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Jew's harp music

A recording of Jew's harp music.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Jew's harp music

A recording of Jew's harp music.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Lahu agricultural cycle

A conversation between Lahu villagers about agricultural practices for harvesting and storing rice. They also plant bananas, taro, corn, and legumes. Some would like to have orchards or coffee plantations, but cannot afford it.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
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.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Lahu gives a Shan a good cursing

A humorous anecdote about a Lahu trying to curse a Shan woman.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Lahu hunting expedition

A recording taken during a hunting trip with the Lahu including hunting songs and dividing the meat between the hunters.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Lahu sells wasp larvae to a Shan

A humorous anecdote about selling wasp larvae to a Shan man.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu Tape 1

Lahu narratives, songs, poems, and Bible readings.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu Tape 2

Lahu songs, conversations, and traditional narratives.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu Tape 3

Lahu narratives, sermons, and hymns.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu Tape 4

Lahu songs, conversations, and narratives including a radio broadcast.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu Tape 5

Lahu sermons, music, and narratives.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu Tape 7

Lahu narratives, jokes, and songs.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu Tape 8

Lahu narratives about village life and festivals.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu Tape 9

Lahu narratives and hymns.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu Tape 10

Lahu narratives, conversations, and songs.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu Tape 11

Lahu music and narratives.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lahu writing

A description of how the Lahu developed writing by looking at foreign scripts.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Laying up riches in heaven

A sermon about preparing for heaven with good deeds (rather than wealth).
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

A liar 'kills' a bear and a mountain goat

A humorous anecdote about a man and his wife hunting.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

The little crabs who walked zig-zag

A traditional story about a large female crab teaching her babies how to walk. They are trying to walk straight, but can only walk in a zigzag.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

I'm feeling sad

A chant about a sad and lonely day, given in Red Lahu.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Man escapes from the primeval gourd

A creation story about the first humans wherein the first human emerged from a gourd and how the animals reacted. God tells the animals that if they get the human out of the gourd, they can have a share of the food humans will grow. In the end, the rat succeeded and that is why rats steal bits of human food.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
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.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library