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Performance of Reelruu Kardaam

Description: Elders who are experts in traditional songs and young women and men dancers perform the Reelruu Kardaam. Reelruu Dance is a typical dance where the Reelruu, a long bamboo and gourd musical instrument, is played and a special dance is performed with this song. This dance has unique dance steps which only the Lamkangs perform and its one of the old traditional dances that still is unchanged in steps or song. The Reelruul is also very unique, as it is only played by the Lamkangs. This recording w… more
Date: 2004
Duration: 17 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of Khujin Laa

Description: This performance features Elders from various villages who are experts in traditional songs, stories and dancers from different villages who are invited to perform at the seminar, including Beshot Thulong of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Shangwar Dilbung of Khuibung. “Khujin Laa” is the song which is sung at the end of the dancing. The song itself talks about the fall of the dusk and as the birds and animals are heeding to their nests and homes and we humans calling the neighb… more
Date: 2004
Duration: 4 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of dance steps

Description: Elders who are experts in traditional songs and dance, including Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Shangwar Dilbung of Khuibung, and Beshot Khullar of Phaidaam, give instructions to the dancers on the dance steps [kardaam] in the Charangching Khullen village.
Date: January 2, 2004
Duration: 56 seconds
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of Yaan kih Khuungpaar Laa

Description: This performance features young women and men dancers from various villages and elders who are experts in traditional songs, including Beshot Tholung, Bunghon Suungnem, Belun Sankhil, Beshot Khullar, and Shangwar perform "Yaanki Khuungpaar laa", "Puulraang laa", "Laam laa". This dance is performed during the Totlang Kam at nights as the songs and dance are performed only during the nights.
Date: 2004
Duration: 19 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information

Krei Klou dance performed by Children in Thamlapokpi 2017

Description: Krei Klou dance is a rare dance and with the realization of its importance Mr. Shetphong Sankhil taught this young children to learn to dance and they performed on the new years day at Thamlapokpi village, Shetphong also taught the songs to the singers. This was an initiative to make children learn about the culture and trasitions from young age inorder to keep the culture alive and vibrant. The video is taken by Sumshot and Tony Khular as part of the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Res… more
Date: January 1, 2017
Duration: 22 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Khular, Sumshot
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of Tharon Thoe Tharon napi napao

Description: Elders from various villages who are experts in traditional songs and dance, including Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi, Bunghon Suungnem of Leingangching, Shangwar Dilbung of Khuibung, Belun Sankhil of Phaidaam, Shetwor Dilbung of Keithelmanbi, and Beshot Khullar of Phaidaam performing the dance “Tharon Thoe, Tharon napi napao”. In this dance, while the group of dancers are performing, the singers are in two groups as they had to respond to each other in teams which the dancers cannot do while da… more
Date: 2004
Duration: 25 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of Likhaa Kardaam

Description: Dancers from various villages were invited to perform during the Lamkang Student Union [Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun] seminar. This a special dance called Likhaa Kardaam (The Drumming Dance), where the drumming is different from the other types of dance, a faster drum beat which allows the dancers to take their steps faster. All the dancers are requested to join the dance and they perform the Yaangkaa Kardaam, at Charangching Khullen village.
Date: January 2, 2004
Duration: 3 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance by Charangching Khorpii Dancers

Description: Charangching dancers performing as the female and male are about to split into two directions. The women dance circling the male dancers in this section during the first seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun-LKK at Charangching Khullen-Khunkha 2006.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Partner: UNT College of Information
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