The blind man and the cripple

A traditional story about a blind man and a man with a broken leg who were healed by a fortune teller.
Date: March 9, 1965
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Object Type: Sound
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.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 81 Side B

Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. 0-12 abö́ bö́ ḿ thó ə́; 12-[end] ö́ zá thó ə́ (tshɔ́ sjhí ə khɔ̀-sjhə)
Date: 1978-11-09/1978-11-11
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 122 B (open access)

Akha notebook 122 B

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs and narratives including njí-phà Sjhí ə, songs for newborn babies, and descriptions of death rituals and sacrificing animals like buffalo and pigs. Includes diagrams of utensils and instruments related to rituals.
Date: 1983-12-09/1983-12-12
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description about cooking fish with different vegetables and herbs

This is a description of how different dishes are prepared with fish by Boros traditionally. Dialect: Bwddwn
Date: February 9, 2009
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description about traditional way of fishing

This is a description of how fishing is done by the Boros traditionally by using different fishing tools. Dialect: Bwddwn
Date: February 9, 2009
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of weaving methods

Sarojani Borgayari describes weaving tools and how weaving was traditionally done by the Boros. Dialect: Bwddwn
Date: February 9, 2009
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description about cooking rice

This is a description about food preparation, how it was done in olden times and how it should be done. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description about making a bamboo sieve

This is a description about making bamboo sieve. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description about silk rearing

This is a description about silk rearing and making sticky glue out of rice. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description about weaving different type of clothes

This is a description about weaving different kinds of clothes.
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of a traditional dish

This is a a description about preparing a dish. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of Bathou religion

This is a narrative about belief system of the Boros. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about Boro society

This is a narrative about personal experience on social systems of past and present. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about religious faith

This is a narrative about religious belief. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of Phunsan rituals

Chongkholun Haokip narrates the different types of healing rituals in Thadou. He is a male Thadou speaker from Manipur, (currently living in Sallbung village), around 90 years old at the time of recording.
Date: June 9, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Gamlahlen ritual

Chongkholun Haokip recites the ritual called Gamlahlen used for healing the sudden, severe sickness believed to be inflicted by the spirits of the forests. He is a male speaker from Manipur, currently living in Sallbung village, around 95 years old at the time of recording.
Date: June 9, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Gamlahlen ritual

Chongkholun Haokip recites the ritual called Gamlahlen which is done for healing the sickness believed to have been inflicted by the spirits of the forests. He is a male speaker from Manipur, currently living in Sallbung village, around 95 years old at the time of recording.
Date: June 9, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Gujongmatna ritual

Chongkholun Haokip recites the ritual called Gujongmatna used for catching a thief. He is a male Thadou speaker from Manipur, currently living in Salbung village, around 95 years old at the time of recording.
Date: June 9, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Khaolangvei ritual

Chongkholun Haokip, a male speaker from Manipur, currently living in Sallbung recites the ritual called Khaolangvei.
Date: June 9, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Leitamlangte ritual

Chongkholun Haokip recites the ritual called Leitamlangte. He is a male speaker from Manipur, currently living in Sallbung village, around 95 years old at the time of recording.
Date: June 9, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Leitamlangte ritual

Chongkholun Haokip recites the ritual called Leitamlangte. He is a male speaker from Manipur, currently living in Sallbung village, around 95 years old at the time of recording.
Date: June 9, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Tuilangvei ritual

Chongkholun Haokip recites a ritual called Tuilangvei, a ritual for healing sickness caused by the spirits of bodies of water. He is a male Thadou speaker from Manipur, currently living in Salbung village, around 95 years old at the time of recording.
Date: June 9, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Tuilangvei ritual

Chongkholun Haokip recites a ritual called Tuilangvei used for healing sickness caused by the spirits of bodies of water. He is a male Thadou speaker from Manipur, currently living in Salbung village, around 95 years old at the time of recording.
Date: June 9, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library