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Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member.
Date: November 20, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member: work, school

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling. This part includes updates on how difficult work and school are at the time.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to C. L. Rema

Recording of a letter to Thangi's parents discussing plans for Christmas.
Date: [1970,1976]
Creator: Hminga, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to Lianzuala

Recording of a personal letter from Liandala to his son Lianzuala who was away studying in the US. The letter describes what is going on with the family, the children, and the farm.
Date: [1970,1976]
Creator: Liandala
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to Lianzuala: songs

Recording of a personal letter from Liandala to his son Lianzuala who was studying in the US. The letter describes what is going on with the family, the children, and the farm. It also includes two songs he composed: one about one of his schools where he worked as a headmaster; the second, called "Brig Thenphunga Sikul", honors the person who provided for the establishment of a new school in Zohnuai, where a school was badly needed.
Date: [1970,1976]
Creator: Liandala
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to Thangi's sister

Recording of a personal letter to Thangi's sister who is traveling.
Date: November 13, 1985
Creator: Zaithangliana
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue about a father

Recording of a Mizo speaker talking about their father.
Date: [1970,1976]
Creator: Hminga, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member, cont'd.

Recording of Lalnunthangi Chhangte's family friend contributing to the letter to a traveling family member.
Date: [1970,1976]
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member: greetings

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling. This part features the greetings and opening of the recorded letter.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member: jokes

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling which includes jokes in the style of stories. One story is about a man selling his rice on the black market to secretly get money and buy alcohol, even though he lives by himself and doesn't need to hide his drinking from anybody.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Lalawia
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member: raising children

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling, made in Aizawl village. This part has instructions and advice to parents on the children's upbringing.
Date: [1975,1979]
Creator: Rema, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue on family members

Recording of Thangpuii, Lalnunthangi Chhangte's paternal grandmother, describing her husband and his family. She tells what she can remember about his childhood.
Date: November 1985
Creator: Thangpuii
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue on family members

Recording of Thangpuii, Lalnunthangi Chhangte's paternal grandmother, describing her husband and his family.
Date: November 1985
Creator: Thangpuii
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of John 11:11 in song

Recording of John 11:11 translated into Mizo. Liandala is singing the translation to a melody that he composed.
Date: [1970,1976]
Creator: Hminga, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of songs and the Mizo alphabet

Recording of children singing and reciting the alphabet.
Date: [1970,1986]
Creator: Hminga, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a song by a Mizo child

Recording of a Mizo child, age 6, beating on drum and singing.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of hymns

Recording of Pi Berhi singing hymns. Another Mizo speaker can be heard on the recording remarking that Pi is singing the hymns wrong.
Date: [1970,1976]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue on a neighbor from Burma

Recording of Thangpuii, Lalnunthangi Chhangte's paternal grandmother, recounting memories from her childhood. When she was younger, a Lai neighbor from Burma had a ceremony that was interesting to her because it was from a different culture. She learned about headhunting, and a war that happened between north and south Mizoram during the mid-1800s. She says people go to war because they believe whoever you kill in life becomes your slave in the afterlife. Finally, she discusses getting married to her husband.
Date: November 20, 1985
Creator: Thangpuii
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Lalruali
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue on childhood in Mizoram

Recording of Thangpuii, Lalnunthangi Chhangte's paternal grandmother, describing her childhood in Mizoram, including the clothing she wore, her siblings, and how she resembled her parents.
Date: November 20, 1985
Creator: Thangpuii
System: The UNT Digital Library

Recording of a church service

Recording of a church service in Mizoram.
Date: [1970,1986]
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Recording of a radio broadcast

Recording of a radio broadcast including multiple songs.
Date: [1970,1985]
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Lalruanga leh Keichala

Recording a retelling of Lalruanga and Keichala, a traditional narrative about a being that is a tiger (keimi) that can take on human form. This story has several episodes involving magic and mythology.
Date: September 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Liandova and His Brother

Recording of a traditional story about two brothers who are both poor orphans. The story describes their struggles, and how they never had enough food to eat. Later on, they get lucky by finding the insides of a python that the villagers had skinned and cut up. The brothers take the insides to eat, but find valuable gems inside and become rich. The moral of the story is that you should never look down on the poor and the orphans.
Date: September 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library