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Traditional narrative about Bamkala and Nsokle
This is a creation narrative about a king called Bamkala (also called Bangala) who transformed himself into python and slept with his wife. The narrator is from Rienta village.
Date:
January 24, 2022
Creator:
Mataina, Wichamdinbo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the traditional story 'Tasen nou kathiubo racham'
The folk tale is about a girl who married a python and became rich. Following this girl, other parents attempted to marry their daughter to a wild python, but were met with a tragedy. The narrator of the story is from Tedlong village.
Date:
January 13, 2022
Creator:
Mataina, Wichamdinbo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the traditional story 'Chibo nai Chakui racham'
This folk tale is about how humans and animals talk to each other. The story is between Chibo and Chakuipiu ‘lion’ where they try to kill each other.
Date:
January 2, 2022
Creator:
Mataina, Wichamdinbo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the traditional story 'Nnanah racham'
This folk tale is about a girl who went to the farm and was followed by a ghost.
Date:
January 2, 2022
Creator:
Mataina, Wichamdinbo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interview about health practices
This is an interview about traditional health practices in the Lai community. The interviewee, born in 1975, is originally from Falam and speaks Hakha and Kawl. Interviews were collected as part of the Linguistically Underserved Communities and Health (LUCAH) project, which aims to make health information more accessible and culturally relevant for the Chin refugee community in order to ensure that they are getting clear and accurate information.
Date:
January 29, 2021
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interview about health practices
This is an interview about traditional health practices in the Lai community. The interviewee, born in 1988, is originally from Thantlang and speaks Kawl, Mirang, and Hakha. Interviews were collected as part of the Linguistically Underserved Communities and Health (LUCAH) project, which aims to make health information more accessible and culturally relevant for the Chin refugee community in order to ensure that they are getting clear and accurate information.
Date:
January 26, 2021
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interview about health practices
This is an interview about traditional health practices in the Lai community. The interviewee is originally from Leitak and speaks Leitak and Hakha. Interviews were collected as part of the Linguistically Underserved Communities and Health (LUCAH) project, which aims to make health information more accessible and culturally relevant for the Chin refugee community in order to ensure that they are getting clear and accurate information.
Date:
January 20, 2021
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interview about health practices
This is an interview about traditional health practices in the Lai community. The interviewee is originally from Khuabung. Interviews were collected as part of the Linguistically Underserved Communities and Health (LUCAH) project, which aims to make health information more accessible and culturally relevant for the Chin refugee community in order to ensure that they are getting clear and accurate information.
Date:
January 20, 2021
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of names of insects
Recording of an elicitation of words for insects, etc. The native speaker consultant, Aurangzeb, provides the English prompt while both Aurangzeb and Mohammad Suleman provide the Mankiyali singular and plural forms. Muhammad Suleman is a male teacher who is 36 years old at the time of recording.
Date:
January 17, 2021
Creator:
Aurangzeb
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Special Episode: Denton Black Film Festival 2021 with Harry & Linda Eaddy
Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Harry Eaddy, Director of the Denton Black Film Festival, and Linda Eaddy, the festival's Director of Film Programming. Susan and the Eaddys discuss the history of the Denton Black Film Festival, and the conversion of the festival to a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Date:
January 13, 2021
Creator:
University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dewey Holden, January 8, 2021
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Dewey A. Holden. Holden joined the Navy Coast Guard on December 15, 1941. He was stationed in Mobile, Alabama and served aboard the HMS Larkspur (K82). In 1942, he was assigned to bosun mate training at Manhattan Beach, New York. Later, Holden was assigned to Picket Boat #3836 in New Orleans, LA. He transported bar pilots and ship supplies from the Gulf of Mexico up through the Mississippi River to stations located in Southwest Pass and South Pass. He speaks of the activity and threat of German submarines in this area during late 1942. He continued this service throughout the war, and was discharged on October 26, 1945.
Date:
January 8, 2021
Creator:
Holden, Dewey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dietrich Braun, January 1, 2021
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Dietrich Braun. Braun was born in Germany in 1932 and resided there during the war. He tells of housing and shortages during the war years. At age six, Braun was recruited into the Hitler Youth. At the conclusion of the war, his father, a German Rocket scientist, was selected to be a part of Operation Paperclip, a secret United States intelligence program that brought him to the United States. In November of 1946, Braun and his remaining family were smuggled into the US, aboard USNS Henry Gibbins (T-AP-183), to join his father at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base through 1951.
Date:
January 1, 2021
Creator:
Braun, Dietrich
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conversation in Mande village of Azamgarh
This is a conversation between four-five people. Maaz — accompanied by his father — visits his (late) paternal grandmother’s ancestral home in Mande village. His father and his grandmother’s sister-in-law have a conversation which was joined by her relatives too. Maaz finds the conversation quite interesting and decides to record it. It ranges from a discussion on the modern age and its issues on family members, religion, current issues, politics, etc.
Date:
January 31, 2020
Creator:
Shaikh, Maaz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on Mande village
This is a monologue on Mande village by Master Mohammad Khalid. The narrative is in the Northern (Mande) dialect of Azamgarhi. Frequent code-switching to Urdu can be easily heard even when pointed out to speak in the local language by the researcher in the beginning part of the recording.
Date:
January 31, 2020
Creator:
Shaikh, Maaz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on Naushad
This is a personal narrative about an incident of the childhood time of Naushad Shaikh, the paternal uncle of the researcher, in Mandē village of Azamgarh.
Date:
January 31, 2020
Creator:
Shaikh, Maaz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a joke
This is a recording of Mr. Anwar reciting a joke on the wit of an Indian involved in an argument with an American and a Russian.
Date:
January 31, 2020
Creator:
Shaikh, Maaz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative of Mohammad Khalid
This is a personal narrative of the life of the speaker Mohammad Khalid. The narrative is in the Northern (Mandē) dialect of Azamgarhi with some code-switching to Urdu.
Date:
January 31, 2020
Creator:
Shaikh, Maaz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
This is a retelling of one of the stories on Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the eleventh and last king of the Awadh Kingdom. Wajid Ali Shah was widely regarded as a debauched and detached ruler, and this story highlights the point.
Date:
January 31, 2020
Creator:
Shaikh, Maaz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Story of a couple
This is a story of a husband and wife who once had so little flour left in their house that only three chapatis could be made. The husband says that he will eat two chapatis, and the wife too says the same. A heated exchange took place between them, but they finally agreed that whoever speaks first will eat just one chapati while the other one, two. They lie down and silently stare at each other, and three days pass like this. The villagers, thinking of them being dead, go to their house, wrap them in a shroud and take them to the crematory. At last, the husband says to the wife, okay two chapatis for you!
Date:
January 31, 2020
Creator:
Shaikh, Maaz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Story of a king and three sisters
This is a story about a king who once takes a walk in his kingdom to check if everyone there is pleased with him. He finds three sisters wishing that if they marry the royal cook, the vizier, and the king, their lives will change forever. This happens, and the king marries the younger sister. She gives birth to a child whom the elder sister replaces with a kitten and leaves him flowing in the river. This happens thrice. The children were found by a gardener who brings them up very well. The story, which is in the Northern (Mandē) dialect with some instances of code-switching to Urdu, continues further.
Date:
January 31, 2020
Creator:
Shaikh, Maaz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Story of Master Sahib
This is a story of a teacher who once — while teaching his students — says, “I have made you human from donkey by beating, but you don’t understand.” A washerman who had no children passes by and hears this. He then approaches the teacher and pleads with him to turn a donkey into a son for his sake. The teacher agrees to this and asked him to return after six months. The washerman returns after six months and asks for his son. The teacher replies that he taught and trained him so much that he became a judge at the Allahabad High Court. The washerman then visits the court, and the story continues.
Date:
January 31, 2020
Creator:
Shaikh, Maaz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation in Ladhuwāī̃ village
This is a conversation initially between Munni, her sister, Maaz, and his uncle when they visit her home in Ladhuwāī̃ village. Munni is the wife of Naushad, who has worked with the Maaz’s family for several decades. After a while, Mr. Naushad arrives, and he too joins the conversation.
Date:
January 29, 2020
Creator:
Shaikh, Maaz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation with Shahida Bano about changing times, language, Sonwārā village, and relatives
This is a conversation between four people in Sonwārā, the researcher’s village. Maaz, accompanied by his cousin Noman, visits Shahida Bano to document some folk songs mostly sung on the occasion of marriages. Rehana Bano—the neighbor of Shahida Bano—on noticing some folksongs being sung and recording taking place, joins the gathering at the request of Shahida. Maaz and Noman then ask her to brief them on topics such as changing times, a description of the demography of the village Sonwārā, the languages/ varieties spoken by Muslims and Hindus. Meanwhile, Maaz—on having noticed Shahida’s language to match with Bhojpuri than Azamgarhi—starts records the ongoing conversation. Shahida then extends the conversation to cover family members and some significant events along with some personal narratives. While Shahida Bano talks in Bhojpuri, the other people converse in Azamgarhi.
Date:
January 29, 2020
Creator:
Shaikh, Maaz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Smith, January 29, 2020
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kenneth Smith. Smith joined the Navy and was in boot training when the war ended. After training, he was assigned to USS Rutland (APA-192). He recalls a few anecdotes about being aboard ship, seeing part of Japan and hauling troops home after the war. Smith shares some of his Christian testimony and entered the seminary after returning to college after the war.
Date:
January 29, 2020
Creator:
Smith, Kenneth
System:
The Portal to Texas History