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Retelling of Baadil Jamaal

Description: Recording of Laila Khan reciting "Baadil Jamaal," a popular story for the Burushos. The recording was done in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: May 29, 2010
Duration: 15 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Description of a ghulmaldi recipe

Description: Recording of Ruqayya sharing a recipe for “Ghulmaldi”, a yoghurt dip made for covering thin bread and butter. This is told in the Nagar dialect.
Date: July 26, 2010
Duration: 40 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Description of a mul recipe

Description: Recording of Ruqayya Bano sharing a recipe of “Mul” in the Nagar dialect. Mul is a flour porridge that is mixed and boiled slowly and set outside to cool.
Date: July 26, 2010
Duration: 1 minute
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Limpi Kisar

Description: Recording of Gul Nasreen reciting "Limpi Kisar," a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story Limpi Kisar was married to a woman, and she was stolen on their wedding day by an ogre. He travels up mountains to get his wife back.
Date: May 25, 2010
Duration: 14 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Surung Thuko

Description: Recording of Piar Karim and Naseema Ali translating the story of Surung Thuko from Nagar Burushaski into Urdu.
Date: July 26, 2010
Duration: 6 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of An Intelligent Woman

Description: Recording of Ali Raza reciting “Aqale Gus” in the Nagar dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story a prince travels to search for the answer of his father’s troubles. In his travels he meets an old man whom he irritates, but lets the prince stay at his house overnight. The old man’s daughter is great at interpreting problems, and they are married, and she returns to the kingdom to aid the King.
Date: October 15, 2012
Duration: 28 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Gulzaada Gushpur

Description: Recording of Ali Raza reciting the story of "Gulzaada Gushpur" ('Prince Gulzaada') in the Nagar dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story Prince Gulzaada wanders into a strange and wonderful land, where he finds a beautiful fairy bathing in a waterfall. He steals her clothing and convinces her to be his wife, but he must promise to remain faithful to her, else she eat his head. When he was forced to marry, the fairy stole him away to Fairyland.
Date: October 15, 2012
Duration: 34 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Transcription: Retelling of Shon Gukur

Description: Transcription and translation of the recording of Dawar Muneem reciting “Shon Gukur” in the Hunza dialect. This is a popular story about a shaman/minister in Baltit (Karimabad), that gave the Hunza Burushos important wisdom given to him by the fairies that blinded him
Date: 2016
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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