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Akha notebook 43

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of conversations about stealing a trap and songs about beauty. These notes were written in Copenhagen with Akha consultants.
Date: May 1974
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 44

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives and conversations about an incident in Thailand. These notes were taken in Copenhagen during sessions with Akha consultant Àle Dzò Dang from Burma.
Date: May 1974
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 63

Description: Handwritten notes and transcription of narratives about a snake in paradise, a dog and pig, gambling, hunting, spirits, tigers, and a man with a goiter.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 91

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of personal and traditional narratives about vampires, tigers, ancestors, traditional houses, creation, and dragons.
Date: May 1978
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 92

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives on creation and ancestors with partial English glossing.
Date: May 1978
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information

Analytical discussion of the Squirrel Story

Description: A discussion of Theipa paomin [the Squirrel Story] with Beshot Khullar about his telling of the story. This recording could be used to illustrate how linguists can get aids to analyze grammars via transcription and translation of connected text.
Date: May 17, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 01 second
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about animal sacrifice rituals

Description: Tashi Dorji and Dorji Phuntsho discuss rituals involving animal sacrifice in Dukti village. In the past, it was customary for every household to raise a pig to be killed for ritual purposes. They say that now, over a decade later, they have stopped raising pigs for sacrifice. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date: 2022-05/2023-06
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about animal sacrifice rituals

Description: Tashi Dorji and Dorji Phuntsho discuss rituals involving animal sacrifice in Dukti village. In the past, it was customary for every household to raise a pig to be killed for ritual purposes. They say that now, over a decade later, they have stopped raising pigs for sacrifice.
Date: May 21, 2022
Duration: 9 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about animal sacrifice rituals

Description: Tashi Dorji and Dorji Phuntsho discuss rituals involving animal sacrifice in Dukti village. In the past, it was customary for every household to raise a pig to be killed for ritual purposes. They say that now, over a decade later, they have stopped raising pigs for sacrifice. Time-aligned translation into English.
Date: 2022-05/2023-06
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about animal sacrifice rituals

Description: Tashi Dorji and Dorji Phuntsho discuss rituals involving animal sacrifice in Dukti village. In the past, it was customary for every household to raise a pig to be killed for ritual purposes. They say that now, over a decade later, they have stopped raising pigs for sacrifice.
Date: May 21, 2022
Duration: 9 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about annual feast offerings, part 1

Description: Conversation about the annual feast offering, started around 50 years ago. They discuss how the community shares the work responsibly, applies tax, lends money, calculates the interest, and returns utensils after the feast offering is completed. They keep track of the funds generated through the lending of money. They discuss how much cash was used for the current feast offering, and what amount was paid as remuneration to each monk.
Date: May 26, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about annual feast offerings, part 2

Description: Conversation about the annual feast offering, started around 50 years ago. They discuss how the community shares the duties of organizing, preparing, and funding the annual feast. They describe how the practice of Zhakchang, where people gather to finish the leftover wine from ritual ceremonies, was a common feature of any ritual. Zhakchang also gives an opportunity to those households who couldn’t come to the ritual. It is an avenue where a missed opportunity for one neighbor to take part in a… more
Date: May 26, 2022
Duration: 18 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information
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