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Conversation about Burusho culture captions transcript

Conversation about Burusho culture

Recording of Shah Rahim discussing Burusho culture with his friends in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of a traditional house in Danyor village captions transcript

Description of a traditional house in Danyor village

Recording of Muhib Uddin Hunzai, a speaker of Hunza Burushaski from Gilgit, describing a traditional house of Hunza. The recording was made in Danyor, a small village near Gilgit town.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about a song entitled "Hashki" captions transcript

Discussion about a song entitled "Hashki"

Recording of Wazir Shafi discussing the song "Hashki" in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about the Burushaski documentation project captions transcript

Discussion about the Burushaski documentation project

Recording of Muhammad Wazir Khan and friends in Hundur, a village in the Yasin valley, discussing the objectives of the Burushaski language documentation project.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on Burusho culture captions transcript

Monologue on Burusho culture

Recording of Zar Nigar (Gismali Nigar) narrating an account on Burusho culture in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a group ritual by Shah Rahim and friends captions transcript

Performance of a group ritual by Shah Rahim and friends

Recording of Shah Rahim and friends performing a ritual group performance in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a song entitled "Begham Gutshare" transcript

Performance of a song entitled "Begham Gutshare"

Recording of a song entitled "Begham Gutshare" by Mehboob Jan Yasini, a speaker of Yasin Burushaski, in Gilgit.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a song entitled "Begham Gutshare" captions transcript

Performance of a song entitled "Begham Gutshare"

Recording of a song in Yasin dialect.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a Budhist stupa

Photograph of the so called Buddhist stupa situated in Henzal village in Ghizar valley, 12 km west to Gilgit city. This ancient structure is said to have been constructed in 5th century BC.
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a Burushaski manuscript

Photograph of Hunza Burushaski text - a piece of poetry written by Ghulamuddin Ghulam Hunzai.
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a mountain stream

Photograph of brid's eye view of Yasin valley as seen from top of the historic 'muduri'. Yasin River can be seen meandering through the valley.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Ahmed Ali Shah

Photograph of an elderly Nager Burushaski speaker Major Dr. (retired) Ahmad Ali Shah.
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Allama Nasiruddin Nasir Hunzai

Photograph of (late) Allama Nasiruddin Nasir Hunzai, A famous Hunza Burushaski poet, a religious scholar and prolific writer. He is considered to be the first ever to publish Burushaski poetry. He is also one of the few who devised Perso-Arabic based alphabets to write Burushaski. His Burushaski-Urdu Dictionary was published posthumously by the Burushaski Research Academy (BRA) - The NGO that he had founded. He is also known as "Baba-e-Burushaski" (the father of (Hunza) Burushaski).
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Allama Nasiruddin Nasir Hunzai with his disciples

Photograph of Allama Nasiruddin Nasir Hunzai while speaking to members of Burushaski Research Academy (BRA). Dr. Sadaf Munshi was a guest in the gathering.
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of "arzoq" bread

Photograph of a kind of fried bread called "arzoq" in Nager and Hunza Burushaski. It is mainly consumed as a snack along side tea.
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Badshahi Khan

Photograph of a Nager Burushaski speaker Badshahi Khan.
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: Karim, Piar
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Burushaski resarch team

Photograph of Piar Karim (left), Sadaf Munshi, Nasima Ali (second from left), Sadaf Munshi (second from right) and Muhammad Wazir Shafi (far right).
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Burushaski speakers with research team

Photograph of Dr. Sadaf Munshi (second from right) and her research assistants, Piar Karim (second from left) and Muhammad Wazir Shafi (leftmost) with Hunza Burushaski speakers Samina (rightmost) and Mahida Murad (center).
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Ghulamuddin Ghulam Hunzai

Photograph of Ghulamuddin Ghulam Hunzai, a respected veteran scholar and a well known poet (Hunza Burushaski and Persian). He has translated the Quran into Burushaski language for the first time. He is one of the few individuals who devised Perso-Arabic script based alphabets for writing and publishing Burushaski in 1940s.
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Gupis-Yasin linking bridge

Photograph of the hanging bridge across Ghizer River, linking Gupis and Yasin regions.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Mahida Murad

Photograph of a Hunza Burushaski speaker named Mahida Murad, while reciting a story in Hunza Burushaski.
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Muhammad Wazir Shafi

Photograph of Muhammad Wazir Shafi, a Yasin Burushaski speaker and research assistant to Dr. Sadaf Munshi.
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Nasima Ali, Piar Karim & Wazir Shafi

Photograph of Nasima Ali (left), Piar Karim (center) & Wazir Shafi (right) - research assistants to Dr. Sadaf Munshi taken in Gahkuch.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Nasima Ali, Sadaf Munshi and Ahmed Ali Shah

Photograph of Nasima Ali (left), Sadaf Munshi (center) and Ahmed Ali Shah, a Nagar Burushaski speaker (right).
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: Karim, Piar
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library