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Analytical discussion of The Origin of the Lamkang

Description: Suungnem Bunghon narrated a monologue/traditional account on the origin of the Lamkang clans. This is a recording of discussion translating the original source file by Rex Khullar. Translation by Daniel Tholung.
Date: August 26, 2009
Duration: 29 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information

Analytical discussion of the Raapa Story

Description: Translation of story of Raapa as told by Bunghon Suungnem. In this story, a tiger, angry at being duped by Koreng, eats him. Koreng's sisters vow to marry whoever kills the tiger, and the only one able to do it is Raapa. Jealous, the other men conspire to kill Raapa, but he survives two attempts and tricks them so that they drown. In the end Koreng's sisters kill Raapa.
Date: August 26, 2009
Duration: 4 hours 52 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Partner: UNT College of Information

Analytical discussion of The Story of Sumphaai and Raangleen

Description: Beshot Khullar of Phaaidam village, Chandel, tells the story of Sumphaai leh Raangleen [Sumphaai and Raangleen]. The story was collected by Rengpu Rex Khullar and Harimohon Thounaojam at the NSF-funded storytelling festival in 2009. The narration was transcribed by Reverend Daniel Tholung. This recording is of the translation discussion between Shobhana Chelliah and Daniel Tholung at the UNT in 2010.
Date: August 26, 2009
Duration: 33 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Analytical discussion of the story "Origin of the Lamkang" with Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil

Description: A discussion of a recording we have named "The Origin of the Lamkang". Present at the dicussion are David Peterson, Shobhana Chelliah, Sumshot Khular, Daniel Tholung, and Shekarnong Sankhil. The recording illustrates how grammatical information can be gleaned in the process of translating connected text.
Date: August 26, 2009
Duration: 2 hours 55 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Discussion about directionals

Description: Recording of a discussion of Lamkang directionals with Donnu Sankhil, Sumshot Khular with Shobhana Chelliah during the Lamkang Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 26, 2016
Duration: 53 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Discussion on Lamkang verb "duul" at Don Bosco Institute with Lamkang speakers

Description: Recording of Lamkang verb "duul" with Lamkang speakers, Sankhil Donnu, Sumshot Khular, Rengpu Rex Khullar and Swamy Tholung Ksen at Don Bosco Institute. Shobhana Chelliah, David Peterson and Prafulla Basumatary as linguist discussants.
Date: January 26, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Raapa story told by Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching

Description: The story of Raapa as told by Bunghon Suungnem. A tiger, angry at being duped by Koreng, eats him. Koreng's sisters vow to marry whoever kills the tiger, and the only one able to do it is Raapa. Jealous, the other men conspire to kill Raapa, but he survives two attempts and tricks them so that they drown. In the end Koreng's sisters kill Raapa.
Date: August 26, 2009
Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the Rich Boy and the Poor Boy

Description: A traditional story as told by Bunghon Suungnem. In this story, the parents of five sons used up all their wealth purchasing brides and so have nothing to bequeath to them. The father tells them to obey the eldest son and work together to dig up 500 rupees he had buried and distribute it equally. After a few months of digging they are unable to find it, so they ask the eldest son what to do. He has them level the field, draw new boundaries and cultivate it. He assigns the highest plot to the yo… more
Date: August 26, 2009
Duration: 9 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional story about the Origin of the Lamkang, Part 1

Description: Origin of the Lamkang, Part 1 as told by Bunghon Suungnem, who retells a traditional history of how in the beginning of creation man and animals spoke the same language and how man was given the authority to name the birds and animals and everything that is therein.
Date: August 26, 2009
Duration: 46 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Traditional story about the Seven Sons

Description: The Story of Seven Sons as told by Angtoi Sankhil. A man is killed by a tiger, and as his six sons go to avenge him, he kills them too one by one. The mother is pregnant with a seventh son, who is able to foretell events while still in the womb. After the child learns how his father died, he goes to confront the tiger and his wife. He avoids the tiger's attempt to kill him, takes back his father's head from the tiger's possession, and vanquishes the tiger.
Date: August 26, 2009
Duration: 8 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Partner: UNT College of Information
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