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Conversation about Yasin festivals transcript

Conversation about Yasin festivals

Recording of Shah Rahim Khan discussing different festivals celebrated in Yasin. He gives his narrative in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: June 14, 2014
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Maghlot and Girkits transcript

Retelling of Maghlot and Girkits

Recording of Raja Jamsheed Ali Khan reciting "Maghlot ke Girkits" ('weasel and rat') in the Srinagar dialect. In this popular story two boys are born conjoined, and are separated by a knife. The two brothers are raised by two separate clans, always meeting in constant contention with each other, giving them the nicknames Maghlot ('weasel') and Girkits ('rat') for their physical and behavioral traits. Knowing the brothers would create instability, the king separates the kingdom into two halves, creating the divide between the Hunza and the Nagar people.
Date: June 14, 2014
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
A historical narrative by Mohammad Jabir transcript

A historical narrative by Mohammad Jabir

Recording of Mohammad Jabir reciting a personal narrative in the Nagar dialect of Burushaski.
Date: November 12, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on Hoper Nager transcript

Monologue on Hoper Nager

Recording of Muhammad Jabir, a speaker of Nagar Burushaski, narrating the history of Hoper Nagar.
Date: November 12, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on the history of polo transcript

Monologue on the history of polo

Recording of Wazir Abbas telling the History of Polo in the Nagar dialect. Abbas claims that the modern version of Polo on horses originated in Nagar. He then tells of a battle between the people of Nagar and Hunza.
Date: October 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of An Intelligent Woman transcript

Retelling of An Intelligent Woman

Recording of Ali Raza reciting “Aqale Gus” in the Nagar dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story a prince travels to search for the answer of his father’s troubles. In his travels he meets an old man whom he irritates, but lets the prince stay at his house overnight. The old man’s daughter is great at interpreting problems, and they are married, and she returns to the kingdom to aid the King.
Date: October 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Gulzaada Gushpur transcript

Retelling of Gulzaada Gushpur

Recording of Ali Raza reciting the story of "Gulzaada Gushpur" ('Prince Gulzaada') in the Nagar dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story Prince Gulzaada wanders into a strange and wonderful land, where he finds a beautiful fairy bathing in a waterfall. He steals her clothing and convinces her to be his wife, but he must promise to remain faithful to her, else she eat his head. When he was forced to marry, the fairy stole him away to Fairyland.
Date: October 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of The Sea Sand Pot transcript

Retelling of The Sea Sand Pot

Recording of Ibrahim reciting “The Sea Sand Pot” in the Nagar dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story a King tells all of his subjects to kill their old parents, but an obedient son hides his father in a trench. Afterward, the King orders the subjects to make a sea sand pot, or a sand chidin, which is a large iron pot used to make food for a thousand people for festivals. None of the villagers knew how, so they approached the hidden father, who told them that it was an impossible task. They told the King that the task was accomplished, but this wisdom proved to the King that an elderly person was saved.
Date: October 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on the Bo Phaw festival transcript

Monologue on the Bo Phaw festival

Recording of Bano reciting a cultural account of "bo phaw" in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Baqti Jamaal and Alqash transcript

Retelling of Baqti Jamaal and Alqash

Recording of Bano reciting “Baqti Jamal ke Alqash,” in the Hunza dialect. This popular story tells a tale of Baqti Jamal and Alqash, two friends that grew old together. One day on a picnic, Baqti Jamal found a golden treasure, and decided to share it with Alqash, but Alqash was greedy, and killed Baqti Jamal to keep the gold to himself. One day Alqash, now a wealthy minister to the king, needed help deciphering dreams, called upon Baqti Jamal’s son Abu Zare Jamhur, who held a book of prophecies
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Bilbal Wazir transcript

Retelling of Bilbal Wazir

Recording of Bano reciting “Bilbal Wazir” in the Hunza dialect. This is a popular story about Minister Bilbal, who was once a worker, and spent his money before he came home t his wife. He then proves his wisdom by not doing what he was told, and became a minister.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on the song entitled "Ajo li" - II transcript

Monologue on the song entitled "Ajo li" - II

Recording of Bano, a speaker of Hunza Burushaski, reciting and discussing a wedding song.
Date: 2012
Creator: Karim, Piar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on the song entitled "Ajo li," part 1 transcript

Monologue on the song entitled "Ajo li," part 1

Recording of Bano, a speaker of Hunza Burushaski, talking about "Ajo li", a song.
Date: 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on festivals transcript

Monologue on festivals

Recording of Bano reciting a cultural account on festivals in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: September 15, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Ghawu Kanguli transcript

Retelling of Ghawu Kanguli

Recording of Muneem Dawar reciting the story of "Ghawu Kanguli"
Date: August 8, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Mythical Donkey of Barashal transcript

Retelling of Mythical Donkey of Barashal

Recording of Muneeb Dawar narrating the story "Barashale Qaan Zrakun" ('mythical donkey of Barashal') in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: August 7, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf & Karim, Piar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Bulchi Tthoko and the Witch transcript

Retelling of Bulchi Tthoko and the Witch

Recording of Muneem Dawar reciting "Bulchi Thoko ke Danglathas," a popular story in the region, in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski. Bulchi Tthoko is an old male name in Burushaski and "Ddanglatthas" is the word for 'witch'.
Date: August 5, 2011
Creator: Karim, Piar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Manulum Dado transcript

Retelling of Manulum Dado

Recording of Dawar Muneem reciting "Manulum Daado" (lit. 'grandfather' or 'old man from Man'), a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski. According to the story, "Man" is the name of a pasture in Shispar meadows.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Karim, Piar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion on the terms "Khajunaa" & "Phaṭor Ṣape" transcript

Discussion on the terms "Khajunaa" & "Phaṭor Ṣape"

Recording of an analytical discussion of the words "Khajuna" and the word "Phaṭor Ṣape" in Urdu language.
Date: July 26, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Hindiye Shikari transcript

Retelling of Hindiye Shikari

Recording of Dawar Muneem reciting "Hindi-e-shikari," a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Karim, Piar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Hir Bilas transcript

Retelling of Hir Bilas

Recording of Dawar Muneem reciting "Hir Bilas," a popular story, in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Karim, Piar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Quli O Laskir-e Minas transcript

Retelling of Quli O Laskir-e Minas

Recording of Dawar Muneeb reciting "Quli o Laskir-e Minas," a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Juniper Tree of Boyo transcript

Retelling of Juniper Tree of Boyo

A recording of Dawar Muneeb reciting “The Juniper Tree of Boyo,” in the Hunza dialect. This story tells of a Big Juniper Tree before Islam came to the region. Under the tree lived creatures that were a mix of a puppy and a penguin, and they were fed to bring good luck to families. When people would cut the tree, it was thought that the tree would take revenge, either by killing the criminal, or by driving them crazy.
Date: May 8, 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about a couplet transcript

Conversation about a couplet

Recording of Raja Safdar Ali and Raja Jamsheed Ali discussing a Persian couplet in the Srinagar dialect of Burushaski.
Date: 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library