Transcription: Traditional story about the Squirrel (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Squirrel

Transcription of a retelling of Theipaa paomin (the Squirrel Story), as told by Bunghon Sankhil of Keithelmanbi Lamkang village in Chandel District Manipur.
Date: June 18, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about medicinal plants in a Thamlakhuren garden captions transcript

Conversation about medicinal plants in a Thamlakhuren garden

Shobhana Chelliah and Sumshot Khular walk around Sankhil Donnu's yard to learn about plants and their medicinal uses. Edible vegetables are also used as medicinal for many plants and herbs.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about making Dap- Lamkang traditional trays for drying things captions transcript

Conversation about making Dap- Lamkang traditional trays for drying things

Swamy Tholung Ksen describes to with Shobhana Chelliah, Sumshot Khular, and David Peterson how traditional bamboo and cane trays, known as Dap, are made. This was taken in Thamlapokpi village, in Chandel district of Manipur.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about recording a narrative with Shangchrek Jangvei at Thamlapokpi captions transcript

Conversation about recording a narrative with Shangchrek Jangvei at Thamlapokpi

Here we are setting up the microphone and getting the speaker, Shangchrek Tholung (married to Jangvei), comfortable. She converses with Sumshot Khular who is off camera and is giving her instructions on what to say. The recording was done in Swamy Ksen's house in Thamlapokpi with David Peterson and Shobhana Chelliah in attendance.
Date: 2016
Creator: Tholung, Shangchrek
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about a work house captions transcript

Conversation about a work house

A visit by Sumshot Khular, David Peterson, and Shobhana Chelliah to the work house attached to Swamy Tholung's house in Thamlapokpi, Chandel.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sankhil Khungwar singing Lamloon laa, Tangsaa Ruul ong mang nge at Thamlapokpi. captions transcript

Sankhil Khungwar singing Lamloon laa, Tangsaa Ruul ong mang nge at Thamlapokpi.

Mrs.Sankhil Khungwar singing first a song of Lamloon laa in the first part. In the second part of the recording Mr. Swamy Tholung Ksen tells a well-known traditional narrative of Arthluuk le' Raangchel.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Speech given at LNBA Fellowship meeting

Recording of a speech by Joy Tholung at the LNBA Fellowship at Thamlapokpi Village in Chandel District.
Date: January 30, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of inclusive and exclusive conjugations

Shobhana Chelliah and David Peterson lead discussion of verb conjugations with Daniel Tholung, Shekarnong Sankhil, and Sumshot Khular at Thamlakhuren Village.
Date: February 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about Raapa

Recording of the Raapa Story by Stephon Sankhil. A tiger, angry at being duped by Koreng, eats him. Koreng's sisters vow to marry whoever kills the tiger, and the only one able to do it is Raapa. Jealous, the other men conspire to kill Raapa, but he survives two attempts and tricks them so that they drown. In the end Koreng's sisters kill Raapa.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of names and descriptions of vegetation in a kitchen garden

Recording of Sumshot Khular and Donnu Sankhil naming and describing various plants and vegetables in Thamlakhuren. She describes how they are plucked and used as medicine and also a food items.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about a work house

A visit to Swamy Tholung's house and work area. Here the family keeps a loom, various traditional baskets, and grain.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Ong Mang ngo-Lamloon Laa and retelling of Arthluuk Leh Raangchel

Recording of Sankhil Khungwar Rengtingnu singing lamloon laa ong mang ngo at Thamlapokpi village. In the second part Swamy Tholung Ksen tells the story of Arthluuk leh Raangchel. This story has some significance on the relationship between the Lamkangs and the English.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang Speakers During an Orthography Workshop

Photograph of Lamkang speakers discussion and elicitation of words and sentences during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam 2016.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang speakers posing for picture during the Lamkang Orthography workshop at Don Bosco Institute

Lamkang speakers posing for picture during the break time during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang Orthography workshop at Don Bosco Institute

Swamy explaining the Lamkang word meanings in the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shobhana Chelliah working on Lamkang text during the Lamkang Orthography Workshop

Photograph of Shobhana Chelliah working on a Lamkang text during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang speakers and a Meitei speaker in the Lamkang Orthography workshop at Don Bosco Institute

Lamkang speakers along with a Meitei speaker posing for picture during the Lamkang Orthography workshop at Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytic discussion of Escape of the Younger Brother

Recording of analytical discussion of the story of Lamkang with Khungdon Donnu Sankhil and Rengpu Rex Khullar with Shobhana Chelliah.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tholung Swamy Ksen and Harimohon Singh at the Independence Day celebration

A photograph of Tholung Swamy Ksen and Harimohon Singh at the Independence Day celebration in Don Bosco Institute, during the Lamkang Orthography workshop at DBI Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion of the Lamkang language with the speakers at the Lamkang orthography workshop

Harimohon Thounaujam discussing words and sentences with the Lamkang speakers during the Lamkang orthography workshop at the Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tholung Swamy Ksen working during the Lamkang Orthography workshop

Photograph of a Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of directionals and demonstratives

Recording of Shobhana Chelliah eliciting directional and demonstratives. With Donnu Sankhil, Tholung Swamy Ksen, and Sumshot Khular at Thamlakhuren village.
Date: January 21, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Donnu Sankhil and Rengpu Rex Khullar at Don Bosco Institute, Assam, India.

Photograph of Rengpu Rex Khullar and Donnu Sankhil at a Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about Uitokpaa and Useen

Recording of Donnu Sankhil telling the story of Uitokpaa and Useen. How the days were being formed. The song of a widow whose house stood alone after all the houses of the villagers sank underground.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library