Historical narrative about the Sero family

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Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She describes the lineage of Sero which originated in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, India. She says Mr. Damba Tashi is first among the holders of the golden lineage of Sero. As a mark of respect to him, his descendants keep a long ponytail, even if they shave. She says the lineage started when Damba Tashi married the princess of the serpent world. Mrs. Humchung says she came to know about these stories through marriage to Damba Tashi’s descendants.

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Tshewang, Tashi July 20, 2022.

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Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She describes the lineage of Sero which originated in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, India. She says Mr. Damba Tashi is first among the holders of the golden lineage of Sero. As a mark of respect to him, his descendants keep a long ponytail, even if they shave. She says the lineage started when Damba Tashi married the princess of the serpent world. Mrs. Humchung says she came to know about these stories through marriage to Damba Tashi’s descendants.

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Dakpa Language Resource

This collection includes Dakpa audio-video documentation and text annotations, and a number of photographs taken by the collector Tashi Tshewang which document both the documentation process and of associated places, people and artifacts. This project was funded by a FLICR Fellowship from the Centre for Cultural-Linguistic Diversity (Eastern Himalaya), with support from the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research.

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Computational Resource on South Asian Languages

The Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) is a digital archive for source audio, video, and text on the minority languages of South Asia.

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Centre for Cultural-Linguistic Diversity Eastern Himalaya

The Centre for Cultural-Linguistic Diversity (Eastern Himalaya) is a research and training organization dedicated to documenting, describing and sustaining cultural-linguistic diversity in the Eastern Himalayan region (northeast India and adjacent parts of Bhutan, Tibet, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal). Directed by Mark W. Post and Yankee Modi since 2015, the CCLD-EH provides training, fellowships and support for Indigenous Community Researchers to document aspects of their own languages and cultures. A selection of their outcomes are now being archived with CoRSAL.

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  • July 20, 2022

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Tshewang, Tashi. Historical narrative about the Sero family, video, July 20, 2022; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2243468/: accessed February 14, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Information.

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