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Letter to a family member: greetings

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling. This part features the greetings and opening of the recorded letter.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member: jokes

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.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Lalawia
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member: work, school

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.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a song about old Mizo life

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.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a song by a Mizo child

Recording of a Mizo child, age 6, beating on drum and singing.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of the song "Bless this House"

Recording of the hymn "Bless this house" (originally written in English) sung in Mizo.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of the song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" transcript

Performance of the song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

Recording of the song Twinkle Twinkle Little Star first in Mizo, then in English.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Staying comfortable, drinking liquor (open access)

Staying comfortable, drinking liquor

Transcription of the song/chant 'shàziqziq e' indicating tone and a metrical analysis of syllables per line. Includes partial translations.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member about Chhingi's daughter, Nutei.
Date: November 20, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member.
Date: November 20, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member.
Date: November 20, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member about when they plan to come home for a visit.
Date: November 20, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue on a neighbor from Burma

Recording of Thangpuii, Lalnunthangi Chhangte's paternal grandmother, recounting memories from her childhood. When she was younger, a Lai neighbor from Burma had a ceremony that was interesting to her because it was from a different culture. She learned about headhunting, and a war that happened between north and south Mizoram during the mid-1800s. She says people go to war because they believe whoever you kill in life becomes your slave in the afterlife. Finally, she discusses getting married to her husband.
Date: November 20, 1985
Creator: Thangpuii
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue on childhood in Mizoram

Recording of Thangpuii, Lalnunthangi Chhangte's paternal grandmother, describing her childhood in Mizoram, including the clothing she wore, her siblings, and how she resembled her parents.
Date: November 20, 1985
Creator: Thangpuii
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation in a family home

Recording of informal conversation in a family home.
Date: November 23, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation in a family home

Recording of informal conversation in a family home.
Date: November 23, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation with a child

Recording of a conversation with an unknown child.
Date: November 23, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling, updating them on the children at home.
Date: November 23, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling.
Date: November 23, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to catch up with a family member who is traveling.
Date: November 23, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of zaikhawm hla

Recording of the Mizos of Tezpur singing in Tezpur, Assam. These songs are in the zaikhawm hla style, which is a group singing style. zai means "to sing", khawm means "together," hla means "song". This type of music is often sung after a big meal or event, such as funerals or Christmas celebrations. People often get up and dance during these performances.
Date: November 23, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue on family members

Recording of Thangpuii, Lalnunthangi Chhangte's paternal grandmother, describing her husband and his family. She tells what she can remember about his childhood.
Date: November 24, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue on family members

Recording of Thangpuii, Lalnunthangi Chhangte's paternal grandmother, describing her husband and his family. She tells what she can remember about his childhood.
Date: November 24, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling Utilization of Planned Information Technology (open access)

Modeling Utilization of Planned Information Technology

Article from the proceedings of the 1998 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium. This article discusses modeling utilization of planned information technology.
Date: November 1998
Creator: Stettheimer, Timothy D. & Cleveland, Ana D., 1943-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library