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Description of Baikho festival and rituals

Description: Biswanath Rabha Tara describes the origin, significance, and rituals of the Baikho festival. This festival celebrates the agricultural practices of the Rabha community. Rituals offer prayers to the goddess Baikho for growth and an abundant harvest.
Date: May 13, 2023
Duration: 12 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative 'Bonkukura aru Bidhobar lora' and conversation about documenting Rabha

Description: Prakash Rabha tells a traditional narrative about a widow's son who catches a sparrow in the field while cultivating jhum. He releases the sparrow because she promised to offer her to him her daughter. Then he describes ongoing efforts to document the Rabha language.
Date: May 13, 2023
Duration: 16 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narratives 'Sabek Sakay' and 'To poidam'

Description: Prakash Rabha tells two traditional narratives. In the first, a queen and her son are punished for killing an elephant. In the second, a mother and son notice a bird pooping in their garden.
Date: May 13, 2023
Duration: 18 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the traditional story 'Tasen nou kathiubo racham'

Description: The folk tale is about a girl who married a python and became rich. Following this girl, other parents attempted to marry their daughter to a wild python, but were met with a tragedy. The narrator of the story is from Tedlong village.
Date: January 13, 2022
Duration: 22 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a modern song 'Assam Ram'

Description: Group performance of Assam Ram 'Assam's land,' an original song composed by Sukumar Sakachep.
Date: October 13, 2013
Duration: 3 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of Aneovei ritual

Description: Houjahen Haokip recites the ritual called Aneovei used to heal childhood sickness. 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 13, 2013
Duration: 3 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
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 for rice … more
Date: October 13, 2011
Duration: 5 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
Partner: UNT College of Information

Letter to a family member

Description: Recording of Biaki updating their family members on what has happened in the family while they've been traveling, and how the cousins are doing.
Date: November 13, 1985
Duration: 11 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Biaki
Partner: UNT College of Information

Letter to Thangi's sister

Description: Recording of a personal letter to Thangi's sister who is traveling.
Date: November 13, 1985
Duration: 4 minutes
Creator: Zaithangliana
Partner: UNT College of Information
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