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Retelling of Shuwa Wau

Description: Recording of Namak Alam reciting "Shuwa wau," in the Yasin dialect. This is a popular story that shows the importance of good morals in life.
Date: May 5, 2010
Duration: 15 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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Retelling of Baadsha Zulqarneen

Description: Recording of Badshahi Khan, a farmer, reciting "King Zulqarneen," in the Yasin dialect. This is a popular story that followed Islam to the area, and the King represents a barrier from the apocalypse.
Date: May 12, 2010
Duration: 21 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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Retelling of Limpi Kisar

Description: Recording of Gul Nasreen reciting "Limpi Kisar," a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story Limpi Kisar was married to a woman, and she was stolen on their wedding day by an ogre. He travels up mountains to get his wife back.
Date: May 25, 2010
Duration: 14 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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Retelling of Shari Bano from Fairyland

Description: A recording of Laila Khan reciting the story “Shari Bano from Fairyland,” in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story, a prince is born the seventh son. He finds a set of beautiful dressed one day on a clothesline, and decides to wait for the wearers to return, and see their beauty. The owners are actually fairies whom he follows, but they scorn him for his human ugliness.
Date: May 26, 2010
Duration: 25 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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Retelling of A Black and White Thread Ball

Description: A reciting of "A Black and White Thread Ball" by Laila Khan, a housewife, in the Hunza dialect. In this popular story a young shepherd abandons his duties in order to court a girl who was born out of gold and silver to poor parents.
Date: May 29, 2010
Duration: 26 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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Retelling of Shari Bano on a Swing

Description: Recording of Duwar Muneeb telling the story of Shari Bano Ghele Gato, or Shari Bano on a swing, in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski. Shari Bano would swing on the swing of a juniper tree and sing songs and recite poetry.
Date: June 2, 2010
Duration: 11 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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Retelling of A Kind Man

Description: A story recited by Suram Daam entitled "A Kind Man," in the Hunza dialect. In this popular story, a father searches for his wife and kids that have left to the fairy realm. As he searches for them, he is allowed to continue his search because many things see how kind he is, and are kind in return.
Date: June 8, 2010
Duration: 10 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Karim, Piar
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Retelling of An Intelligent Horse

Description: Recording of a farmer named Imam Yar Baig reciting "Aqalin-e-Hagur," in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story, a girl is told to search for silk in her father’s beard, but finds a flea. She is told to keep the flea in a bag, and watches as the flea grows.
Date: June 19, 2010
Duration: 17 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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Retelling of Badshah and Jatkus

Description: Recording of Ramzan Ali, a farmer, reciting "Badshah ke Jatkus," in the Nagar dialect. In this popular story A King is widowed, so his sons go find him a new bride. When she gives birth to a boy, a wise woman comes to tell her that her baby will rule the Kingdom, not the two elder sons.
Date: June 26, 2010
Duration: 37 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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Retelling of Sakhi

Description: Recording of Badaq, a carpenter, reciting "Sakhi," in the Yasin dialect. This is a popular story of a historical narrative.
Date: June 26, 2010
Duration: 10 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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Retelling of Flying Horse and Giant Monster in Urdu

Description: Recording of Samina explaining the story "Haghur ke Phut" in Urdu. This is a popular story about a flying horse and a monster. The story was originally narrated by Mahida Murad in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski, and this is an explanation/translation of it into Urdu by Mahida's daughter, Samina.
Date: July 2010
Duration: 18 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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Retelling of Baduldana

Description: Recording of Juru reciting "Baduldana," in the Yasin dialect. This is a popular story that tells about a king named Baduldana that was unable to sire children. To help him, his servants go out into a barren land searching for a mystical man, and when they bring him back, he helps the King.
Date: July 26, 2010
Duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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Retelling of Nosherwaane Aadil

Description: Recording of Niyam reciting the story “Nosherwaane the Just” in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story there was a king named Qabaat, who had one muslim minister, and one hindu minister. When one of the minsters explained that two owls were discussing the injustice in Qabaat’s kingdom, he decided to become a very just king, and earned the name Nosherwaane the Just.
Date: July 26, 2010
Duration: 13 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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Retelling of Sakhi

Description: Recording of Baqad, a carpenter, reciting "Sakhi," a popular story in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski. He is 76 at the time of the recording.
Date: July 26, 2010
Duration: 10 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
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