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Rabha Textbook

Description: Book with 32 lessons on the Rabha alphabet and vocabulary used to teach Rabha in primary schools.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Rabha, Daniel; Rabha, Karuna Kanta; Cherenga, Kantri; Baksaka, Sandesh; Kanta, Taruni; Rabha, Nitu Rani et al.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Proto-Bodo-Garo correspondences word list

Description: Typed table comparing multiple Boro-Garo languages to Proto-Bodo-Garo reconstructed forms, arranged alphabetically by English gloss. Includes handwritten notes clarifying glosses, tones, and sources of information.
Date: [2005..2015]
Creator: Burling, Robbins & Jacquesson, Francois
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Notes on Rabha field work and word lists

Description: Handwritten and typed notes on Rabha phonology with phoneme inventory and brief summary of Burling's work with Rabha consultants. Includes word lists in multiple semantic domains (natural world, body parts, animals, kinship terms, insects, physical descriptors) and notes on regional variation, Assamese influence, and comparisons to Garo, Khasi, Atong, Koch, and KokBorok.
Date: [1995..2005]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Bodo Correspondences August 2000

Description: Typed table of sound correspondences from Proto-Bodo-Garo in 4 Bodo-Garo languages (Tiwa, Boro, Garo, Rabha) arranged by initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants.
Date: [2000..2002]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Notes on Rabha phonology and word lists

Description: Handwritten notes on Rabha phonology focusing on tone, vowel quality, echo words, and syllable structure, with a phoneme inventory. Includes word lists ranging multiple semantic domains (natural world, body parts, animals, kinship terms).
Date: [2000..2010]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of Baikho festival and rituals

Description: Biswanath Rabha Tara describes the origin, significance, and rituals of the Baikho festival. This festival celebrates the agricultural practices of the Rabha community. Rituals offer prayers to the goddess Baikho for growth and an abundant harvest.
Date: May 13, 2023
Duration: 12 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of Baikho ritual chants

Description: Jontri Cherenga performs chants used in rituals of the Baikho festival which celebrates the agricultural practices of the Rabha community.
Date: May 14, 2023
Duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of Baikho ritual chants

Description: Jontri Cherenga performs chants used in rituals of the Baikho festival which celebrates the agricultural practices of the Rabha community.
Date: May 14, 2023
Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of Baikho ritual chants

Description: Jontri Cherenga performs chants used in rituals of the Baikho festival which celebrates the agricultural practices of the Rabha community.
Date: May 14, 2023
Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative 'Sabek Sakay'

Description: Prakash Rabha tells a traditional narrative about a queen and her son who are mistreated and kill an elephant. While traveling at night, they are punished for killing the elephant by a woman on the road.
Date: May 13, 2023
Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative 'To poidam'

Description: Prakash Rabha tells a traditional narrative about a widow and her son who noticed birds pooping in their garden. After washing and preparing the vegetables, the boy said to the mother that (unlike the other day) the curry tasted very delicious, and he wanted to know what other ingredients were added to make it so tasty. His mother replied that she didn't add any spice, so it may be the bird poop which made the curry so tasty.
Date: May 13, 2023
Duration: 6 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of Baikho ritual chants

Description: Jontri Cherenga performs chants used in rituals of the Baikho festival which celebrates the agricultural practices of the Rabha community.
Date: May 14, 2023
Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of childrens' songs and rhymes

Description: Sandesh Bakshaka performs childrens' songs and rhymes 'Jeng Jeng Mai' about insects, 'Sa Ning Tham' used to teach counting, and 'Rel Gari' which imitates train sounds.
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 3 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative 'Bonkukura aru Bidhobar lora'

Description: Prakash Rabha tells a traditional narrative about a widow's son who catches a sparrow in the field while cultivating jhum. He releases the sparrow because she promised to offer her to him her daughter.
Date: May 13, 2023
Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information
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