Personal narrative about Buddha Gaya, part 2

Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She describes her pilgrimage to Buddha Gaya, a Buddhist temple in Bihar, India. They stayed in the way in the open fields on their way to Buddha Gaya by truck. Others took Ngultrum 700 for their trip to Buddha Gaya. From Trashigang district, they took a Bhutanese truck through Rangiya, Hasimara, and Siliguri on the way.
Date: May 29, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of Nak Chö rituals

The speaker describes the Nak Chö ritual practiced by their ancestors on the maternal side. They raise a pig for a year in the name of their parental deity. When the time for the ritual comes, they carry the pig to Kudung village in Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India and sacrifice it. They stopped practicing the pig sacrifice ritual when their grandmother pass away.
Date: May 29, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about Buddha Gaya, part 1

Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She describes her pilgrimage to Buddha Gaya, a Buddhist temple in Bihar, India. First, she walked to Trashigang, in the middle of Trashigang Dzong courtyard. From Trashigang she took a truck. She says that almost all the elders in her village went together and almost all of them died, except for 6 of them. It took them a week to reach Buddha Gaya. They took their rations and cooked using firewood. The glaring difference she discusses is that now, there is no fencing around the Bodhi tree. They were allowed to get inside the Mahabodhi temple without any trouble. They did inner circulation on the second floor of Mahabodhi temple, which is impossible now.
Date: May 29, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Baadil Jamaal transcript

Retelling of Baadil Jamaal

Recording of Laila Khan reciting "Baadil Jamaal," a popular story for the Burushos. The recording was done in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: May 29, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about Burushaski names of months transcript

Conversation about Burushaski names of months

Recording of Laila Khanum discussing the names of the months in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: May 29, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on Misgar Valley transcript

Monologue on Misgar Valley

A recording of Pari Nimo reciting a Historical narrative and poem about the Misgar valley in the Hunza dialect. “Misgar Valley” explains a little bit about who came to Misgar from Baltit.
Date: May 29, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of situational jokes transcript

Performance of situational jokes

Recording of Laila Khan reciting a series of situational jokes in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: May 29, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of A Black and White Thread Ball transcript

Retelling of A Black and White Thread Ball

A reciting of "A Black and White Thread Ball" by Laila Khan, a housewife, in the Hunza dialect. In this popular story a young shepherd abandons his duties in order to court a girl who was born out of gold and silver to poor parents.
Date: May 29, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library