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Performance of the hymn 'Jesus Save Us'
A performance of the hymn 'Jesus Save Us.'
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Spirits that bite and those that don't
A brief account of beliefs in spirits. If a spirit 'bites' someone, they will consult the spirit doctor who advises them and recites incantations. They pay homage to the ones that cannot bite. Both kinds of spirits are seen as inferior to humans
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of the hymn 'Let us rise up!'
A performance of the hymn 'Let us rise up!' about unity and eternal life.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lahu cosmogony
An origin story about the Tree of Eternal Life and the Precious Eternal Lake. When branches fell from the Tree of Eternal Life, they developed into water creatures, snakes, land animals, humans, and so on.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Candid conversation: preparing to record for the first time
A recording of the village headman, Cabi, and villagers preparing to record skits and descriptions of village life. They are suggesting what to record--slaughtering animals, building houses, visiting Chiang Mai, taking the bus, bargaining at the market. The headman instructs everyone to be silent in the background, but the villagers are laughing a lot.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The women go fishing
A recording of Lahu women fishing in Huey Tat. They bring tools like hoes, mattocks, and plastic sheets to dam the stream. They stack stones and fill in the cracks with mud. They filled their baskets with fish 5-6 kilos of fish, including a soft shell turtle.
Date:
March 9, 1965
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
In unity there is strength (Version I)
A sermon about a man with seven sons who did not get along. He tells his sons that they will be stronger if they work together. The pastor says this lesson extends to the Lahu people as a whole.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Marriage and divorce
A skit performed by Lahu villagers before, during, and after a wedding between Java, a Lahu man and Naphui, a woman from the north country. They discuss killing a pig for the feast and divide the meat between the guests. Later, the couple goes to the pastor because they cannot stay married. The pastor tries to convince them to stay together, but instead the man pays 150 baht, and they are divorced.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The trader and the widow's balls
A traditional story about a traveling trader who tries and fails to trick a widow and her daughter.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Farting and playing tag
A traditional story about a father and son-in-law farting and playing tag
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Blessing in the name of the spirits
A blessing in the name of the spirits.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The trickster's spear and the merchants
A traditional story about a trickster who trades a spear for horses by convincing the Chinese merchants his spear is magic.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The trickster and the village women
A traditional story about a trickster who tricks women into staying at his house, then sleeping with him as compensation. Their husbands try to chase away the trickster, but he eludes them and lives happily ever after with the village women.
Date:
1965
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a traditional love song
A performance of two traditional Lahu love songs.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The trickster and the village women
A traditional story about a trickster who tricks women into staying at his house, then sleeping with him as compensation. Their husbands try to chase away the trickster, but he eludes them and lives happily ever after with the village women.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of antiphonal love songs, part 1
A performance of antiphonal love songs sung as a duet by men and women.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a love song
A performance of a love song.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
God, parents, and village welfare
A sermon about why children should obey their parents and God.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hunting scene
A hunting scene.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hunting jungle fowl
A description of how Lahus hunt chickens in the jungle using a decoy chicken.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of antiphonal love songs, part 2
A performance of antiphonal love songs sung as a duet by men and women.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of two hymns
A performance of two hymns.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The six stupid men and the gophers
A traditional story about a group of six men trying to equally divide seven gophers.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
News broadcast in Lahu from Burmese radio
A news broadcast in Lahu from Burmese radio.
Date:
[1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator:
Matisoff, James A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library