Boro aijw onsai aphadni jwnwm arw aijw jangkhrithai (open access)

Boro aijw onsai aphadni jwnwm arw aijw jangkhrithai

A historical book published by the reception committee on the occasion of the 50th Annual conference of BSS, Bwrigwma phwthar, Odalguri, BTC, Assam.
Date: January 19, 2011
Creator: Boro, Kiran
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thunlaini phwtharao Boro aijw (open access)

Thunlaini phwtharao Boro aijw

An article about women writers in a souvenir of the BSS brought out on the occasion of the 50th annual conference held at Bwriguma Phwthar, Odalguri on 19-22 Jan. 2011.
Date: January 22, 2011
Creator: Boro, Kiran
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Phwrwngirinisim Linconni laijam (open access)

Phwrwngirinisim Linconni laijam

Abraham Lincoln (Lincon)'s advice to teachers, translated by Kiran Boro.
Date: December 31, 2011
Creator: Boro, Kiran
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of Juniper Tree of Boyo (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of Juniper Tree of Boyo

Transcription and translation of the recording of Muneem Dawar, a speaker of Hunza Burushaski, reciting the story of juniper tree of Boyo ("Boyuwe Gal").
Date: August 5, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative on a trip to Hornbill Festival

This is a personal narrative about a trip to the Hornbill festival in Nagaland.
Date: December 6, 2011
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Hindiye Shikari transcript

Retelling of Hindiye Shikari

Recording of Dawar Muneem reciting "Hindi-e-shikari," a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Karim, Piar
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Ghawu Kanguli transcript

Retelling of Ghawu Kanguli

Recording of Muneem Dawar reciting the story of "Ghawu Kanguli"
Date: August 8, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Manulum Dado transcript

Retelling of Manulum Dado

Recording of Dawar Muneem reciting "Manulum Daado" (lit. 'grandfather' or 'old man from Man'), a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski. According to the story, "Man" is the name of a pasture in Shispar meadows.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Karim, Piar
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Mythical Donkey of Barashal transcript

Retelling of Mythical Donkey of Barashal

Recording of Muneeb Dawar narrating the story "Barashale Qaan Zrakun" ('mythical donkey of Barashal') in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: August 7, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf & Karim, Piar
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a song entitled "Mahi Re Hindi" transcript

Performance of a song entitled "Mahi Re Hindi"

Recording of a song sung by a little girl in Hindi.
Date: 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Quli O Laskir-e Minas transcript

Retelling of Quli O Laskir-e Minas

Recording of Dawar Muneeb reciting "Quli o Laskir-e Minas," a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Hir Bilas transcript

Retelling of Hir Bilas

Recording of Dawar Muneem reciting "Hir Bilas," a popular story, in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Karim, Piar
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Bulchi Tthoko and the Witch transcript

Retelling of Bulchi Tthoko and the Witch

Recording of Muneem Dawar reciting "Bulchi Thoko ke Danglathas," a popular story in the region, in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski. Bulchi Tthoko is an old male name in Burushaski and "Ddanglatthas" is the word for 'witch'.
Date: August 5, 2011
Creator: Karim, Piar
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Juniper Tree of Boyo transcript

Retelling of Juniper Tree of Boyo

A recording of Dawar Muneeb reciting “The Juniper Tree of Boyo,” in the Hunza dialect. This story tells of a Big Juniper Tree before Islam came to the region. Under the tree lived creatures that were a mix of a puppy and a penguin, and they were fed to bring good luck to families. When people would cut the tree, it was thought that the tree would take revenge, either by killing the criminal, or by driving them crazy.
Date: May 8, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about shopping transcript

Conversation about shopping

Recording of Raja Majid II discussing shopping in the Srinagar dialect of Burushaski with his friends.
Date: 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of My Children's Food transcript

Retelling of My Children's Food

Daniel Tholung of Thamlakhuren recites the traditional story of "My Children's Food," which tells the story of a cockroach eating the baby's food and the chain of events that follow. The story has been written and illustrated in a book by Sumshot Khular, Tony Khular of Thamlakhuren and Sankhil Moses of Thamlapokpi. It was written with the help of literacy experts at the Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Date: 2011
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about a couplet transcript

Conversation about a couplet

Recording of Raja Safdar Ali and Raja Jamsheed Ali discussing a Persian couplet in the Srinagar dialect of Burushaski.
Date: 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion on the terms "Khajunaa" & "Phaṭor Ṣape" transcript

Discussion on the terms "Khajunaa" & "Phaṭor Ṣape"

Recording of an analytical discussion of the words "Khajuna" and the word "Phaṭor Ṣape" in Urdu language.
Date: July 26, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a folk song 'Kaihuii lui Niamning tu saojiu'

This song is about a boy, Kaihui, who appeals his village girls to not marry outside his village. The song was sang by the late Charakungliu of Nkou village. The recording was done at Nkou village (also called Takou village).
Date: July 11, 2011
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Komrem Custom and Cultural Law, Sagang Area, Third Edition (open access)

Komrem Custom and Cultural Law, Sagang Area, Third Edition

Modified customary law only to be followed by the Komrem people in Sagang area Churachanpur district of Manipur. Modification made after conversion into Christainity.
Date: January 18, 2011
Creator: Sagang Area Custom and Cultural Administration Committee Sagang Churachandpur Dist. Manipur
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a drama titled 'gharphū̃kan patōh'

This is a performance of a drama by the title 'gharphū̃̃kan patōh', spendthrift daughter-in-law in English, on the occasion of the Republic Day of India. This drama depicts a typical rural life of the North Indian plains where a woman and her family are very much sick of the misdeeds of the daughter-in-law because she is very spendthrift!
Date: January 26, 2011
Creator: Karmaini Village School
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a folk song 'Wijinthui lui Aram N-guinong ting ran'

This song is about the composer's (Wijinthui) life, his love for his village, and his love life.
Date: July 14, 2011
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of an occasional folk song 'Hey aliw'

This is an agricultural folk song sung at the end of the day’s farm work calling co-farm workers to return home. The singer of the song is from Maguilong village.
Date: July 14, 2011
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a folk song 'Charachuang lui'

The folk song is about a personal experience on war and village life of Charachuang.The singer is from Maguilong village. The legendary composer of the song is Charachuang of Makhianglong village.
Date: July 15, 2011
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library