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Retelling of Lenconghoi

Description: Phalthing Haokip, a female speaker tells the story of a beautiful lady called Lenchonghoi who lived with her seven brothers. In the story, a wicked man called Khalbompu tries to take away Lenchonghoi to be his wife.
Date: May 31, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative of the son of Mr. Sahngi

Description: This is a personal narrative by the son of Sahngi. Sahngi and Mahngi were two brothers who worked on the farms of Sadruddin, the researcher’s great grandfather. Mr. Toofani first introduces the researcher to the son of Sahngi and his relative and then leaves for work. Mr. Sahngi’s son narrates some incidences of Sadruddin and his contesting of the Pardhani (village head) elections. He then talks about the researcher’s family members and his relationship with them. After that, he narrates his early adulthood time spent in Delhi, old times in Sonwara, and changing times.
Date: November 25, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation on the languages of Rampur village and the nearby Muslim-dominated villages of the region (in Urdu)

Description: This is a conversation primarily with Mr. Jameel, the former and currently contesting Pardhaan (village head) of Rampur village. Mr. Jameel gives the researcher information regarding the presence of dichotomy in speech among the population of Azamgarh and the variety spoken in Rampur and other nearby Muslim-dominated villages. In the last part of the recording, Mr. Jameel talks with a villager who passes by.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation in Ladhwaaeen village

Description: This is a conversation initially between Munni, her sister, the researcher, and his uncle when they visit her home in Ladhwaaeen village. Munni is the wife of Naushad, who has worked with the researcher’s family for several decades. After a while, Mr. Naushad arrives, and he too joins the conversation.
Date: January 29, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation with Shahida Bano about changing times, language, Sonwara village, and relatives

Description: This is a conversation between four-five people in Sonwara, the researcher’s village. The researcher, accompanied by his cousin Noman, visits Shahida Bano to document some folk songs mostly sung on the occasion of marriages. He notices her language to match with Bhojpuri than Azamgarhi. He decides to record some on-going conversation about changing times, a description on the demography of the village Sonwara, the languages/ varieties spoken by Muslims and Hindus, and talks on family members and events along with some personal narrative. While Shahida Bano talks in Bhojpuri, the other people converse in Azamgarhi.
Date: January 29, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of the folk song Abba ke nadiya ‘The river of the father’ along with discussion

Description: This is a performance of a traditional song by the title Abba ke nadiya (Eng. The river of father) followed by a discussion on the same. This folk song is sung on the occasion when after the marriage the girl leaves her parental home. The folk song is in the Bhojpuri language, the mother tongue of Asiya Khatoon, whereas the discussion is in Urdu and somewhat in Azamgarhi.
Date: February 1, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of the folk song Beti ‘The daughter’ along with discussion

Description: This is a performance of a traditional song titled ‘Beti’ (Eng. The daughter) followed by a discussion on the same. This folk song portrays the importance of the daughter in our lives. The folk song is in the Bhojpuri language, the mother tongue of Asiya Khatoon, whereas the discussion is in Urdu and somewhat in Azamgarhi.
Date: February 1, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation with the Naṭ community women in Karmaini village

Description: This is a conversation in Karmaini village, situated in the floodplains of the Ghaghra river in North of Azamgarh, with the women of the Naṭ community hailing from a nearby village named Nakkeeb Khojauli. Badrun Nisa and Sharfun Nisa start by describing why they’ve come to Karmaini. Matenuddin, the researcher’s grandfather, asks them to narrate the incidences that happened during lockdown due to COVID-19. They do so, after which Sharfun Nisa sings a song on demonetization and the problems faced because of it. They then give information about their village and its demography.
Date: November 12, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Partner: UNT College of Information

Monologue on Pardhaani (village head) elections in Rampur and about Rampur village

Description: This is a monologue on the Pardhaani (village head) elections in Rampur in the Bhojpuri language. The elections were approaching closer at the time of recording, and the speaker Mr. Jameel who was the ex- village headman of Rampur, was contesting this time. He speaks on the history of these elections and his contesting of the same. He then moves on to give information on Rampur village and nearby villages
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation on the demands in the upcoming Pardhaani (village head) election in Rampur

Description: This is a conversation where Mr. Satsri Mangal, a resident of Chaudhripur in Rampur village, places his demands before Mr. Jameel, the former and currently contesting Pardhān (village head) of Rampur. Mr. Jameel listens to his demands and then Mr. Satri Mangal narrates some incident. After that, Mr. Jameel starts a conversation with the village children who were playing cricket a while ago and gathered around the recording place after seeing some recording happening.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the pear story

Description: This is a retelling of an online narration of the Pear Story (Chafe 1980). The speaker was asked to describe what was happening as he was watching the video clip.
Date: December 5, 2012
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about the status of women in Karbi society

Description: This is a conversation of the status of women in Karbi society; the lady interviewed is Ms. Kare Rongpipi, and the interview was conducted by Mr. Bhudeswar Timung. Ms. Rongpipi points out the ways in which women have traditionally played a very important role in Karbi society.
Date: November 23, 2011
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional story about the origin of the division into Bey subclans

Description: This is a traditional story about the origin of the division into Bey subclans. Bey Ki’ik and Bey Ke’et have a falling out over changing marriage plans as a result of the grandmother’s advice. As a result, a taboo exists such that descendants of Bey Ki’ik and those of Bey Ke’et are not allowed to marry each other. Another result is that members of the Bey Ronghang clan are not allowed to grind rice for rice beer, because in mythological times, the Bey Ronghang women kept grinding rice beer without doing anything else, even forgetting to breast-feed their children, who then died from starvation.
Date: October 13, 2011
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional story about an orphan who encounters a tiger

Description: This a traditional story about an orphan who encounters a tiger; by using a container with a mirror on top, he manages to convince the tiger that he (the orphan) has caught a large tiger in that container; the tiger is scared and the orphan ends up managing to steal gold from the tigers’ Rongker (= the name of a ceremony in Karbi traditional culture) due to his trick with the mirror container. Chikari Tisso was an active listener during the recording of this text. All of his backchanneling as well as clarification questions and other remarks are included in this transcription, signaled by{curly brackets}.
Date: April 10, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of cooking alkaline food

Description: This is a description of cooking alkaline food by burning jhum fields and using the ashes.
Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of cleaning and washing

Description: This is a description of the important status of cleanliness in Karbi culture.
Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional story about a common fool character

Description: This a traditional story about a common fool character, who does stupid things (bokolapo); in this story, he wants to go to the market but by switching sides of the basket he is carrying also accidentally switches the direction in which he is walking; he ends up walking back to his own house without realizing it.
Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional story about a couple, in which the husband tricks his wife in order to get her to give him meat to eat

Description: This is a traditional story about a couple, in which the husband tricks his wife in order to get her to give him meat to eat. He carves a hole into a tree and pretends to be a scary big black bird and tells his wife to feed the big black bird. After the wife has fed the big black bird (i.e., her husband) all of their chickens, the husband himself tells her to look inside the hole the next time around, which she does. Upon recognizing her husband, the wife is angry and tells him she will separate from him and go to stay with her parents. She collects all her things into a big basket. The husband sneaks himself into the basket, and as the wife is on the way carrying the basket, the husband urinates. As if it had not been enough already before, the wife now leaves him with even angrier than before.
Date: April 1, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional story about two twin girls being brought up by tigers

Description: This a traditional story about two twin girls (hingchong musoso) that are born to the human wife of a king, who also has a second wife who is a witch. The witch is jealous and abandons the girls, who are subsequently brought up by tigers. After having grown up, they return to their father’s kingdom and tell their story. The father learns the truth, the witch dies, and the reunited family lives happily ever after.
Date: March 31, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional story about an elderly couple with a dog

Description: This a traditional story about an elderly couple with a dog; the wife dies and the dog takes the husband to Chom arong (i.e., the village of the dead); the wife does not want to leave, but the husband forces her; upon return to their village, soon somebody else in the village dies, and the wife has to die and go back to Chom arong with the other person.
Date: April 1, 2010
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Partner: UNT College of Information
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