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Analytical discussion of Soombeel

Description: Sumshot Khular translates a recording of the story of Soombeel as told by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu of Thamlakhuren village. Soombeel is known for her beauty and wit in the Lamkang traditional folk stories.
Date: August 18, 2000
Duration: 2 hours 34 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Discovering Tibeto-Burman Linguistic History Through Pre 20th Century Meithei Manuscripts

Description: This is a conference handout titled 'Discovering Tibeto-Burman Linguistic History Through Pre 20th Century Meithei Manuscripts' containing a brief introduction, 4 tables, and references. The handout discusses 7 features of Manipuri manuscripts: number and genre, script, dating, authorship, housing and ownership, paper and condition, and status in the culture. This handout was used at the Ninth Seminar for the International Association for Tibetan Studies in a panel on Medieval Tibeto-Burman Lan… more
Date: June 23, 2000
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Ray, Sohini, 1966-
Partner: UNT College of Information

Inside a traditional house in a Raji village

Description: Photograph of a Raji family house. On the ground floor of this house, the family keeps their livestock at night to protect them from other animals and harsh weather. The gate of the ground floor is at the back of the house. The family lives on the top floor.
Date: 2000
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Partner: UNT College of Information

Lamkang Traditonal Knik known as Diphuun Ksen

Description: Photograph of [diphuun ksen] a Lamkang traditional wrap around worn by women, 'knik'. Woven by Tony Khular, of Thamlakhuren village, this knik was designed by Sankhil Thampool Khularnu of Thamlakhuren village in the early 1970s. She designed this diphuun ksen with the Lamkang Tkar buw K'err, also called 'Angbrasu buw'. It was worn by the Lamkang choir in the competition with Tkar buw Kpool during the Manipur Baptist Convention in Mao Songsong.
Date: February 20, 2000
Creator: Khular, Sumshot
Partner: UNT College of Information

Pena Phaibok of Laihui

Description: Video of a performance by the Laihui ensemble of pena players at Marjing Mayanglambam's weaning ceremony where the baby eats solid food for the first time. Ballads includes a portion from Moirang Kangleirol. The event was organized in Keishamthong by Mayanglambam Mangangsana.
Date: August 13, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 04 seconds
Partner: UNT College of Information

Raji men in the Askote market

Description: Photograph of Raji men taking a rest in front of their favorite tea shop at Askote. Every day, they bring wood or grass collected from the jungles to sell. They get a very small amount of money in return.
Date: 2000
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of Thamptlum

Description: The Thamptlum paomin [the Story of Thamptlum] as told by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu of Thamlakhuren. The story tells of how a snake married a woman. Translated into English and input in SayMore by Sumshot Khular.
Date: 2000
Duration: 12 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Traditional story about Khu Khu narrated by Sankhil Thamnung Tholung Thamlakhuren

Description: The Story of Khu Khu as told by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu. In this story a girl, when her mother asks her to cook a pumpkin, cooks her younger sibling by mistake. Later when the mother comes back from field and finds out that the girl has cooked the baby, the mother asks the girl to hide. And in the end, as she feared being killed by her father, the girl went into hiding and became a bird, [khu-khu].
Date: 2000
Duration: 5 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Traditional story about Manhen narrated by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu Thamlakhuren

Description: Manhen paomin [The story of Manhen] as narrated by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu. In this story, Manhen was asked to care for the animals which were her bride price. She accidentally lets them loose in the forest and thus all the animals escape and become wild animals.
Date: 2000
Duration: 4 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional story about Raapa

Description: Raapa Paomin [The Story of Raapa] as narrated by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu. This is a story about a young handsome man called Raapa. He was the son of a widow. He was known for his good deeds and for that people got jealous and tried to kill him in several ways. One time they hung him up in the middle of the sea to die, but to his great luck a bird called Chinraang came along wearing beautiful ornament called vori kangkool. This ornament is worn by Lamkangs today. When Raapa saw the bird he… more
Date: 2000
Duration: 4 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional story about the Squirrel and Rumnu narrated by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu

Description: Theipaa leh rumnu paomin [The Story of Squirrel and Rumnu] as narrated by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu. Squirrel [Theipa] pretended that he fell down and hurt his scrotum and so could not walk. He therefore asked Rumnu to carry him in her basket which was full of fig-like fruit [didit]. When she carried him in her basket, he ate up all the figlike fruit and jumped out of her basket and ran off. She was so angry that she cursed him so that he would be trapped in the traps set by people in olden t… more
Date: 2000
Duration: 2 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Traditional story about the Tiger and Milai

Description: In this telling of Humpii Pa le Milai [the story of Humpiipa and Miilai], a human being and a tiger become friends. When the tiger visited his human friend, he killed a chicken and added to it a kind of mushroom called tree mushroom [u phot], which tastes like the kidney of the chicken. Then he invited his human friend to his house and killed all the chickens he had so he could offer his human friend chicken-kidney curry. At night, the tiger took his friend to the tallest tree and had him sl… more
Date: 2000
Duration: 3 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Transcription: Traditional story about Sombeel

Description: Transcript for The Story of Sombeel by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu of Thamlakhuren Village Recorded by Daniel Tholung in 2000 as part of his collection on Lamkang culture and traditions.
Date: 2000
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi; Utt, Tyler P. & Khular, Sumshot
Partner: UNT College of Information
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