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Personal narrative of Mr. Sahngi's son

This is a personal narrative by the son of Sahngi. Sahngi and Mahngi were two brothers who worked on the farms of Sadruddin, Maaz’s great grandfather. Mr. Toofani first introduces Maaz to Mr. Sahngi’s son and his relative and then leaves for work. Mr. Sahngi’s son narrates some incidences of Sadruddin and his contesting of the Pardhānī (village head) elections. He then talks about Maaz’s family members and his relationship with them. After that, he narrates his early adulthood time spent in Delhi, old times in Sonwārā village, and changing times.
Date: November 25, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Historical narrative about the origin of local deity Mata Devi captions transcript

Historical narrative about the origin of local deity Mata Devi

Jiya describes the origins of the local deity, Mata Devi, explaining that Mata Devi is associated with Vrindavan instead of Tibet. Jiya was Mata Devi's oracle for many years. The recording was made at Jiya's home in Chhitkul village where Thola peak can be seen in the background.
Date: November 25, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Historical narrative about trading with Tibet captions transcript

Historical narrative about trading with Tibet

Jiya Lal describes trade with the Tibetans, before the Indo-Chinese war (1962). The recording was made at his home in Chhitkul village.
Date: November 25, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Video recording of a personal narrative of Mr. Sahngi's son

This is a personal narrative by the son of Sahngi. Sahngi and Mahngi were two brothers who worked on the farms of Sadruddin, Maaz’s great grandfather. Mr. Toofani first introduces Maaz to Mr. Sahngi’s son and his relative and then leaves for work. Mr. Sahngi’s son narrates some incidences of Sadruddin and his contesting of the Pardhānī (village head) elections. He then talks about Maaz’s family members and his relationship with them. After that, he narrates his early adulthood time spent in Delhi, old times in Sonwārā village, and changing times.
Date: November 25, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Video
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 1967, is originally from Leitak, and speaks Hakha, Zophei, Kawl, and Mizo. Interviews were collected as part of the Linguistically Under-served 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: November 25, 2020
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jiya Lal's experience as Mata Devi's oracle captions transcript

Jiya Lal's experience as Mata Devi's oracle

Jiya Lal describes his experience as Mata Devi’s Mali (Oracle). The recording was made at his home in Chhitkul village.
Date: November 25, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shiv Bhakti's experience at school and afterwards captions transcript

Shiv Bhakti's experience at school and afterwards

Shiv Bhakti describes how good she was at school and and how she got her current job. The recording was made at her home in Chhitkul village.
Date: November 25, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Sumshot and Kamla Bhasin

Photograph of [buw kupmom] feeding Kamla Bhasin by Sumshot Khular during the month long program organized by SANGAT in Dhulikhel, Nepal. Kamla Bhasin is an Indian developmental feminist activist, poet, author, and social scientist.
Date: November 25, 2009
Creator: Sherpa, Mona
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library