Conversation about the history of Rakchham village captions transcript

Conversation about the history of Rakchham village

Nand and Sunder discuss the history of Rakchham village. The recording was made in Vinod Kumar's garden in Rakchham village.
Date: May 26, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of the Maang-Sazo festival captions transcript

Description of the Maang-Sazo festival

Rajesh describes a very peculiar event that marks the beginning of the Sazo festival during Maang. The festival takes place in Chhitkul during the month of January. The recording was made in front of Rajesh's home in Chhitkul village, on the path that leads towards Amar Guest House, at the back of the main temple.
Date: April 13, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the Sazi Festival in Rakchham village captions transcript

Conversation about the Sazi Festival in Rakchham village

Sarita and Narayan discuss the Sazi Festival, which takes place every year at the end of March in Rakchham village. The recording was made in the garden of Uma Homestay.
Date: April 11, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of the migration 'gunsaa' captions transcript

Description of the migration 'gunsaa'

Satender describes gunsaa, the traditional migration to lower (and warmer) places from Rakchham and Chhitkul village that takes place during winter. The recording was made at Satender's second residence in Dhangdhangshi, a place that belongs to Rakchham, down below the village.
Date: April 11, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of being an interpreter in Rakchham captions transcript

Description of being an interpreter in Rakchham

Satender describes his experience as interpreter of the deities in Rakchham village. The recording was made at his second house in Dhangdhangshi, further down Rakchham village.
Date: April 11, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the functions of Oracle and Interpreter in Rakchham village captions transcript

Conversation about the functions of Oracle and Interpreter in Rakchham village

Ravinder Singh Mathus and Devi Chand describe the functions they perform at Rakchham’s main temple. They are the interpreter and oracle of the local deities, respectively. The recording was made next to Shiv's temple in Rakchham, during a ritual break.
Date: April 10, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of the local weighing system captions transcript

Description of the local weighing system

Madan describes the weighing system formerly used in Chhitkul and Rakchham villages which is no longer commonly used. Dhian Singh Negi later made corrections to Madan's description, indicated in the transcription. The recording was made at Amar Guest House in Chhitkul village.
Date: March 9, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of how to make a traditional carpet captions transcript

Description of how to make a traditional carpet

Bupinder and Ayala describe how to make traditional carpets 'khyara' and related local items. They continue to have a natural conversation that goes beyond this subject. The recording was made at their home in Rakchham village after heavy snowfall. Water was dripping in the background.
Date: March 7, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recitation of song lyrics about local deities captions transcript

Recitation of song lyrics about local deities

Shudha Bhakti and Narayan Bhakti recite the lyrics of a song about Bhagwati, one of the local deities. The recording was made next to the main temple entrance, in Rakchham village.
Date: March 6, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of the peaks surrounding Chhitkul village captions transcript

Description of the peaks surrounding Chhitkul village

Madan describes the peaks that surround Chhitkul village, including their names. The recording was made in Amar Guest House.
Date: March 9, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Snowfall in Rakchham captions transcript

Snowfall in Rakchham

Bimla discusses snowfall in Rakchham over the past few years, saying that heavy snowfall was more frequent in earlier times. The recording was made at her and her husband's house in Rakchham, just after some heavy snowfall episodes when the village was still covered by thick snow. It was only a few days after the road from Reckong Peo to Sangla and Rakchham had reopened.
Date: March 7, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Meena Kumari and Seema Devi narrate The Family Story captions transcript

Meena Kumari and Seema Devi narrate The Family Story

Meena and Seema complete set-up 1 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. They describe the 16 pictures and then rearrange them in whatever order they think is right. Then, they tell the whole story from start to finish. In this case, the final step of re-telling the story from another perspective was skipped because there was no third participant. The recording was made at Uma Homestay in Rakchham village.
Date: April 14, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amir Singh and Kahan Singh Negi narrate The Family Story, part 3 captions transcript

Amir Singh and Kahan Singh Negi narrate The Family Story, part 3

Amir and Kahan complete set-up 1 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. This is the final part of the task where they tell the whole story from start to finish, from the man's perspective. The recording was made at Amir's home, Amar Guest House, in Chhitkul village.
Date: April 12, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amir Singh and Kahan Singh Negi narrate The Family Story, part 1 captions transcript

Amir Singh and Kahan Singh Negi narrate The Family Story, part 1

Amir and Kahan complete set-up 1 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. They describe the 16 pictures and then rearrange them in whatever order they think is right. This recording is the first part of three. The task was broken into three parts because the instructions for this task are too lengthy. Consequently, breaking down the recording made it more manageable to follow the instructions. The recording was made at Amir's home, Amar Guest House, in Chhitkul village.
Date: April 12, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amir Singh and Kahan Singh Negi narrate The Family Story, part 2 captions transcript

Amir Singh and Kahan Singh Negi narrate The Family Story, part 2

Amir and Kahan complete set-up 1 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. This is the second part of the task where they tell the whole story from start to finish. The recording was made at Amir's home, Amar Guest House, in Chhitkul village.
Date: April 12, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radha Devi and Yashpal Singh narrate The Family Story captions transcript

Radha Devi and Yashpal Singh narrate The Family Story

Radha Devi and Yashpal Singh complete set-up 2 of the Family Story Task, a picture-based stimulus task. They sit back to back in the first instance: Yashpal describes the content of pictures 5, 7, 9, 12 & 15, and Radha, based on his description, tells him how to arrange the five pictures so as to make a story. Afterwards, they tell the story. This set-up turned out to be more manageable for both participants than the initial 16-picture task. The recording was made in Radha's second home in Dhangdhangshi, located further down Rakchham village.
Date: April 9, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about smartphones captions transcript

Conversation about smartphones

Manish and Radju discuss their use of smartphones, The recording was made at Umar Homestay.
Date: May 28, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about Santan and Savitri's schedules captions transcript

Conversation about Santan and Savitri's schedules

Santan and Savitri discuss what they were doing in the village and their plans for the week. The recording was made in Rakchham village, nearby the main temple.
Date: May 27, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the Dhumti road captions transcript

Conversation about the Dhumti road

Rajesh Kumar Thakur and Bhag Singh Negi discuss the Dumti road, which was being built at the time. The road will connect Chhitkul to Dumti, located closer to the border with China (Tibet). Dumti will serve as a military post. The road is the result of recurring tensions between India and China. The recording was made in front of Rajesh's house in Chhitkul village.
Date: April 13, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the Panchayat captions transcript

Conversation about the Panchayat

Arvind and Kahan discuss the Panchayat, the village leadership that runs government programs in Chhitkul village, and what it has achieved. Arvind is a current member of the Panchayat, while Kahan is a former member. The recording was made at Amar Guest House in Chhitkul.
Date: April 12, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about climate change and snowfall captions transcript

Conversation about climate change and snowfall

Bhupender and Ayala discuss how they have experienced climate change over the past few years in Rakchham village. The recording was made at their home in Rakchham village, following a period of heavy snowfall.
Date: March 7, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about Bimla Devi's daily activities captions transcript

Conversation about Bimla Devi's daily activities

Bhajan Dass asks Bimla about her daily activities during the four seasons. The interview-like quality of this recording provides useful examples of interrogatives. The recording was made at their home in Rakchham village, right after a period of heavy snowfall.
Date: March 7, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seema Devi narrates the Jackal and the Crow captions transcript

Seema Devi narrates the Jackal and the Crow

Seema describes each picture of the Jackal and the Crow, a picture-based stimulus task. She tells the whole story, and then tells the story from the jackal’s perspective. Before being recorded, Seema mentioned that she was familiar with the story. The recording was made at her home at the very beginning of Rakchham village.
Date: March 10, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Madan Singh Negi narrates the Jackal and the Crow captions transcript

Madan Singh Negi narrates the Jackal and the Crow

Madan Singh Negi describes each picture of the Jackal and the Crow, a picture-based stimulus task. He tells the whole story, and then tells the story from the jackal’s perspective. The recording was made at Amar Guest House in Chhitkul village.
Date: March 9, 2019
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library