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Speech about personal experiences

Description: Recording of a formal speech by Gobinda Baglari (Male, age 65) which contains a description of personal experiences as a school teacher, village situation, expression of gratitude.
Date: March 9, 2020
Duration: 43 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
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Personal narrative of two sisters from Karsha village

Description: Tshering Garmo and Tshering Dolma, sisters from the village of Karsha in Zangskar, share personal narratives about their family and life in Zangskar. Assisted by Sonam Phalkay, we delve into memories of his grandmother and her younger sister. A candid pre-interview exchange unfolds between the Tshering sisters and Chhuskit Angmo (Sonam's mother) while the recording equipment was being set up, which enriches the narrative. Recorded in Youlang village, Ladakh Union Territory, India.
Date: September 28, 2020
Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
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Location: See Bounding Coordinates
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Conversation about Bimla Devi's daily activities

Description: Bhajan Dass asks Bimla about her daily activities during the four seasons. The interview-like quality of this recording provides useful examples of interrogatives. The recording was made at their home in Rakchham village, right after a period of heavy snowfall.
Date: March 7, 2019
Duration: 7 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
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Description of life in Chhitkul village in earlier times

Description: Amir Sing describes how life was in Chhitkul village before it was connected to the world by major roads, or the 'highway road.' He emphasizes how hard life was in Chhitkul when the village was still isolated, before the road was built in the 1980s. The recording was made at Amar Guest House, which is run by Amir and his family. The video starts at the back of Chhitkul's main temple and follows the narrow path up to the wooden guest house.
Date: October 12, 2018
Duration: 8 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
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Description of life in Chhitkul during summer and winter

Description: Vijay describes the passing of the seasons in Chhitkul village. The language spoken in this recording is Amro Boli 'Our Language,' an Indo-Aryan variety spoken throughout Kinnaur district. The recording was made at his workplace, a digital studio.
Date: October 31, 2018
Duration: 4 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
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Performance of the folk dance 'Chabonki lem'

Description: Performance of the Chabonki lem dance by Nkou village youths. Chabonki lem means ‘the dance of the youth’, where chabon means ‘youth’, ki ‘house’ and lem ‘dance’. As the name suggests, this dance is performed mainly by youths of a village on special occasion, such as celebration of good harvest or victory in battle. In the present time, this dance is performed during cultural festivals.
Date: October 5, 2016
Duration: 6 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
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Tape 18 Side B

Description: Akha narratives. Continued from Side A. -5 cont.; 5-15 Ásɔ̀q: Young man dying; 15-30 Ásɔ̀q: Village structure; 30-45 Ásɔ̀q: Vampire stories
Date: June 1977
Duration: 20 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
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Description of field weeding songs

Description: This narration is about songs that are sung while working on field. Some of the first songs sang while going to the field and while working on it are recorded here. Such songs are usually short, and their themes are numerous.
Date: October 1, 2016
Duration: 2 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
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Description of preparation for community fishing

Description: The speaker narrates about the preparation for community fishing. In order to go fishing, some twenty or thirty people go to identify the spot. Based on everyone’s opinion, they decided on a place to do the fishing. A day before fishing, some members also go deep to the forest to collect katu, the herb used for fishing. Each member contributes their labor even before the real fishing begins.
Date: March 20, 2020
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
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Description of a farewell dance to a girl

Description: When a village girl is to get married, her peers and friends will gather at her house and spend a day singing and dancing with her. This narration is about the songs and dances performed during such gatherings.
Date: October 1, 2016
Duration: 3 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
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Description of village guarding songs

Description: Guarding of village is one of the most important duties of able-bodied young men. While on duty, young men usually sing songs to assure the villagers that they are in good hands.
Date: October 1, 2016
Duration: 2 minutes
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
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Description of the songs of the elders

Description: When festive time comes, elderly women will sleep over in their dormitory. They will spend their time together drinking, singing, and celebrating. This narration is about songs sung by old women when they come together to have fun.
Date: October 1, 2016
Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
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Performance of a folk song 'Kagan tu sa di'

Description: The message of this folk song is to strive for goodness, and live for equality. Sharing is very important in village. Villagers share good things as well as bad things, which creates unity. The goal of the village is to pursue goodness.
Date: October 3, 2016
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
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Description of the sanctification ritual

Description: The speaker narrates about earlier times when their ancestors used to built grand house and conduct ceremonies and pull pillars, posts, and big logs to build bridges. Before they start pulling the bridge materials, their ancestors performed a ritual called kaphi-kapaibo. While performing the ritual, the log will be cleaned with different types of leaves from end to end. This ritual is done so that they would carry the bridge materials easily. It is done to ward off injury or to avoid any sickne… more
Date: May 30, 2020
Duration: 1 minute 11 seconds
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
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