Thoidingjam Lakshmipriya Devi talks about the Jalakeli. She is the President of the Shree Shree Govinda Jiu Jalakeli Pala. The interview is in Manipuri and in 8 parts: 1) How I came to the Jalakeli 2) My mother Maharaj Kumari Angousana Devi 3) My grandmother Maharani Dhanamanjuri Devi: How she started the Choir of the Daughters-in-Law 4) The Songs of the Choir of the Daughters: The Patronage of the Maharajas 5) How I organize the Jalakeli 6) My aunt Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi: Why she never joined the Jalakeli 7) Where and When the Jalakeli is Offered 8) Remembering their Names: The Invisibility of Women in Manipur's Recorded History The Jalakeli is a HIndu Vaishnav women's performance ritual offered by the two choirs of the Shree Shree Govinda Jiu Jalakeli Pala. The main summer ritual is held every year on Buddha Purnima, the full moon of Kalen (9 May 2017) at the Shree Shree Govindajee Temple of the Royal Palace of Manipur. It is a cycle of songs sung in classical Manipuri sankirtana style by the royal women descendants of Maharaja Narasingh of Manipur (1792-1850). The songs praise Lord Krishna and Lady Radha as they come out to play with …

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Recording of a telling of the Pear Story by Leivon Steney Lamkang in Hyderabad, India.

Photograph of member of the India Venture Fund Group Jane Lorenzen, with fellow members Levi Acord and Janette Klein.

Recording of Melissa Robinson eliciting verb prefixes with the syllable tapping experiment. The recording was done on in Hyderabad as part of the research trip which as part of the University of North Texas India Venture Fund research trip.

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Syllable Tapping Experiment with speaker Dina Sankhil Lamkang and Melissa Robinson as the experimental lead. The experiment was intended to determine speaker intuition about syllable structure in words with multiple prefixes.

Melissa Robinson eliciting minimal pairs with Rengshing Dilbung, Koko at Hyderabad.

Melissa Robinson eliciting compound words with William Shilshi. Recorded at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India.

A conversation about directional words and various other constructions in Lamkang at IIIT-Hyderabad.

Syllable Tapping Experiment with speaker Jessie Sankhil Lamkang and Melissa Robinson as the experimental lead. The experiment was intended to determine speaker intuition about syllable structure in words with multiple prefixes.

Recording of Dina Shankhil Lamkang telling her version of the Pear Story.

Recording of Rengshing Dilbung and William Shilshi's version of The Pear Story, recorded at Hyderabad.

Recording of Ningtamla Jangvei telling her version of the Pear Story. Recorded in Hyderabad.

Recording of Rebecca Leivon Lamkang and Ringdam Shilshi telling their version of The Pear Story. During the India Venture trip to Hyderbad.

Recording of Ringdam Shilshi and Rebecca Leivon Lamkang telling their version of The Pear Story, in Hyderabad.

Recording of William Shilshi telling his version of The Squirrel Story. Theipaa parkhaa ksel paomin.

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Melissa Robinson eliciting minimal pairs with William Shilshi at Hyderabad.

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Three hymns sung during social events and celebrations called "Hangrip Nikdon Kapaa Intha Hungtlung Nikdon", "I will arise and go to my father", "Oh, Akngen Chaak Ka Pthla Kthii", "Kurlo Karman Da Ka'am Dultipaam Thungi", and Vangbak No"

Melissa Robinson eliciting minimal pairs with Angnam Shankhil in Hyderabad.

Transcription of conversation on the origin of clans including the name of clans by Sankhil Angtoi.