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Mithun kept in preparation for feast

Photograph of a special Sildak (mithun) kept ready for Columbus Khular's wedding feast of Kongpe Aibul village taken during the visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India. Sildak is a prized animal known for its meat, used in several rituals, ceremonies and festivities like Totlang K'am, Marriages, death and wedding ceremonies and other festivities.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mustard leaves, mango tree and hisbicus garden

Photograph of mustard leaves, a mango tree and a hibiscus garden wall at Sankhil Shetphong's garden in Thamlapokpi village during a visit with the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of research trip to Manipur

Photograph of MA student Mary Burke at the Manipur Institute of Technology, Imphal. The research team (Shobhana Chelliah, Mark Phillips, Mary Burke) gave presentations to students at MIT about the digital library and about connections between language technologies and computer science.
Date: 2018
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

A purple sweet potato from Tony Khular's garden

A purple sweet potatoes from Tony Khular' s garden in Thamlakhuren village. Sweet potatoes are grown widely in the Lamkang community and is consumed in the homes and some families sell them for subsistence income too. This picture is taken during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel district, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Raa aryung mbul a yam like edible roots

A raa aryung, a root of yam, ready to be planted. Taken during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Raa aryung mbul from Tony Khular's garden

A raa aryung, a root of yam, ready to be planted at Thamlakhuren village taken during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Raa Baal Korkaai ready for planting at Thamlakhuren village,Chandel, Manipur.

A pile of roots Raa, Baal and Korkaai yellow, purple ready for planting kept at Tony Khular' s house at Thamlakhuren village during a visit with the Lamkang in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Raa ready for planting at Thamlakhuren village, Chandel district, Manipur.

A root of Raa ready for planting kept at Tony Khular' s house at Thamlakhuren village during a visit with the Lamkang in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shangchrek Jangvei of Thamlapokpi showing a bean called yangthing

Photograph of a yangthing a bean shown by Shangchrek Jangvei at Thamlapokpi village which can be eaten raw. When ripened it can be cooked to eat, a picture taken in 2018 during the visit to the Lamkang in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sheltoi Sankhil retelling a story

Sankhil, Sheltoi Thamlapokpi village retelling a story in Lamkang in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

A short biograph of Shethon Sankhil of Thamlakhuren.

Photograph of a short biograph of Shethon Sankhil from the book he had written called a Short History of the Lamkangs a booklet presented to Shobhana Chelliah during her visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Short History of the Lamkang by Sankhil Shethon

A booklet named a Short History of the Lamkang, written by Sankhil Shethon, dedicated to his late mother Leivon Tochek of Challong-Thamlapokpi village. A copy presented to Shobhana Chelliah during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Sankhil, Shethon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sticky rice called Kthaai Kvom cooked in bamboo sticks

Kthaai kvom a traditionally grown purple sticky rice cooked in bamboo sticks at Thamlakhuren village at Tony Khular' s house during a visit with the Lamkang in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sticky Rice Kthaai cooked in Bamboo at Thamlakhuren village

Photograph of a sticky rice cooked in bamboo sticks ready to be eaten at Tony Khular' s residence Thamlakhuren village during a to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Suluu and Saatee- Gooseberry and Cinnamon at Tony Khular's house Thamlakhuren

Photograph of a Suluu a gooseberry and cinnamon being dried at Tony Khular 's house at Thamlakhuren village during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India. Gooseberry and cinnamon are found in wild in the Lamkang areas and the Lamkangs used the gooseberry as fruit and cinnamon is in cooking and for subsistence income too.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sun drying of Pyuul at Thamlakhuren village

A sun drying of Pyuul a vegetable at Thamlakhuren village during a visit with the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

View from Mantri Pantha church building

View from Mantri Pantha church building of the surrounding area during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

View from Mantri Pantha village from the church building construction hillock

A view from new Mantri Pantha Church building during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

View of Mantri Pantha village from the church building construction site

A view of Mantri Pantha village from the new church building hillock during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

White and purple sweet potatoes from a home garden

A white and purple sweet potatoes from Tony Khular' s garden in Thamlakhuren village. Sweet potatoes are grown widely in the Lamkang community and is consumed in the homes and some families sell them for subsistence income too. This picture is taken during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel district, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

A white sweet potato from Tony Khular' s garden Thamlakhuren Village, Chandel District, Manipur, India.

A white sweet potatoes from Tony Khular' s garden in Thamlakhuren village. Sweet potatoes are grown widely in the Lamkang community and is consumed in the homes and some families sell them for subsistence income too. This picture is taken during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel district, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of gemination in a frame sentence

Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with gemination in a frame sentence with Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant uttered in the frame 'ava ___=a ktxhaa ktxhaa', meaning 'that ___ is nice/beautiful' to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of names with VC VC sequences

Sumshot Khular reads a list of names along with the agentive marker -ngi.
Date: November 6, 2017
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of tone in compound words transcript

Elicitation of tone in compound words

Sumshot Khular works with Berwyn Chong to collect compounds to study tone sandhi in these forms. The elicitation was done as part of a class project for Phonology at UNT in Fall 2017.
Date: October 27, 2017
Creator: Chong, Berwyn
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library