Retelling of Bilbal Wazir

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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.

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Munshi, Sadaf September 15, 2012.

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  • Main Title: Retelling of Bilbal Wazir
  • Parallel Title: Minister Bilbal
  • Series Title: Stories

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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.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: HB_Story_Bilbal_Wazir_Bano_Altit-Hunza_15_Sept_2012
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Burushaski Language Resource

Recordings of oral literature from different, significantly threatened, regional varieties of Burushaski spoken in Hunza, Nagar, and Yasin valleys in Pakistan and Srinagar in India. Included are audio and video recordings; fieldwork notes; photographs; and transcriptions, translations, and analyses of selected texts.

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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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Transcription 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. Transcription is done in Burushaski with translations in English.

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  • September 15, 2012

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  • June 28, 2016, 11:36 p.m.

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Munshi, Sadaf. Retelling of Bilbal Wazir, audio recording, September 15, 2012; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849873/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Information.

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