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Some Klallam Paradigms

Description: This paper presents the various transitive and intransitive paradigms of Klallam to make this data and grammatical information available preliminary to a thorough descriptive treatment.
Date: August 1996
Creator: Montler, Timothy
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Performance of Lai Haraoba pena ballads and dance

Description: Video of a festival featuring dance and pena performances. Elders are shown assembling the pena. Pena cholom is where a group of pena balladeers play together organized by ranks where the highest ranking balladeer plays first, and so on. The structure and components of the pena are described. Other instruments similar to the pena are shown, like tingteila of the Tangkhuls, and Laa of Kabui (Rongmei). The final segment includes a voice-over in English describing spirituality and symbolism of pen… more
Date: 1999
Duration: 2 hours 19 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Audio Visual Research Centre
Partner: UNT College of Information
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