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The Jalakeli Project: Thoidingjam Lakshmipriya Devi Interview on Jalakeli and Organization

Description: Thoidingjam Lakshmipriya Devi talks about the Jalakeli. She is the President of the Shree Shree Govinda Jiu Jalakeli Pala. The interview is in Manipuri and in 8 parts: 1) How I came to the Jalakeli 2) My mother Maharaj Kumari Angousana Devi 3) My grandmother Maharani Dhanamanjuri Devi: How she started the Choir of the Daughters-in-Law 4) The Songs of the Choir of the Daughters: The Patronage of the Maharajas 5) How I organize the Jalakeli 6) My aunt Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi: Why she n… more
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Date: June 25, 2017
Duration: 45 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Devi, Thoidingjam Lakshmipriya
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Historical narrative about the origin of local deity Mata Devi

Description: Jiya describes the origins of the local deity, Mata Devi, explaining that Mata Devi is associated with Vrindavan instead of Tibet. Jiya was Mata Devi's oracle for many years. The recording was made at Jiya's home in Chhitkul village where Thola peak can be seen in the background.
Date: November 25, 2018
Duration: 2 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Historical narrative about trading with Tibet

Description: Jiya Lal describes trade with the Tibetans, before the Indo-Chinese war (1962). The recording was made at his home in Chhitkul village.
Date: November 25, 2018
Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Jiya Lal's experience as Mata Devi's oracle

Description: Jiya Lal describes his experience as Mata Devi’s Mali (Oracle). The recording was made at his home in Chhitkul village.
Date: November 25, 2018
Duration: 4 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Shiv Bhakti's experience at school and afterwards

Description: Shiv Bhakti describes how good she was at school and and how she got her current job. The recording was made at her home in Chhitkul village.
Date: November 25, 2018
Duration: 4 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information

Video recording of a personal narrative of Mr. Sahngi's son

Description: This is a personal narrative by the son of Sahngi. Sahngi and Mahngi were two brothers who worked on the farms of Sadruddin, Maaz’s great grandfather. Mr. Toofani first introduces Maaz to Mr. Sahngi’s son and his relative and then leaves for work. Mr. Sahngi’s son narrates some incidences of Sadruddin and his contesting of the Pardhānī (village head) elections. He then talks about Maaz’s family members and his relationship with them. After that, he narrates his early adulthood time spent in Del… more
Date: November 25, 2020
Duration: 36 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Location: 25.95495388389391 83.11476016424045
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of word list about water bodies

Description: This is a short video recording on elicitation of a wordlist about water bodies. The researcher was eliciting words primarily with Seher Aquil and Khalida Bano while both were sitting in the courtyard basking in the afternoon sun. After some time, other family members too come and join in. The participants spoke in the Southern Azamgarhi dialect.
Date: January 25, 2020
Duration: 1 minute 05 seconds
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz & Khan, Faiza
Location: 25.7824000 83.0249000
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation at the annual feast in Rinzentangpang

Description: Sonam Wangchuk, Cheten Tshering, and Chador discuss various utensils used in the past when conducting a feast offering. They say their parents share the same ancestral route. Their parents used to borrow utensil feast offerings because they couldn't purchase them. Cheten Tshering shows the new box to keep cups, mugs, and plates when not in use.
Date: May 25, 2022
Duration: 3 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation at the annual feast in Rinzentangpang

Description: Mr. Sonam Wangchuck, one of the cooks and sponsors of the annual feast, discusses the preparations for the feast with a group. Seven households from Bamchang and Rinzentangpang villages sponsor the feast every year. Here he is preparing butter tea for the monks involved in feast offerings.
Date: May 25, 2022
Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation at the annual feast in Rinzentangpang

Description: Conversation at the annual feast offering, one of the main events for Dakpa communities in Thragom, Rinzentangpang, and Bamchuang. This year, it was held in Rinzentangpang. They use rudimentary stoves to prepare meals. Here they are discussing what meals to serve to the monks and the general public who will come for the blessing, such as dry fish and cheeses.
Date: May 25, 2022
Duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversations and blessings at the annual feast in Rinzentangpang

Description: Conversations and beginning of the long life blessing by His Eminence Tsheten Zangpo at Rinzentangpang Tshokhang. People discuss the process of receiving a blessing and what they have to offer in return. Some people offer cash as gratitude for the blessing from His Eminence.
Date: May 25, 2022
Duration: 6 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a blessing for long life

Description: Performance of the long-life blessing by His Eminence Tsheten Zangpo, a revered religious master in the Trashiyangtse district of Bhutan. The event took place in Rinzentangpang Tshokhang after a three day long feast offered by the community in the name of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha for the well-being of the community and all the sentient beings in all endeavors. It is believed that receiving this blessing enhances one's life force and clears all unforeseen obstacles.
Date: May 25, 2022
Duration: 3 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of blessings at the annual feast in Rinzentangpang

Description: His Eminence Tsheten Zangpo has been the head of the annual feast in Rinzentangpang for over 25 years. In this recording, a lay monk distributes the Tshok (feast offering), sanctified through the prayers. Later, the remaining Tshok is distributed to the public.
Date: May 25, 2022
Duration: 8 minutes
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of Ngô rituals

Description: Mr. Sonam Wangchuk performs Ngô rituals in the name of all the sponsors for the feast offering. Ngô is the dedication of merits in the name of sponsors. At the end of every ritual ceremony, the sponsors of the ceremony dedicate merits to all the sentient beings and the success of one's life in any future endeavor. He is praying on behalf of his fellow sponsors in front of His Eminence Tsheten Zangpo.
Date: May 25, 2022
Duration: 4 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of the traditional song 'Gurma'

Description: Gurma, the song of feasts, is sung by monks, nuns, and lay practitioners in veneration of their masters. This song was composed by His Holiness Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, a 20th-century Buddhist master born in Pemako in the frontier region of Tibet. The song enchanted the people's request towards the tutelage deities and the local duties for the construction of a monastery. It includes a student's heartfelt request to the master to forever bestow his blessing upon them. The song is significant… more
Date: May 25, 2022
Duration: 3 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information
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