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Description of Tshong Tshongma pilgrimages, part 2

Tashi Dorji describes a pilgrimage to Tshong Tshongma and the surrounding area. He discusses a biography of Tshong Tshongma Ney (the religious site) which was taken by the people of Bonglang village (Tawang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India) for reception purposes but never returned. It says there is a garden of Tshong Tshongma at the base of Dukti village with fruits, betel leaves, betel nuts, and other plants which only those who are about to die can reach. He explains that the deity behind the Jomo is Tshong Tshongma. If someone has lost one’s life force, it can be retrieved from the devil with the help of Jomo.
Date: May 23, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of Tshong Tshongma pilgrimages, part 1

Tashi Dorji describes a pilgrimage to Tshong Tshongma and the surrounding area. Tshong Tshongma is a sacred mountain and a local deity in Eastern Bhutan. Over 4000 meters in elevation, it is accessible only four months per year due to local customs. He states that Tshong Tshongma is king amongst the worldly deities, wrathful in nature. He describes landmarks seen on the way to Tshong Tshongma, including a rock symbolizing the riding horse of Tshong Tshongma Lopen, Buddhist scriptures, a stupa, a treasured hole, a golden table, a door to the sky, a monastery of monks, and a meditation place of Guru Rinpoche. Travelers offer libations twice per day to have nice weather during pilgrimages.
Date: May 23, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of appeasement rituals in Dukti village

Tashi Dorji describes how residents of Dukti village appease the local deities for taking care of their crops when the mountain roads are closed for four months every year. During this time, they offer feasts and fermented wine to the local deities once a month. He explans that the wine for the appeasement and Tshok for the deity is collected as a community tax. Recorded at Dukti Gup Sonam's house in Dukti village.
Date: May 23, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consent and speaker background: Lalawmpuii transcript

Consent and speaker background: Lalawmpuii

Consent and speaker background of Lalawmpuii including education, languages spoken, and places lived. Recorded in Old Bagbahar.
Date: April 23, 2023
Creator: Saikia, Anujeema
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation on verb stem alternation

Elicitation on verb stem alternation in transitive, intransitive, imperative, and causative forms. Recorded in Old Bagbahar.
Date: April 23, 2023
Creator: Saikia, Anujeema
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of verb paradigms

This is an elicitation of Mankiyali verb paradigms based on English sentences used as prompts. The speakers are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 37-year old male).
Date: September 23, 2019
Creator: Iqbal, Javid
System: The UNT Digital Library

Interview about health practices

This is an interview about traditional health practices in the Lai community. The interviewee, born in 1980, is originally from Tluangram and speaks Hakha, Zophei, Kawl, Mizo, and English. Interviews were collected as part of the Linguistically Underserved Communities and Health (LUCAH) project, which aims to make health information more accessible and culturally relevant for the Chin refugee community in order to ensure that they are getting clear and accurate information.
Date: November 23, 2020
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of causative verbs transcript

Elicitation of causative verbs

Recording of an elicitation of a set of causative verbs in Mankiyali. Infinitives and causatives were elicited for comparison with English sentences used as prompts. The native speaker contributor is Aurangzeb, a 34-year old male teacher.
Date: October 23, 2019
Creator: Mortensen, Jessica
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of nouns based on semantic domains (1) transcript

Elicitation of nouns based on semantic domains (1)

Recording of an elicitation of various nouns in Mankiyali, covering semantic domains such as professions, weather and food. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: September 23, 2019
Creator: Englert, Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation between Tauqeer Ahmad and the children of Bindawal village

This is a conversation between Tauqeer Ahmad and the children of Bindawal village in the Northern Azamgarhi dialect as they were warming themselves in front of a fire. The children seeing the researcher and Mr. Tauqeer, try to escape but Mr. Tauqeer asks them to stay at their places. He then starts questioning an incident that took place the previous night wherein police arrived at the village and fined someone who was fishing illegally.
Date: November 23, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about the status of women in Karbi society

This is a conversation of the status of women in Karbi society; the lady interviewed is Ms. Kare Rongpipi, and the interview was conducted by Mr. Bhudeswar Timung. Ms. Rongpipi points out the ways in which women have traditionally played a very important role in Karbi society.
Date: November 23, 2011
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of cooking bamboo pork

This is a description of a recipe for pork with fermented bamboo shoots.
Date: January 23, 2009
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description about Boro MTB-MLE and community efforts

This is a talk on MTB-MLE and efforts by the Boro community.
Date: August 23, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of the work of Bathou Educational Foundation

This is a talk about the educational initiatives of the Bathou Educational Foundation.
Date: July 23, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about Ahom migration

This is a conversation about the coming of Ahoms in Assam and fights with Boro rulers. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 23, 2010
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about the kingdom of Boro rulers

This is a conversation about the Boro rulers and their kingdom of the past. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 23, 2010
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about the past Boro kings

This is a conversation about the Boro rulers, namely, Naranarayan and Chilarai. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 23, 2010
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about the relation between the Boros and the Bhutanese

This is a conversation about the historical relationships between the Boro rulers and the Bhutanese rulers. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 23, 2010
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about the fight between Boro rulers and Ahom rulers

This is a conversation on the fight between Boro rulers and Ahom rulers. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 23, 2010
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about Boro naming systems

Conversation on the origin of Boro nomenclature. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 23, 2010
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Jikuraj Brahma

This is a recording of Jikuraj Brahma discussing personal information.
Date: August 23, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about hobbies

This is a recording of Pinksta Islary describing a personal hobby.
Date: August 23, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of traditional foods

Recording of Baladev Moshahary describing some traditional foods of the Boros.
Date: August 23, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of Boro festivals

Recording of Baladev Moshahary describing festivals celebrated by the Boros.
Date: August 23, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
System: The UNT Digital Library