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Performance of a song about the names of the months

Thamnung Sankhil Tholungnu of Thamlakhuren shares a song about the names of the month in Lamkang. She explains the months of Lamkang, example how in the month of Purdun the cows came home from the jungle. They were discussing how some say or name it differently in some cases. Later they discuss about the elders from different villages trying to see who is from which village.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Archung Yunee Thxaaso

A group of men and women singing and dancing Archung Yunee Thxaaso
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Chuungnii o Txuiva Mrsaal Le

Men and women dance Chuungnii o Txuiva Mrsaal Le, led by elders Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Belun Sankhil of Phaidaam, and Shangwar Dilbung of Khuibung
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Har Khungpaa and Puulraang

A group of men and women singing and dancing to 'Har Khungpaa' and 'Puulraang'.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Har Khuungpaa and Puulraang

Men and women singing and sancing Har Khuungpaa and Puulraang
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Inn ksaa laa

A man sings Inn ksaa laa, a song about building a house,”lumen cheen neh”, Inmun Ksii o” and “inluu ee.” He mentioned how a dog was killed, then he told it has to be demonstrated by killing and also in some places where they cannot afford to kill a dog they will perform it with eggs.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Khujin Laa

This performance features Elders from various villages who are experts in traditional songs, stories and dancers from different villages who are invited to perform at the seminar, including Beshot Thulong of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Shangwar Dilbung of Khuibung. “Khujin Laa” is the song which is sung at the end of the dancing. The song itself talks about the fall of the dusk and as the birds and animals are heeding to their nests and homes and we humans calling the neighbors to go home from the field.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Phairongsaa, Khungphaai, and Simthlei

Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching sings three different songs: Phairongsaa, Khungphaai, and Simthlei. He sings about the Haika village, Aibul responded we are populous and we draw our water from streams dry. Raalveen said we are the border and we fought the war against the enemies. Chkhum boasts about their celebrating the Merit Festival called the Totlang Kam. At dawn they sang Var khuu thleng nge,pyu busuk pva busuk ting-tang. Meikhunu hinni’ktlun nuh.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Puulraang

Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, and Belun Sankhil of Phaidaam sing in praise of Puulraang for its beauty and the relations that they had with the Puulraang, a bird whose feather is used as a decorative item during the cultural traditional dances in Totlang Kam festival or any other festivities in the community.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Reelruu Kardaam

Elders who are experts in traditional songs and young women and men dancers perform the Reelruu Kardaam. Reelruu Dance is a typical dance where the Reelruu, a long bamboo and gourd musical instrument, is played and a special dance is performed with this song. This dance has unique dance steps which only the Lamkangs perform and its one of the old traditional dances that still is unchanged in steps or song. The Reelruul is also very unique, as it is only played by the Lamkangs. This recording was done during Lamkang Naga Kurchuknao Kunpun (LNKK) seminar at Charangching Village.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Reelruu Kardaam

Elders from various villages who are experts in traditional songs and dance, including Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching and Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi sing the Reelruu song while the dancers are performing the “Reelruu kardaam". This is a dance where the “Reelruu”, musical instrument made of a long bamboo and gourd, is played and a special dance step is performed. This recording took place during the Lamkang Student Union [Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun] seminar at Charangching village.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Reelruu-laa

Elders who are experts in traditional songs and dance, including Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Shangwar Dilbung of Khuibung, and Beshot Khullar of Phaidaam perform the Bamboo Instrument Song [reelruu-laa]. The “Reelruu” is a musical instrument made with a long bamboo and gourd and played for specific dance steps which are performed with this song. This recording was done during Lamkang Student Union [Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun] semimar at Charangching village.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Saa Kraang K'aai Laa

This performance features a group of Elders from various villages who are experts in traditional songs and dance, including Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Shangwar Dilbung of Khuibung, and Beshot Khullar of Phaidaam sing Saa Kraang K'aai Laa. This song is sung in celebration when a fierce animal such as a tiger is killed. A feast is held in celebration and this song is sung on that special occasion. It was believed that only able men can kill a fierce animal, risking their own lives back in the days when there were no guns or other sophisticated ammunition, and only spear and bow and arrows were used to hunt.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Tharon Thoe Tharon napi napao

Elders from various villages who are experts in traditional songs and dance, including Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Shangwar Dilbung of Khuibung, Belun Sankhil of Phaidaam, Shetwor Dilbung of Keithelmanbi, and Beshot Khullar of Phaidaam performing the dance “Tharon Thoe, Tharon napi napao”. In this dance, while the group of dancers are performing, the singers are in two groups as they had to respond to each other in teams which the dancers cannot do while dancing, so the singers are required even if the dancers sing as their voices are not audible and one runs of out breath while dancing.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of The First Dance in Tharon Thoe

Suungnem Bunghon of Leingangching and group performed first the dance in Tharon Thoe, then khuu kak’kplap laa, and lastly they perform the “reelruu” dance at the end.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of "Umi Reelruu Pukee", "Raalki Song Nge", and "Akhuu-kjing Sum-khuu Kjing Sijon Tyoon Phaa Kvei"

Young men and women dancers from various villages and elders who are experts in traditional song including Beshot Tholung, Bunghon Suungnem, Belun Sankhil, Beshot Khullar, and Shangwar Dilbung perform “Umi Reelruu Pukee”, “Raalki song nge” and “ Akhuukjing sumkhuu Kjing”. The group of elders sang these three songs while the dancers performed the dances Reel Ruu Kardaam, and they ended with the Khuujin Laa where the song talks about calling all the neighbors to come home from field as the dusk had set in and the birds and animals have gone in to their nests and homes.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of welcome songs and speech

Lamkang Student Union [Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun] opens with prayer, followed by a welcome song by two elders Rengkarnung Leivon and Bunghon Suungnem from Leigangching village. Stephen Sankhil, President of the Lamkang Student Union, made the welcome address and presentation.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Yaan kih Khuungpaar Laa

This performance features young women and men dancers from various villages and elders who are experts in traditional songs, including Beshot Tholung, Bunghon Suungnem, Belun Sankhil, Beshot Khullar, and Shangwar perform "Yaanki Khuungpaar laa", "Puulraang laa", "Laam laa". This dance is performed during the Totlang Kam at nights as the songs and dance are performed only during the nights.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about establishing a school

Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching tells what he did to establish the school in his village and in culture promotion, and then Shetphong Jangvei of Charangching, who was earlier in Manipur Rifles and later elected as Member of District council, shared the light of education and how Shekarnong Sankhil organized a student conference where he demonstrated how they shoot the sun. Shetphong Sankhil describes learning about Haikaa, and he requested to discuss how Chuva and Khava went to heaven, how people killed elephants and Sumphai was sold by her brother to ask villages to come prepared and how he appreciates them. Then Bunghon Suungnem explains the ornaments and dress that dancers wear during performances.
Date: 2004
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library

Phenotype

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Recording of Jan Schacher's Phenotype. This work is a short extract from a digital improvisation on stage by the composer who goes by the stage name "Jasch".
Date: 2004
Creator: Schacher, Jan
System: The UNT Digital Library

Plain and mountain

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Recording of Simo Lazarov's Plain and mountain. This is a work for electronics that was created as part of the open project at the Synthèse festival in 2004. The composer has described it as being a piece that reflects on old times and poetry.
Date: 2004
Creator: Lazarov, Simo, 1948-
System: The UNT Digital Library

prayer of a king

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Recording of Stefan Klaverdal's prayer of a king. This is a work for saxophone and computer that was extracted from the suite "On Being". It is thematically derived from the classical play of Hamlet, and was originally composed to a dance performance on the play. The notation is quite open, allowing the players to freely choose several aspects of interpretation, such as some rhythms, tempo, etc. for both of the musicians, both saxophone and computer.
Date: 2004
Creator: Klaverdal, Stefan
System: The UNT Digital Library

Précis d'Errance

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Recording of Bérangère Maximin's Précis d'Errance. This is a work for electronics.
Date: 2004
Creator: Maximin, Bérangère, 1976-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Preludium and canon for bagpipe sounds

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Recording of Göran Lindsjö's Preludium and canon for bagpipe sounds. The composer has used recordings of nine tones that were produced by a bagpipe that were then transformed and assembled together to create the work. The composer notes that neither the preludium nor the canon is written in genuine folklore style, but rather the only folklore characteristic about the composition is the bagpipe sound.
Date: 2004
Creator: Lindsjö, Göran
System: The UNT Digital Library