Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu tells us how ladies make friends in the fields. They invite each other through singing songs called 'field songs' [lou kruung laa]. The speaker sings the song with and without a traditional bamboo instrument called Lampe.

The Thamptlum paomin [the Story of Thamptlum] as told by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu of Thamlakhuren. The story tells of how a snake married a woman. Translated into English and input in SayMore by Sumshot Khular.

Chuva Leh Khava [Chuva and Khava] as told by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu of Thamlakhuren village. Translated into English and inputting into SayMore by Sumshot Khular.

The Story of Khu Khu as told by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu. In this story a girl, when her mother asks her to cook a pumpkin, cooks her younger sibling by mistake. Later when the mother comes back from field and finds out that the girl has cooked the baby, the mother asks the girl to hide. And in the end, as she feared being killed by her father, the girl went into hiding and became a bird, [khu-khu].

Manhen paomin [The story of Manhen] as narrated by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu. In this story, Manhen was asked to care for the animals which were her bride price. She accidentally lets them loose in the forest and thus all the animals escape and become wild animals.

Raapa Paomin [The Story of Raapa] as narrated by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu. This is a story about a young handsome man called Raapa. He was the son of a widow. He was known for his good deeds and for that people got jealous and tried to kill him in several ways. One time they hung him up in the middle of the sea to die, but to his great luck a bird called Chinraang came along wearing beautiful ornament called vori kangkool. This ornament is worn by Lamkangs today. When Raapa saw the bird he started to swing back and forth and sing. On seeing this, the bird came under his spell and wanted to ride the swing. The bird then requested Raapa to let him swing. Raapa allowed the bird to do that and in return the bird allowed Raapa to wear the vori kangkool. Raapa returned home wearing the beautiful ornament. The people there liked the ornament and when they asked him about it he responded that he got it from the sea and all the people rushed to the sea and died in search of a similar ornament. An old lady later came to ask Raapa why …

Theipaa leh rumnu paomin [The Story of Squirrel and Rumnu] as narrated by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu. Squirrel [Theipa] pretended that he fell down and hurt his scrotum and so could not walk. He therefore asked Rumnu to carry him in her basket which was full of fig-like fruit [didit]. When she carried him in her basket, he ate up all the figlike fruit and jumped out of her basket and ran off. She was so angry that she cursed him so that he would be trapped in the traps set by people in olden times. Then while he was running, an insect [Uisoom] caught him. So Rumnu asked Uisoon to please keep catching Theipa the squirrel. Rumnu said, “I will weave for you these kinds of cloth, a diphun, a vausen, a diir, a pundum, a kniksen, a yeb, a kniktxil. While Theipa was still in the grip so Uisoon, Rumnu then caught hold of him and beat him to her heart's content. So the story ends, but it is believed that this is how the weaving of different patterns and design of the present day attire came about.

In this telling of Humpii Pa le Milai [the story of Humpiipa and Miilai], a human being and a tiger become friends. When the tiger visited his human friend, he killed a chicken and added to it a kind of mushroom called tree mushroom [u phot], which tastes like the kidney of the chicken. Then he invited his human friend to his house and killed all the chickens he had so he could offer his human friend chicken-kidney curry. At night, the tiger took his friend to the tallest tree and had him sleep there and told him that in case he sees anything weird, not to be sacred but just stay up there safe on the tree.

A discussion with Suungnem Bunghon of Leingangching, Tholung Beshot and Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi about the names of villages which the Lamkangs abandoned and Kukis resettled there using the same names (Charangching Khullen-Khunkha). This was recorded at the seminar on culture and origin of the Lamkangs at Charangching village.

Shekarnong Sankhil and Tholung Beshot of Thamlapokpi discuss Tchaan Yamluung, a musical instrument used by the Lamkangs and the Kachin people in Myanmar, who are also called red people and can be our people.

A discussion of the names of the months in Lamkang with Thamnung Sankhil Tholungnu of Thamlakhuren, for example how in the month of Purdun, the cows came home from the jungle. They were discussing how some say or name them differently in some cases. Later they discuss the elders from different villages trying to see who is from which village.

Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, and Daniel Tholung of Thamlakhuren discuss the names of the months in Lamkang. He explains how some of the months were named differently by the Lamkang Council, which he finds incorrect and wants them to make corrections. He shares the different names given by people from different villages like the Mantri Pantha, which is different to what he knew. He shares how he requested the Lamkang Kver Kunpun to make the necessary corrections for future purposes. This was recorded during the Seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs.

Male dancers are seen performing Reel Ruu kardaam while the women dancers circles them in dancing during the first Seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs, organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun-LKK, at Charangching Khullen-khunkha Village 2006, Chandel District, Manipur, India.

Photograph of the Lamkang dancers with Mr.Norbert Disinang, IAS, Deputy Commissioner Chandel, from right, Mr.Shekarnong Sankhil, Ex.Member of District Council, Mr.Dilbung Ringo, Former President, CNPO, and current Member of District Council-MDC Chandel district along with Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun leaders Shethong Stephen Sankhil,President Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun. The photo is taken during the first Seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs, organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun-LKK at Charangching Khullen 2006.

Photograph of Mr. Norbert Disinang, IAS, Deputy Commissioner of Chandel, posing for picture with the Lamkang traditional dancers at the first seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs organized by Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun-LKK at Charangching Khunkha village 2006.

A photograph by Daniel Tholung illustrating Lamkang culture during the Khujing laa. The invited guests joins the dancers along with some community members during the seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs at Charangching Khullen-Khunkha.

A khu kthun kardaam performed during the seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs. Organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun held at Charangching Khullen-khunkha in 2006.

Photograph of Lamkang traditional dancers, a lead woman dancer known as "lamber Ksuu nuu" leading the dance during the first seminar on "Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs" organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun-LKK, at Charangching Village, 2006.

Photograph of the "lamber Ksuu" playing the "Reelruu" a bamboo musical instrument, made of bamboo, with a gourd fixed in the middle of the hollow and bound and sealed with 'tarnap" in order to make the sound perfectly harmonized. the reelruu is played while performing the "reelruu kardaam" . This picture is taken during the first seminar on "culture and origin of the Lamkangs" organized by Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun-LKK at Charanching Khullen village 2006.

Photograph of Lamkang traditional drum called Khuung made of animal skin, with hollow wooden frame and the skin covers the area where one beats the drum to enable the sound to be heard The binding and stitching of the skin is done with the hide and the strap is made from hide or sometimes from cane.

Motit Dilbung of Paraolon village is seen here depicting the piercing of the Saaraang during the Saa K'aai kardaam. Performed during the seminar on culture and origin of the Lamkangs, organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun at Charangching Khullen-Khunkha village in 2006. A lamkang students union iniative of documenting the origin and culture of the Lamkangs.

Photograph of Mr. Suungnem Bunghon, narrating the origin story and onlooker on the dias is Mr. Tholung Beshot of Thamlapokpi village at the first Seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs, organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun-LKK at Charangching Khullen village 2006.

Photograph of Leipungtampak dancers as they were coming out from the house where they were hosted led by their elders to perform during the first Seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs, organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun-LKK, at Charangching Khullen Village 2006, Chandel District, Manipur, India.

Silkik, a Mithun horn used as a musical instrument by the Lamkang Naga people. Used in any singing in the community festivities and ceremonies.