to a family member about when they plan to come home for a visit.
Date:
November 20, 1985
Creator:
Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of beating the katu herb used in fishing
The speaker describes the process of beating the katu, an herb used in community fishing. Bundles of katu are beaten with a wooden rod to produce juice and bubbles.
Date:
March 20, 2020
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library