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Retelling of A Witch and a King captions transcript

Retelling of A Witch and a King

Recording of Mahida Murad reciting "A Witch and A King," a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: July 30, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of a traditional house in Danyor village captions transcript

Description of a traditional house in Danyor village

Recording of Muhib Uddin Hunzai, a speaker of Hunza Burushaski from Gilgit, describing a traditional house of Hunza. The recording was made in Danyor, a small village near Gilgit town.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a traditional song captions transcript

Performance of a traditional song

Recording of musicians from Hundur singing a traditional song in Yasin Burushaski.
Date: July 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about a song entitled "Hashki" captions transcript

Discussion about a song entitled "Hashki"

Recording of Wazir Shafi discussing the song "Hashki" in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about the Burushaski documentation project captions transcript

Discussion about the Burushaski documentation project

Recording of Muhammad Wazir Khan and friends in Hundur, a village in the Yasin valley, discussing the objectives of the Burushaski language documentation project.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a song entitled "Ajo Akhosh" captions transcript

Performance of a song entitled "Ajo Akhosh"

Video recording of Mehboob Jan Yasini reciting a song entitled "Ajo Khon" (meaning 'very far') in the Yasin dialect.
Date: July 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a group ritual by Shah Rahim and friends captions transcript

Performance of a group ritual by Shah Rahim and friends

Recording of Shah Rahim and friends performing a ritual group performance in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Sakhi captions transcript

Retelling of Sakhi

Recording of Baqad, a carpenter, reciting "Sakhi," a popular story in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski. He is 76 at the time of the recording.
Date: July 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Torti and Potorti captions transcript

Retelling of Torti and Potorti

Recording of Muhammad Wazir Khan ("Wazir Shafi") reciting the story entitled "Torti Potorti," a popular children's story in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski. The story is about two sisters, Torti and Potorti.
Date: July 29, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Boddi Buddaari captions transcript

Retelling of Boddi Buddaari

Recording of Muhammad Wazir Khan ("Wazir Shafi") reciting "Bodi Budari," a popular story in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: July 29, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a song entitled "Thosh Hallal" captions transcript

Performance of a song entitled "Thosh Hallal"

Recording of a group of musicians and artists from Hundur performing a traditional song entitled "Thosh Hallal" in Yasin Burushaski.
Date: July 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Choke Minas captions transcript

Retelling of Choke Minas

Recording of Wazir Shafi reciting "Choke Minas," a popular story in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: July 29, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about Burusho culture captions transcript

Conversation about Burusho culture

Recording of Shah Rahim discussing Burusho culture with his friends in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a song entitled "Begham Gutshare" captions transcript

Performance of a song entitled "Begham Gutshare"

Recording of a song in Yasin dialect.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on Burusho culture captions transcript

Monologue on Burusho culture

Recording of Zar Nigar (Gismali Nigar) narrating an account on Burusho culture in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on musical instruments captions transcript

Monologue on musical instruments

Recording of Yasin Burushos from Hundur talking about musical instruments used in Yasin.
Date: July 26, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Video recording of traditional chanting in Yasin Burushaski captions transcript

Video recording of traditional chanting in Yasin Burushaski

Video of Farman Khan reciting some traditional celebratory chanting in Yasin Burushaski.
Date: July 27, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of a traditional Burusho house captions transcript

Description of a traditional Burusho house

Video of Muhibuddin describing (in Urdu) a traditional Burusho house in the village Sultanabad, Gilgit.
Date: July 31, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion on Lamkang Orthography and grammar issues at Thamlakhuren village

Recording of discussion on Lamkang grammar and orthography between Daniel Tholung, Tholung Swamy Ksen, and Sumshot Khular at Thamlakhuren village.
Date: July 2, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation with farmworkers at the paddy field

This is a short video recording of a conversation at Aquil Ahmad's paddy field back in 2016, where the researcher, along with the farm laborers, is transplanting rice saplings. Aquil Ahmad records the activity, and in the meanwhile, one of the workers notices him and tells him to look at what his grandson is doing. Aquil replied to let him do and learn! Then he asks her whether those yellow turned saplings would also take roots.
Date: July 16, 2016
Creator: Ahmad, Aquil
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a song about Thaluan (Tharon) village

The song describes the beauty of Thaluan village. It says outsiders throng in the village when autumn arrives. The village is a land of abundance.
Date: July 7, 2019
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a song of lamentation

This is a song of lamentation after the village was raided by people from the plains. The singer was outraged, but again he wondered if he goes away to take revenge, his beloved might change her mind. So he gave up the thought of revenge and call on his beloved to leave the village and go to a land where one doesn't have to labor to eat.
Date: July 7, 2019
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a song of advice to a village damsel

This is a song of advice to village damsel not to marry outside the village. The young woman was reminded that her village is better than other villages and she should marry someone from the village.
Date: July 7, 2019
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a song of a mother mourning her daughter's death

This song talks about a mother who loved her daughter very much. The mother provided everything for her daughter, but the daughter was married off a man not of her choice. Unfortunately, the daughter died young and the mother mourned for her.
Date: July 7, 2019
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
System: The UNT Digital Library