Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling.

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling.

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling. Other family members are talking in the background.

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling.

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling. This part features the greetings and opening of the recorded letter.

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.

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.

Recording of a song performed by a group of family members about old Mizo village life. The song was written by Thangi's grandfather with parts for guitar and drum.

Recording of a Mizo child, age 6, beating on drum and singing.

Recording of the hymn "Bless this house" (originally written in English) sung in Mizo.

Recording of Biaki updating their family members on what has happened in the family while they've been traveling, and how the cousins are doing.

Recording of a personal letter to Thangi's sister who is traveling.

Recording of Thangpuii, Lalnunthangi Chhangte's paternal grandmother, describing her husband and his family. She tells what she can remember about his childhood.

Recording of Thangpuii, Lalnunthangi Chhangte's paternal grandmother, describing her husband and his family.

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.

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.

Discussion and comparison of two Mizo dialects: the northern and southern dialect. For example, "in the north we say X, and in the south we say Y." The male speaker is from the south, and the female speaker is from the north.

Recording of a group discussion about someone who had been sick in the family. Thangpuii talks about feeling bad about getting sick and causing trouble for the family, and the other family members reassure her that she hasn't caused any trouble and there are plenty of people to take care of her. There is also informal background conversation on the recording.

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling, made in Aizawl village.

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.

Recording of visitors discussing the local church and history.

Recording of informal conversation when friends come to visit Thangpuii

Recording of informal conversation in a family home.

Recording of a conversation with a child.