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Conversation about a visit
This is a conversation between Atta-ur Rehman (a 37-year old male teacher) and Muhammad Suleman (a 36-year old male teacher) about a visit to Punja Gali, a tourist spot located in district Mansehra of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan.
Date:
January 4, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about a visit to Kashmir
This is a conversation between Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male driver) and Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male government servant) about Naik Muhammad's recent visit to Kashmir.
Date:
January 10, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story of seven brothers and a sister
This is a retelling of the story about seven brothers and their sister by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old government servant) with Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male) as the listener. In this story, the brothers get separated from their sister and the latter is searching for them. The sister finds her lost brothers in a forest but the brothers cannot recognise her and each one of them wants to marry her. When the sister lets them know that she was their sister, they drop the idea of marrying her.
Date:
January 10, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story of a witty man
This is a traditional story which involves a descriptive riddle about a witty man who needs to take a lion, a goat and a load of leaves across a river. The caveat is that the man cannot take all three in one go. (Note: the narrator inadvertently refers to the goat as a jackal in the beginning). In this recording, the speaker Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male speaker who works as a driver) is addressing Muhammad Awaiz (a 31-year old male government servant).
Date:
January 20, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story of greed is curse
This is a retelling of the story of three friends by Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male) with Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male) as the listener. In this story, the three friends once found some money and decided to divide it among themselves. However, each one of them was trying to cheat the others. Finally, no one gets the money and all three end up dead.
Date:
January 20, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue about a woman and two kidnappers
This is a monologue by Khurshaid Bibi (a 50-year old female) about a woman who lives with her two daughters. One day two men come to the said woman's home at night and try to kidnap her. She kills the kidnappers and gets a prize the next day.
Date:
January 29, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of numerals one to hundred
This is an elicitation of Mankiyali numerals from one to hundred by Atta-ur Rehman (a 37-year old male teacher).
Date:
January 31, 2019
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue about the speaker's native village
This is a monologue (personal narrative) by Muhammad Awaiz about his village.
Date:
February 3, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about migeration to Rawalpindi
This is a conversation between Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male), Parveen Akhtar (a 60-year old female) and Akbar Jan (a 45-year old female). In this conversation, the speakers talk about the migration of one of their families from the village to Rawalpindi, a metropolitan city in Pakistan. They also talk about the Mankiyali language.
Date:
February 5, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about the Mankiyali language
This is a discussion between Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male), Akbar Jan (a 45-year old female) and Shehnaz Bibi (a 24-year old female). The speakers talk about their daily life, their mother tongue, and about the documentation research project on the Mankiyali language.
Date:
February 5, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about eye surgery
This is a conversation between Taj Nisa (a 49-year old female) and Nargis Bibi (a 40-year old female) about their eye surgery when they both get operated.
Date:
February 7, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the life routine of Taj Nisa
This is a discussion between Taj Nisa (a 49-year old female) and Saleh Noor (a 50-year old female). Taj Nisa talks about the likes and dislikes in her life.
Date:
February 7, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about a surgery
This is a conversation between Taj Nisa (a 49-year-old female) and Nargis Bibi (a 40-year-old female). In this conversation, Taj Nisa talks to Nargis Bibi about a surgery she had in the past, and narrates how the doctors and medical staff treated her.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about a visit to Rawalpindi
This is a conversation between Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male) and Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male). Abdul Rehman talks about his visit to Rawalpindi to participate in an engagement ceremony and Abdul Malik talks about a doctor's appointment, his check up, etc.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about annual grass cutting
Khatun Bibi and Sartaj Bibi discuss the daily routines of household chores during the grass cutting season. They also talk about the hardships they face during this particular season. Khatun Bibi is a 51-year old housewife. Sartaj Bibi is a 23 year old housewife.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of clearing snow from roofs
In this recording, Muhammad Suleman, a 35-year old male teacher, talks about the methods which people in Danna use to clear snow from the rooftops of their homes. Wooden tools are used to brush snow from the roofs of houses when snow builds up on the rooftops. The speaker was born in 1983.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on hardships of ancestors and the ease of current life
Recording of a monologue about the hardship of a woman's ancestors before they had electricity and other advanced facilities. She notes that her people are lazy and lack unity now that they have commodities, but her ancestors were strong. The speaker is Nargis Bibi (a 40-year old housewife).
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative of Khurshaid Bibi
This is a monologue by Khurshaid Bibi (a 50-year old female) about her life, how she got married, subsequent problems and her final coping with them.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story about sleep and air
Recording of a traditional short story in which there was a competition between sleep and air. Eventually, sleep proved more powerful than air. The contributor, Muhammad Suleman. is a 36-year old male teacher from Danna.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story about two brothers
Recording of a story about two brothers in which the elder brother used to oppress the younger brother. The younger brother, by chance, found a magical handmill which made him rich by producing everything that he would demand. The elder brother tried to steal this magical handmill and by his own stupidity and greed he killed himself and also drowned the mill in the river. The contributor Nargis Bibi is a 38-year old housewife.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the story of a woman's wisdom, 2
This is a traditional story about a savage prince who used to marry women and kill them afterwards without any apparent reason. Eventually, he got married to a wise woman who gave him a lesson and turned him into a gentleman. Nargis Bibi is a housewife who is 38 years old at the time of recording.
Date:
February 8, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about a life incident of Abdul Malik
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This is a conversation between Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male) and Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male). Abdul Malik talks about an incident of his father's life when he was young.
Date:
February 9, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about an engagement ceremony
This is a conversation between Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male) and Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male). In this conversation the speakers traditionally talk about an engagement ceremony which was held in Rawalpindi and one of the speakers traveled to Rawalpindi to attend the ceremony.
Date:
February 9, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about preparations for winter
This is a conversation between Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male) and fieldworker Uzma Anjum. The speaker tells how people prepare for the winter in Danna, his village.
Date:
February 9, 2019
Creator:
Anjum, Uzma
System:
The UNT Digital Library