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Introduction to Culture and Language of Kom (open access)

Introduction to Culture and Language of Kom

This book gives an overview of the canon of Kom folklore and customs such as weaving, hunting, traditional clothing, domestication of animals, and social practices like marriage, kinship, and naming children.
Date: March 20, 1990
Creator: Kilong, Mangpu
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kom-Rhem Chonden Daan (open access)

Kom-Rhem Chonden Daan

Customary law of Komrem tribe relating to the social practices from birth to death.
Date: July 2003
Creator: Serto, Thangneireng
System: The UNT Digital Library
Komrem Custom and Cultural Law, Sagang Area, Second Edition (open access)

Komrem Custom and Cultural Law, Sagang Area, Second Edition

Modified customary law, only to be followed by the Komrem people in Sagang area Churachanpur district of Manipur. Modification made after conversion into Christainity.
Date: January 10, 2010
Creator: Sagang Area Custom and Cultural Administration Committee Sagang Churachandpur Dist. Manipur
System: The UNT Digital Library
81 AYA Thuhming in Kom (open access)

81 AYA Thuhming in Kom

Collection of legendary stories about moral practices and taboos in the ancestral way life.
Date: October 24, 2014
Creator: Mangte, Chungkhohao
System: The UNT Digital Library
Political History of the Garos of Goalpara-Kamrup of Assam (open access)

Political History of the Garos of Goalpara-Kamrup of Assam

Book about the political history of the Garo people describing British colonization and relations to neighboring groups.
Date: 2012
Creator: Sangma, Milton S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oxford Pamphlets on Indian Affairs, Number 37, Assam (open access)

Oxford Pamphlets on Indian Affairs, Number 37, Assam

Book describing Assam's history, demographics, politics, and ethnic groups.
Date: July 1946
Creator: Ali, Alban & Lambert, Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kom Rem Thut (open access)

Kom Rem Thut

This is a collection of texts in Kom including folklore and histories of relation between Kom and groups in surrounding areas such as Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tripura.
Date: March 21, 1992
Creator: Kom, K. Shonjachung
System: The UNT Digital Library
Komrem Custom and Cultural Law, Sagang Area, Third Edition (open access)

Komrem Custom and Cultural Law, Sagang Area, Third Edition

Modified customary law only to be followed by the Komrem people in Sagang area Churachanpur district of Manipur. Modification made after conversion into Christainity.
Date: January 18, 2011
Creator: Sagang Area Custom and Cultural Administration Committee Sagang Churachandpur Dist. Manipur
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kom Hei Thuhming Jai Hla Kom's Folk-Lore (open access)

Kom Hei Thuhming Jai Hla Kom's Folk-Lore

This book is a collection of Kom folktales about the origin of Kom tribe, classification of clans and social practices of Kom ancestors. The book also contains stories about the relation and similarity that Kom tribe share with other tribes in Manipur.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Serto, Thangneireng
System: The UNT Digital Library
Komrem Hei Thuming-Yaihla Hei (open access)

Komrem Hei Thuming-Yaihla Hei

This is a collection of Kom folklore compiled by M. Telen, including stories about characters such as Bingpu, Achik, and Nempi, and descriptions of taboos.
Date: 1993
Creator: Telen, M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of India in Garo. Ninth edition. (open access)

History of India in Garo. Ninth edition.

Book about Indian history used to teach middle school including 53 lessons and a timeline of major leaders spanning 1740-1982.
Date: 1990
Creator: Momin, K. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of Assam in Garo. First edition. (open access)

History of Assam in Garo. First edition.

Book about the history of Assam used to teach high school covering multiple ethnic groups of Assam, neighboring states, and the British government.
Date: 1952
Creator: Momin, K. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of Assam in Garo. Second edition. (open access)

History of Assam in Garo. Second edition.

Book about the history of Assam used to teach high school covering multiple ethnic groups of Assam, neighboring states, and the British government.
Date: 1954
Creator: Momin, K. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sadhu Sundar Singh (open access)

Sadhu Sundar Singh

Biography about the Christian missionary Sadhu Sundar Singh including Bible excerpts.
Date: 1967
Creator: Parker, Arthur
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Cultural and Linguistic Aspects of the Garos (open access)

Some Cultural and Linguistic Aspects of the Garos

Book about the historical and social development of Garos over time focusing on religion and cultural practices with photographs and a short linguistic description of Garo including a list of cognates between Garo and Assamese with English glosses.
Date: January 1958
Creator: Choudhury, Bhupendranath N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oxford Pamphlets on Indian Affairs, Number 14, The Aboriginals (open access)

Oxford Pamphlets on Indian Affairs, Number 14, The Aboriginals

Book about the historical, economic, and social development of tribes in India from a Western anthropologist's perspective focusing the impact of Christian missionaries on religion and cultural practices.
Date: November 1944
Creator: Elwin, Verrier
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Garo Law (open access)

The Garo Law

Book about Garo customary laws related to inheritance, marriage, death, family and clan structures, naming conventions, and village administration. Includes case studies demonstrating laws and indices.
Date: 1952
Creator: Marak, Jobang D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annotated Texts of the Languages of the Barak Valley: Thadou, Saihriem, Hrangkhol, Ranglong (open access)

Annotated Texts of the Languages of the Barak Valley: Thadou, Saihriem, Hrangkhol, Ranglong

This inaugural volume of the CoRSAL Occasional Publications is a collection of traditional and personal texts in Thadou, Saihriem, Hrangkhol, and Ranglong, four languages of the Barak Valley region of Northeast India. The narratives were collected, transcribed, and translated by Dr. Pauthang Haokip, who is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India and a member of the Thadou community. This text collection includes grammatical analysis presented in the form of interlinear glossing and accompanied by audio recordings in the Languages of the Barak Valley collection in the Computational Resources of South Asian Languages archive. The collection will be of lasting interest to historical, comparative, and typological linguists, as well as speakers connecting or reconnecting with cultural and linguistic traditions.
Date: 2021
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang; Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi; Burke, Mary & Heaton, Marty
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gôdan rodai (open access)

Gôdan rodai

Translation of the New Testament books of the Bible into Boro in roman script, including a table of contents.
Date: 1972
Creator: The Bible Society of India
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Puo Kekhrie (open access)

A Puo Kekhrie

Book of 8 chapters in Angami Naga about cultural traditions such as rituals and festivals.
Date: 1992
Creator: Shürhozelie, Liezietsu
System: The UNT Digital Library