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Description of healing rituals and remedies

Mr. Tshering introduces himself and explains how long he has been performing rituals, the cause of various diseases, and remedies for stomach aches. He also talks about his marriage life and resettlement.
Date: July 14, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of healing rituals for serious patients

Mr. Tshering describes how to cure a serious patient using various rituals including preparing an elaborate feast, offering jewelry, and dressing as ransom to get back the soul of the patient.
Date: July 14, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of appeasement rituals for spirits and ghosts

Mr. Tshering describes how to appease spirits and ghosts with wine, water, and smoke. He uses the count of the rosary to determine remedies for sickness. During the process, he recites the Buddha mantra.
Date: July 14, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of Mamo Zomsa prediction

Mr. Tshering describes the practice Mamo Zomsa (gathering all ghosts) which uses astrology and a rosary to determine the cause of a sickness. The rosary indicates the astrological predictions with different numbers: 3 for sickness caused by the union of Mamo and his family, or 5 for those caused by the Mamo family and servants.
Date: July 14, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of fever and body ache causes and remedies

Mr. Tshering describes how he performs divination using the rosary to locate where a person has lost their soul, and who has taken the soul. The count of every rosary indicates different directions, people, things, and events that may cause heavy fever and body ache. Mr. Tshering is originally from Rolam village, and stayed in Thragom village after his second marriage.
Date: July 14, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of stomach pain causes and remedies

Mr. Tshering describes how to cure stomach pain caused by malicious spirits. He uses astrological methods to determine if the patient needs modern medical services or needs to appease the spirits to address the pain. Mr. Tshering is originally from Rolam village, and stayed in Thragom village after his second marriage. This recording was made in the evening after the day's work.
Date: July 14, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 908 Side A

Traditional musical performances and chanting.
Date: August 14, 1972
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Baikho ritual chants and traditional narratives

Jontri Cherenga performs chants used in rituals of the Baikho festival and tells traditional narratives. The Baikho festival celebrates the agricultural practices of the Rabha community.
Date: May 14, 2023
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of basic word list, part 2

Reading of a basic word list in Sakachep. Words from multiple semantic domains are given in alphabetical order by English gloss. Each word is repeated three times in isolation by Rebecca Sakachep, a native speaker who is 17 years old at the time of recording.
Date: September 14, 2013
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of basic word list, part 1

Reading of a basic word list in Sakachep. Words from multiple semantic domains are given in alphabetical order by English gloss. Each word is repeated three times in isolation by Rebecca Sakachep, a native speaker who is 17 years old at the time of recording.
Date: September 14, 2013
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 60

This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 14, 2023
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 59

This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 14, 2023
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 58

This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 14, 2023
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 57

This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 14, 2023
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 56

This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 14, 2023
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 55

This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 14, 2023
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 54

This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 14, 2023
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 53

This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 14, 2023
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 52

This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 14, 2023
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about life in village Danna in the olden days

This is a conversation between Abdul Haq (a 29-year old male teacher) and Abdul Qayum (a 60-year old male) about life in village Danna in the olden days.
Date: July 14, 2019
Creator: Aurangzeb
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about high school memories, part 2

This is a conversation between Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 37-year old male) and Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male). In this conversation, Gohar-ur Rehman talks about his memories in high school. He recalls an incident when a student was punished by a teacher on the road. The speakers also recall several other events in this session.
Date: July 14, 2019
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 92 Side B

Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. Àbɔ́qɔ: zə́ zà mə́ zə́ zà zə́ sháŋ thúy
Date: October 14, 1982
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 68 Side B

Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. shà ziq ziq ə at ə̀ lə̀ bì ə Maeby 14/9-78
Date: September 14, 1978
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 68 Side A

Akha songs and narratives. shà ziq ziq ə at ə̀ lə̀ bì ə Maeby 14/9-78
Date: September 14, 1978
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library