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Conversation about documenting Rabha

Description: Prakash Rabha describes ongoing efforts to document the Rabha language.
Date: May 13, 2023
Duration: 34 seconds
Creator: Rabha, Subhash & Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a traditional song

Description: Group performance of a traditional song accompanied by traditional instruments.
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a traditional song

Description: Group performance of a traditional song accompanied by traditional instruments.
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 9 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a traditional song

Description: Group performance of a traditional song accompanied by traditional instruments.
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 5 minutes 35 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 'Hiti aru Abatgiri'

Description: Jontri Cherenga tells the traditional narrative 'Hiti aru Abatgiri' about a farmer and an elephant.
Date: May 14, 2023
Duration: 6 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative 'Marikay aro Rangkhop'

Description: Jontri Cherenga tells the traditional narrative 'Marikay aro Rangkhop' about how the clouds and sky were created.
Date: May 14, 2023
Duration: 1 minute 06 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' rhymes and jokes

Description: Rajkumar Rabha recites childrens' rhymes and jokes about a bird called Sukia and why Rabha people don't have beards.
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 5 minutes 10 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

Traditional narrative 'Tukhur Sabra'

Description: Durjudhan Rabha Turo tells the traditional narrative 'Tukhur Sabra' about a dove.
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of language attitudes and domains of use

Description: Dartuohau Vankal describes inter-generational transmission of Ṭhiek in his family, his desire to preserve the language and culture by documenting traditional songs, and his choice of Ṭhiek as a means of communication in home and social settings. He also briefly talks about the character Neirawi from the song 'Hranglam Hla' (Valiant feats), who he explains is from the Ṭhiek clan. Marina L. Infimate asks questions in Hmar.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 4 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about fieldwork in Retzawl village

Description: Thilsinghluo Tuolor, Gaon Bura of Retzawl village, and Robert Pakhuongte, vice president of the Retzawl HSA, express enthusiasm and consent to record the variety of Ṭhiek spoken in Retzawl village for research and documentation purposes.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about fieldwork in Huonveng village

Description: Dartuohau Vankal, an elderly male Ṭhiek speaker, expresses enthusiasm and consent to record the variety of Ṭhiek spoken in Huonveng village for research and documentation purposes.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about fieldwork in Huonveng village

Description: Hrangkung Tuolor, president and authority of Huonveng village, expresses enthusiasm and consent to record the variety of Ṭhiek spoken in Huonveng village for research and documentation purposes.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 29 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about fieldwork in Boro Muolkoi village

Description: Ngultholien Parate, the headman of Boro Muolkoi village, Hrangsuothang Parate, and Zionthar Vankal express enthusiasm and consent to record the variety of Ṭhiek spoken in Boro Muolkoi village for research and documentation purposes.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 3 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative of Vanlal Tluong Bapui

Description: Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, gives consent for recording him and briefly introduces himself. He discusses Ṭhiek's status as an endangered language and the urgency of documenting and preserving Ṭhiek. He describes his book "Ṭhiek Ṭawng," explaining that it is the only known publication in Ṭhiek, and represents his contribution towards preserving the language.
Date: August 21, 2023
Duration: 1 minute 42 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative 'Bakso Barairi kahini'

Description: Charumohan Rabha tells the traditional narrative 'Bakso Barairi kahini' about how Rabha clans were formed, including the Bakso, Torang, and Lem clans. In this story, villagers offered a girl to the snake king who lived in the hills every year. The main characters are two brothers who save a beautiful girl from being fed to the snake king by cheating him with a banana tree. Finally they succeeded, and the snake king was killed by the villagers. From then on, the villagers lived peacefully withou… more
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 11 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Spinning threads from silkworm cocoons

Description: Joya Medok Doley demonstrates the process of extracting silk threads from a silkworm cocoon bundle called takuri kénam. The silkworms are fed green leaves and kept in a dark room to mature. Once they have formed cocoons, the cocoons are grouped and rolled in a bamboo roller called takpín. From the takpín, silk threads are extracted into a second roller which is thinner, called poːpi.
Date: July 23, 2023
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: Doley, Normoda
Partner: UNT College of Information
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