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Personal narrative on family history

Description: Recording of Raja Abdul Hamid reciting a personal story in the Nagar dialect. Hamid tells us where and when he was born, his ancestry in the Royal family, his education, and his enrollment into the freedom fighters.
Date: July 26, 2010
Duration: 11 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Personal narrative on family history by Raja Sakhawat Ali Khan

Description: Recording of Raja Sakhawat Ali Khan reciting a personal narrative of his family history in the Srinagar dialect. He recalls how his ancestry came to Srinagar. He tells of his fathers, and his brothers and their children, and his own children, and what they work as.
Date: July 2003
Duration: 24 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Personal narrative on fighting with a bear

Description: Recording of Abdullah sharing a personal account entitled “Fighting with a Bear” in the Nagar dialect of Burushaski. In this recollection, Abdullah recalls working in a great field in Kaceli with a team from France, and a bear was disturbing everyone in the area. One night the bear approached his tent, and Abdullah had to scare the bear away for a bit.
Date: June 26, 2010
Duration: 7 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Photograph of a Budhist stupa

Description: Photograph of the so called Buddhist stupa situated in Henzal village in Ghizar valley, 12 km west to Gilgit city. This ancient structure is said to have been constructed in 5th century BC.
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Photograph of a Burusho ceremonial dish

Description: Photograph of a dish called "ishpiri" in Yasin Burushaski and "burum-hanak" in Nagar and Hunza dialects of Burushaski. This consists of a bunch of flat breads and a lump of butter. This is the opening course of ceremonial meals, and is presented to welcome an important person visiting the home.
Date: June 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Photograph of Allama Nasiruddin Nasir Hunzai

Description: Photograph of (late) Allama Nasiruddin Nasir Hunzai, A famous Hunza Burushaski poet, a religious scholar and prolific writer. He is considered to be the first ever to publish Burushaski poetry. He is also one of the few who devised Perso-Arabic based alphabets to write Burushaski. His Burushaski-Urdu Dictionary was published posthumously by the Burushaski Research Academy (BRA) - The NGO that he had founded. He is also known as "Baba-e-Burushaski" (the father of (Hunza) Burushaski).
Date: [2010-07..2010-08]
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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