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Conversation about the Nounwgwr historical site

Description: Conversation on the Nounwgwr historical site. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 4, 2010
Duration: 5 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about Khwmthapur and Boro history

Description: This is a conversation on Khwmthapur from Boro historical point of view. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 4, 2010
Duration: 17 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description about Nounwgwr Sikhnajhar

Description: This is a description of a place called Nounwgwr, Ultapani from the point of view of Boro history. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 4, 2010
Duration: 2 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description about silk rearing

Description: This is a description about silk rearing and making sticky glue out of rice. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Duration: 1 minute
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about village life

Description: This is a conversation about different villages and village life. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 3, 2010
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description about preparing Onla dish

Description: This is a description of how to prepare traditional dish called Onla. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: March 4, 2010
Duration: 4 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation with Geetanjali Narzary, part 1

Description: Geetanjali Narzary asks a vendor what different types of fish they were selling at the market. The merchant lists two kinds and they discuss the price.
Date: August 24, 2019
Duration: 43 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description about weaving Dokhona

Description: This is a description about how to weave a traditional dress called Dokhona.
Date: March 4, 2010
Duration: 7 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description about cooking rice

Description: This is a description about food preparation, how it was done in olden times and how it should be done. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Duration: 2 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description about making a bamboo sieve

Description: This is a description about making bamboo sieve. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Duration: 2 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about the importance of Sikhnajhar, Nounwgwr

Description: This is a conversation about the importance of the place called Nounwgwr, Ultapani from the point of view of Boro history. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 4, 2010
Duration: 15 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative of Baladev Moshahary

Description: Recording of a personal narrative by Baladev Moshahary.
Date: August 23, 2019
Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative of Jugami Basumatary

Description: Recording of a personal narrative by Jugami Basumatary.
Date: August 23, 2019
Duration: 25 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about early life

Description: This is a personal narrative about early life. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: December 3, 2010
Duration: 5 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about ethnic conflict

Description: This is a personal narrative about the conflict between the Adivasis and the Boros in Kokrajhar district. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: March 4, 2010
Duration: 15 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about home life and school

Description: This is a narrative about the speaker's hometown, friends and family, and educational institutions.
Date: May 20, 2019
Duration: 45 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description about traditional Boro food

Description: Recording of Baladev Moshahary discussing traditional Boro food.
Date: August 23, 2019
Duration: 8 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about Boro history

Description: This is a narration about the Boro history. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: March 4, 2010
Duration: 9 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative of Kanish Brahma

Description: Recording of a personal narrative by Kanish Brahma.
Date: August 23, 2019
Duration: 42 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Speech concluding a workshop

Description: Formal speech concluding a teachers' workshop expressing gratitude to the participants and organizers.
Date: July 29, 2019
Duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Dulur Brahma is a home maker who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 50 years old at the time of recording. She supports her family by selling homemade rice beer and by poultry farming. But, every year most of her domesticated animals die due to floods. Recorded in Saraguri village, Choraikhola.
Date: October 16, 2022
Duration: 6 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Sansuma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Nirula Brahma is a farmer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 75 years old at the time of recording. She belongs to a very poor family. She describes how, during the recent flood, her husband was so sick and paralyzed. When the flood water entered her house, she somehow managed to save her husband, but later unfortunately her husband passed away. Her house was also damaged. Recorded in Saraguri village, Choraikhola.
Date: October 16, 2022
Duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Sansuma
Partner: UNT College of Information
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