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Retelling of My Children's Food

Description: Daniel Tholung of Thamlakhuren recites the traditional story of "My Children's Food," which tells the story of a cockroach eating the baby's food and the chain of events that follow. The story has been written and illustrated in a book by Sumshot Khular, Tony Khular of Thamlakhuren and Sankhil Moses of Thamlapokpi. It was written with the help of literacy experts at the Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Date: 2011
Duration: 39 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi

Multilingual Information Access for Digital Libraries - The Metadata Records Translation Project

Description: This presentation was given as an invited talk to faculty and students at Wuhan University, Beijing Normal University, Nankai University, and the Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences. The presentation discusses research on multilingual information access for digital libraries and the Metadata Records Translation (MRT) Project.
Date: 2011
Creator: Chen, Jiangping
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Retelling of Bulchi Tthoko and the Witch

Description: 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
Duration: 10 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Karim, Piar
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Retelling of Manulum Dado

Description: 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
Duration: 13 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Karim, Piar

Performance of a drama titled 'gharphū̃kan patōh'

Description: This is a performance of a drama by the title 'gharphū̃̃kan patōh', spendthrift daughter-in-law in English, on the occasion of the Republic Day of India. This drama depicts a typical rural life of the North Indian plains where a woman and her family are very much sick of the misdeeds of the daughter-in-law because she is very spendthrift!
Date: January 26, 2011
Duration: 9 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Karmaini Village School
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Contrasting Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers

Description: This article presents a second year analysis of baseline attitudinal data gathered from a National Science Foundation Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers project concerning contrasts between the perceptions of practicing professionals and students toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and careers.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda & Tyler-Wood, Tandra L.

Conversation about the status of women in Karbi society

Description: This is a conversation of the status of women in Karbi society; the lady interviewed is Ms. Kare Rongpipi, and the interview was conducted by Mr. Bhudeswar Timung. Ms. Rongpipi points out the ways in which women have traditionally played a very important role in Karbi society.
Date: November 23, 2011
Duration: 33 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Konnerth, Linda

Conversation about the status of women in Karbi society

Description: This is a conversation of the status of women in Karbi society; the lady interviewed is Ms. Kare Rongpipi, and the interview was conducted by Mr. Bhudeswar Timung. Ms. Rongpipi points out the ways in which women have traditionally played a very important role in Karbi society.
Date: November 23, 2011
Duration: 33 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Konnerth, Linda

Traditional story about the origin of the division into Bey subclans

Description: This is a traditional story about the origin of the division into Bey subclans. Bey Ki’ik and Bey Ke’et have a falling out over changing marriage plans as a result of the grandmother’s advice. As a result, a taboo exists such that descendants of Bey Ki’ik and those of Bey Ke’et are not allowed to marry each other. Another result is that members of the Bey Ronghang clan are not allowed to grind rice for rice beer, because in mythological times, the Bey Ronghang women kept grinding rice for rice … more
Date: October 13, 2011
Duration: 5 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
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Transcription: Traditional story about the origin of the division into Bey subclans

Description: This is a traditional story about the origin of the division into Bey subclans. Bey Ki’ik and Bey Ke’et have a falling out over changing marriage plans as a result of the grandmother’s advice. As a result, a taboo exists such that descendants of Bey Ki’ik and those of Bey Ke’et are not allowed to marry each other. Another result is that members of the Bey Ronghang clan are not allowed to grind rice for rice beer, because in mythological times, the Bey Ronghang women kept grinding rice beer with… more
Date: 2011/2019
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
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