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Elicitation of word list on multiple topics

Description: This recording captures an in-depth elicitation session of words in the Central (Zhung) variety of the Zangskari language, encompassing several diverse categories such as celestial entities, nature-related elements, household and farm equipment, food items, temporal and directional concepts, color terms, religious terminology, professional words, metals, precious stones, and various adjectives detailing physical sensation, size, shape, quality, and quantity. With Chhuskit Angmo as the consultan… more
Date: September 27, 2020
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
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Location: None
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Performance of Tehsedoi ritual

Description: Houjahen Haokip recites the ritual called Tehsedoi used for healing elderly men. He is a Thadou speaker from Manipur (currently living in Lambung village), around 80 years old at the time of recording. He was thought to be the only living Thadou priest in Lambung village at the time.
Date: February 27, 2013
Duration: 7 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
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Performance of Khaolangthoina ritual

Description: Houjahen Haokip recites the ritual called khaolangthoina for healing of those who suffer from a sickness. It is for pleasing the spirits who lives in lakes and water bodies. He is a Thadou speaker from Manipur (currently living in Lambung village), around 80 years old at the time of recording. He was thought to be the only living Thadou priest in Lambung village at the time.
Date: February 27, 2013
Duration: 3 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
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Performance of a traditional song

Description: Lhingnu Saihriem sings a traditional Saihriem song. She is from Bahbahar village, Cachar District, Assam, around 95 years old at the time of recording.
Date: March 27, 2013
Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
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Performance of a traditional song

Description: Lhingnu Saihriem sings a traditional Saihriem song. She is from Bahbahar village, Cachar District, Assam, around 95 years old at the time of recording.
Date: March 27, 2013
Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
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Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of the sideward stepping dance

Description: Tharon (Thalon) villagers perform the sideward stepping dance 'malian phenbo'. The dance marks the beginning of Chaga festival. This dance is performed by Liangmai men. The men dance through the village until they come and stop in one designated place.
Date: October 27, 2016
Duration: 8 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Daimai, Kaimunthinang
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Performance of the war cry

Description: Tharon (Thalon) villagers perform the war cry or battle cry, 'Kahoi-hoibo'. It is a war cry or a battle call made by men. Men are divided into four groups and each group takes turns performing the kahoi. This kahoi-hoibo instills a spirit of oneness among men. Kahoi-hoibo is performed while going to war, as well as when performing community works like pulling big logs or rocks.
Date: October 27, 2016
Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Daimai, Kaimunthinang
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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Historical narrative about Rupin River View Hotel

Description: Kailash describes the history of his hotel and tourism in Rakchham. The Rupin River View is the first hotel after the village entrance on the right side, bordering the Baspa River. The recording was made in one of the hotel's rooms with a view of Rakchham's bridge over the Baspa River.
Date: November 27, 2018
Duration: 4 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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Collecting pine leaves in Rakchham

Description: Meena discusses pine leaves in Rakchham, which she happened to collect on the day of this recording. The recording was made at Rupin River View Hotel.
Date: November 27, 2018
Duration: 2 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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Conversation about teaching Chhitkul-Rakchham at school

Description: Raj and Sahdev discuss whether the Chhitkul-Rakchham language should be taught at school. They are members of the current leadership of Rakchham village ('Panchayat'), elected in 2015. The recording was made after a a long meeting with members of the Panchayat at the Panchayat building ('Panchayat Bhawan') in Rakchham village.
Date: May 27, 2019
Duration: 6 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
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Description of the practice of khangchu, a male youth dormitory

Description: Youth dormitory played a vital role in village life. It was an institution that maintained tradition and culture of the village. At the same time, traditional knowledge and oral literature are transferred to the younger generation through this institution. The members of a male youth dormitory formed a workforce and defense system of the village.
Date: September 27, 2016
Duration: 14 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
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[News Script: Bangladesh]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the new nation of Bangladesh which used to be part of Pakistan greeted Pakistani prime minister Bhutto.
Date: June 27, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Some Preliminary Issues in the Reconstruction of Proto-KokBorok

Description: This is a description of Proto-KokBorok prepared as part of the 1987-88 Linguistic Field Methods course at University of California, Berkeley on KokBorok with some handwritten notes from Jim Matisoff. Tripura describes regional variation and provides a phoneme inventory, rhyme classes, and correspondences with Bodo.
Date: May 27, 1988
Creator: Tripura, Prashanta
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Video recording of driving away the nilgais 'blue bulls'

Description: This is a video recording of Aquil Ahmad, who can be seen driving away from his farms, two nilgais, or the blue bulls, which are large antelopes of the genus Boselaphus, found in northern India. They are a menace to the farmers and their cultivated crops.
Date: January 27, 2020
Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
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Location: 25.7798000 83.0106000
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