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Discussion about names of months in Lamkang

Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, and Daniel Tholung of Thamlakhuren discuss the names of the months in Lamkang. He explains how some of the months were named differently by the Lamkang Council, which he finds incorrect and wants them to make corrections. He shares the different names given by people from different villages like the Mantri Pantha, which is different to what he knew. He shares how he requested the Lamkang Kver Kunpun to make the necessary corrections for future purposes. This was recorded during the Seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs.
Date: January 2, 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion on Lamkang Orthography and grammar issues at Thamlakhuren village

Recording of discussion on Lamkang grammar and orthography between Daniel Tholung, Tholung Swamy Ksen, and Sumshot Khular at Thamlakhuren village.
Date: July 2, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion about names of months

A discussion of the names of the months in Lamkang with Thamnung Sankhil Tholungnu of Thamlakhuren, for example how in the month of Purdun, the cows came home from the jungle. They were discussing how some say or name them differently in some cases. Later they discuss the elders from different villages trying to see who is from which village.
Date: January 2, 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

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
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retellings of traditional narratives by elders

Shangchrek Tholung narrated the Raalngam story, Arthluk and Raangchal. The second story of Raapaa by Shetphong Sankhil. The third story by Swamy Tholung Ksen the story Arthluk and Raangchal.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about Raapa

A traditional folktale of Raapaa as told by Shetphong Sankhil at Thamlapokpi village in Chandel district, Manipur, India. Raapaa is a poor honest boy who killed the tiger. The best shooters tried killing the tiger but the poor Raapaa who shot the tiger with his grandmothers payaai and kling Khuu, which is a weaving implement, not an arrow, as he cannot afford to own an arrow and bow.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion of plants and their uses

Sumshot Khular and Anudon Sankhil talk to Shobhana in their garden about uses of plants growing around the garden. The leaves used for wrapping and packing food packs in the Lamkang culture called Nthil arnaa. The uses of banana leaves, base, stem and fruits and its health benefits.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about Raapa

Recording of the Raapa Story by Stephon Sankhil. A tiger, angry at being duped by Koreng, eats him. Koreng's sisters vow to marry whoever kills the tiger, and the only one able to do it is Raapa. Jealous, the other men conspire to kill Raapa, but he survives two attempts and tricks them so that they drown. In the end Koreng's sisters kill Raapa.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of names and descriptions of vegetation in a kitchen garden

Recording of Sumshot Khular and Donnu Sankhil naming and describing various plants and vegetables in Thamlakhuren. She describes how they are plucked and used as medicine and also a food items.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about a work house

A visit to Swamy Tholung's house and work area. Here the family keeps a loom, various traditional baskets, and grain.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Ong Mang ngo-Lamloon Laa and retelling of Arthluuk Leh Raangchel

Recording of Sankhil Khungwar Rengtingnu singing lamloon laa ong mang ngo at Thamlapokpi village. In the second part Swamy Tholung Ksen tells the story of Arthluuk leh Raangchel. This story has some significance on the relationship between the Lamkangs and the English.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the United States' relationship with India as it relates to nuclear arsenals and nuclear nonproliferation policies. The report includes background information on India's nuclear history and nuclear weapons-specific U.S. legislation.
Date: October 2, 2008
Creator: Kerr, Paul K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tidal wave subs] (open access)

[News Script: Tidal wave subs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: November 2, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: India] (open access)

[News Script: India]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: November 2, 1971, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: AP New Delhi] (open access)

[News Script: AP New Delhi]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 2, 1971, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional narrative about the boatman

This is a folktale about the boatman. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: March 2, 2010
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional narrative about a lazy husband

This is a folktale about the lazy husband. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: March 2, 2010
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional narrative about the fortune teller

This is a folktale about a fortune teller. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: March 2, 2010
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional narrative about the widow sister

This is a folk tale about the widow sister. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: March 2, 2010
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation on verb stem alternation

Elicitation on verb stem alternation. Recorded in Old Bagbahar.
Date: June 2, 2023
Creator: Saikia, Anujeema
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation on verb stem alternation

Elicitation on verb stem alternation. Recorded in Old Bagbahar.
Date: May 2, 2023
Creator: Saikia, Anujeema
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation on verb stem alternation

Elicitation on verb stem alternation. Recorded in Old Bagbahar.
Date: June 2, 2023
Creator: Saikia, Anujeema
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about Assam floods

Bimal Daimary is a school principal with an MA education who speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Assamese in addition to Boro, 56 years old at the time of recording. He recalls the road conditions of his childhood. He recalls an incident in which he and his father fell into the Buriyoti River. He claims that because his house was near the hills, a lot of crops were ruined due to the sand that covered their crops. Recorded in Gogamukh, Rangpuriya.
Date: September 2, 2022
Creator: Sonowal, Ria
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library