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Assam (Garo Hills)
Video of life in Assam villages featuring landscapes, the Brahmaputra river, wild elephants, traditional houses, cotton fields, and scenes from the marketplace.
Date:
October 31, 1944
Creator:
Ferger, H. R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of the traditional song 'Naite awina'
Group performance of a traditional song 'Naite awina,' a lullaby.
Date:
October 13, 2012
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a modern song 'Assam Ram'
Group performance of Assam Ram 'Assam's land,' an original song composed by Sukumar Sakachep.
Date:
October 13, 2013
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a traditional instrument
Performance of a traditional string instrument in Joy Kumar Sakachep's home in Jailen village, Karimganj District, Assam.
Date:
October 13, 2013
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of food dedication
A native priest 'Ochai' dedicates food for the Puja festival in Jailen village, Karimganj District, Assam.
Date:
October 13, 2013
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of the traditional song 'Daka daka'
Group performance of the traditional song Daka daka, accompanied by traditional instruments.
Date:
October 13, 2013
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of the traditional song 'Dikna la'
Group performance of Dikna la, a traditional love song typically sung at weddings. This version is in Sakachep, accompanied by traditional instruments.
Date:
October 13, 2013
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of the traditional song 'Louvat'
Group performance of the traditional song 'Louvat,' accompanied by traditional instruments. This song is typically sung while clearing jhum fields.
Date:
October 13, 2013
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of the traditional song 'Pat la'
Group performance of the traditional song Pat la, 'cotton song,' which is typically sung during the autumn harvest.
Date:
October 13, 2013
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of wine dedication, part 1
A native priest 'Ochai' dedicates wine for the Puja festival in Jailen village, Karimganj District, Assam.
Date:
October 13, 2013
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of wine dedication, part 2
A native priest 'Ochai' dedicates wine for the Puja festival in Jailen village, Karimganj District, Assam.
Date:
October 13, 2013
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Preparation of Puja festival site
Sakachep men prepare a bamboo structure and arrange banana leaves to be used for rituals during the Puja festival in Jailen village.
Date:
October 13, 2013
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Preparation of Puja festival site
A group of elderly men prepare bamboo for the construction of the Puja pandal or hut.
Date:
October 13, 2013
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a Chorei love song
Performance of a traditional song in Chorei. The singer is about 80 years old at the time of recording.
Date:
October 14, 2013
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Performance of the traditional song 'Dikna la'
Group performance of the traditional song Dikna la, a love song typically sung at weddings. This version has lyrics in Sakachep and Chorei and is accompanied by traditional instruments and dancing.
Date:
October 14, 2013
Creator:
Haokip, Pauthang
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description and performance of children's songs, part 1
These are songs commonly sung by children. The narrator recollects some songs he used to sing as a kid.
Date:
October 1, 2016
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description and performance of children's songs, part 2
These are songs commonly sung by children. The narrator recollects some songs he used to sing as a kid.
Date:
October 1, 2016
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description and performance of children's songs, part 3
These are songs commonly sung by children. The narrator recollects some songs he used to sing as a kid.
Date:
October 1, 2016
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of a farewell dance to a girl
When a village girl is to get married, her peers and friends will gather at her house and spend a day singing and dancing with her. This narration is about the songs and dances performed during such gatherings.
Date:
October 1, 2016
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of building of traditional grand house
When a traditional grand house is built, old men will stand beneath the house and perform a ritual. This narration is about ritual songs sung during construction of kakuki 'the grand house'.
Date:
October 1, 2016
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of field weeding songs
This narration is about songs that are sung while working on field. Some of the first songs sang while going to the field and while working on it are recorded here. Such songs are usually short, and their themes are numerous.
Date:
October 1, 2016
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of house visitation
This narration is about the practice of house visitation and songs sung while visiting houses of the village. A group of singers will walk through the village and stop at certain places in intervals and sing songs.
Date:
October 1, 2016
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of songs of exhaltation
This narration is about the songs of praise sung for someone who has achieved wealth and prosperity, or someone who has done great deeds.
Date:
October 1, 2016
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Description of the gathering of peers
Phiangaobo is the coming together of friends or peers to celebrate after a season of hard agricultural work. This group of friends, usually younger people, would gather at one house where they sing, drink, and eat the whole night.
Date:
October 1, 2016
Creator:
Daimai, Kailadbou
System:
The UNT Digital Library