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Retelling of Baadsha Zulqarneen

Description: Recording of Badshahi Khan, a farmer, reciting "King Zulqarneen," in the Yasin dialect. This is a popular story that followed Islam to the area, and the King represents a barrier from the apocalypse.
Date: May 12, 2010
Duration: 21 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Dana Wazir

Description: Recording of Hasil Murad reciting "Dana Wazir," a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: May 30, 2010
Duration: 4 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Karim, Piar
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Hindiye Shikari

Description: Recording of Dawar Muneem reciting "Hindi-e-shikari," a popular story in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: June 2011
Duration: 11 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Karim, Piar
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Ch'en

Description: Recording of Wazir Shafi reciting "Ch'en," a popular story in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: July 29, 2010
Duration: 2 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Boddi Buddaari (Introduction)

Description: Recording of Wazir Shafi reciting an introduction to "Bodi Budaari," a popular story in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: July 29, 2010
Duration: 22 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Boddi Buddaari

Description: Recording of Kuhammad Wazir Khan ("Wazir Shafi") reciting the story of “Bodi Buddaari” in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski. This popular story stars two sisters, one named Bodi, one named Buddaari.
Date: July 29, 2010
Duration: 2 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Burushaski story "Nuusheerwaane Us" (Wife of Nausherwan King)

Description: Recording of Imam Yar Baig reciting the story "Nuusheerwaane Us" (Wife of Nausherwan King) in the Yasin dialect of Burushaski.
Date: June 19, 2010
Duration: 7 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Baig, Imam Yar
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Ghawu Kanguli

Description: Recording of Muneem Dawar reciting the story of "Ghawu Kanguli"
Date: August 8, 2011
Duration: 9 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Mythical Donkey of Barashal

Description: Recording of Muneeb Dawar narrating the story "Barashale Qaan Zrakun" ('mythical donkey of Barashal') in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: August 7, 2011
Duration: 8 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf & Karim, Piar
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of A Kind Man

Description: A story recited by Suram Daam entitled "A Kind Man," in the Hunza dialect. In this popular story, a father searches for his wife and kids that have left to the fairy realm. As he searches for them, he is allowed to continue his search because many things see how kind he is, and are kind in return.
Date: June 8, 2010
Duration: 10 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Karim, Piar
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Tiliti Tham

Description: Recording of Badshai Khan (Tataku), a speaker of Yasin Burushaski, reciting the story of Tiliti Tham.
Date: May 12, 2010
Duration: 21 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of A Witch and a King

Description: Recording of Mahida Murad, a housewife, reciting “Danlathas ke Baadsha” in the Hunza dialect. In this popular story a Witch kills some princes and scares the King into marrying her. She took all of the King’s daughter-in-laws and stole their eyes, sealing them into a pit hidden away from the kingdom. The youngest raises her child, and he must save his mother and aunties.
Date: July 30, 2010
Duration: 12 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of A Black and White Thread Ball

Description: A reciting of "A Black and White Thread Ball" by Laila Khan, a housewife, in the Hunza dialect. In this popular story a young shepherd abandons his duties in order to court a girl who was born out of gold and silver to poor parents.
Date: May 29, 2010
Duration: 26 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of The Fox and the Rooster

Description: Recording of Raja Safdar Ali Khan, a retired school teacher, reciting "the Fox and the Rooster," in the Srinagar dialect. This popular story tells of a hungry fox and a boastful rooster, and advises children to be aware of how they speak and act.
Date: June 2004
Duration: 6 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Baduldana

Description: Recording of Juru reciting "Baduldana," in the Yasin dialect. This is a popular story that tells about a king named Baduldana that was unable to sire children. To help him, his servants go out into a barren land searching for a mystical man, and when they bring him back, he helps the King.
Date: July 26, 2010
Duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of The Sparrow's Pearls

Description: Recording of Naseema Ali, a teacher, reciting "Chine Maghuyo," in the Nagar dialect. In this popular story a sparrow wants a string of pearls, but is unable to reach them, so it tricks thing after thing into doing its bidding.
Date: July 27, 2010
Duration: 2 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Hira and Moti

Description: Recording of Huma Safdar, a student, reciting "Hira and Moti," in the Srinagar dialect. This is a popular story told amongst Srinagar burushos.
Date: June 2008
Duration: 8 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Hamale Khatun

Description: Recording of Naseema Ali, a teacher, reciting "Hamale Khatun," in the Nagar dialect. In this popular story Hamale Khatun is invited to the house of a paranormal Queen, and stitches clothing for all of her sons and daughters at their weddings. When she returns home, Hamale Khatun comes with warnings to remain moral by the Queen, and tries to make sure her children obey them.
Date: July 27, 2010
Duration: 6 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Torti and Potorti

Description: Recording of Muhammad Wazir Khan ("Wazir Shafi") reciting the story “Torti Putorti” ('Torti and Potorti') in the Yasin dialect. In this popular story, two sisters named Torti and Potorti, are plucking vegetables from the garden. When Potorti plucks a carrot from the field, a ghost is released.
Date: July 29, 2010
Duration: 3 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Sakhi

Description: Recording of Badaq, a carpenter, reciting "Sakhi," in the Yasin dialect. This is a popular story of a historical narrative.
Date: June 26, 2010
Duration: 10 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Flying Horse and Giant Monster in Urdu

Description: Recording of Samina explaining the story "Haghur ke Phut" in Urdu. This is a popular story about a flying horse and a monster. The story was originally narrated by Mahida Murad in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski, and this is an explanation/translation of it into Urdu by Mahida's daughter, Samina.
Date: July 2010
Duration: 18 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Hir Bilas

Description: Recording of Dawar Muneem reciting "Hir Bilas," a popular story, in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: June 2011
Duration: 14 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Karim, Piar
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Retelling of Baadil Jamaal

Description: Recording of the shorter version of Laila Khan reciting the story of “Baadil Jamaal” in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski. In this popular story there is a king with seven sons, and he promises the sons that when they are to marry, he will let them marry whoever they wish. One son then travels to the side of a mountain where he lost his arrow, and meets an otherworldly woman named Baadil Jamaal. He insisted that he would not leave unless she married him, and he waited for a hundred years, and his… more
Date: Spring 2009
Duration: 11 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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