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Akha death rituals: A preliminary translation

Description: Typed descriptions of Akha death ritual recitations and practices divided into 22 chapters including English translations, handwritten notes, diacritics, and page numbering, and a table of contents summarizing each chapter. Original Akha clauses appear in a numbered list with corresponding English clause-level translations on the following page.
Date: 1984
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 113

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha word lists of nouns and adjectival forms with notes on classifiers and intensifiers used with each word and a short narrative about opium. Includes list of grammar topics and words to check with consultants.
Date: February 6, 1981
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 115

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of kinship terms from both male and female perspectives, conversations, songs, and descriptions of death rituals and belief about spirits, including a syllabic analysis of the song àɣöɣöə.
Date: 1981/1985-11-18
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 116

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of the songs àɣöɣöə, shà zìq zìq ə, and others with partial English glossing.
Date: 1981?
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 118

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs and ritual recitations with partial English glossing.
Date: September 26, 1982
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 119

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs and ritual recitations with partial English glossing.
Date: September 29, 1982
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 120

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs, narratives, and ritual recitations about offerings to ancestors, good and bad omens, months, and taboos.
Date: 1982-10-08/1982-10-09
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 121

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs and narratives including mì dàq sjhí ŋɛ tshɔ́ ŋö́ ŋö́ ə and zə́ zà mə́ zə́ zà zə́ sháŋ thúy, which are sung for young (unmarried) Akhas' deaths and for the youngest child in a family, respectively.
Date: 1982-10-10/1982-10-14
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 122 A

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha formulaic expressions and the context where they are used, elicited sentences, and grammar notes.
Date: October 25, 1982
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 122 B

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs and narratives including njí-phà Sjhí ə, songs for newborn babies, and descriptions of death rituals and sacrificing animals like buffalo and pigs. Includes diagrams of utensils and instruments related to rituals.
Date: 1983-12-09/1983-12-12
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 123

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs and narratives including njí-phà Sjhí ə and conversations with njí-phà Àphiphò with partial English glossing. Includes hand drawn map of the houses and landmarks in Maeby village.
Date: 1982/1983-12-25
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 124

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives recited by njí-phà Sjhí ə in Maeby village about dragons, spirits, rituals, and healing.
Date: 1982/2016
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 126

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives recited by njí-phà Sjhí ə about Akha history, relations with the Shan people, snakes, and monkeys with partial English glossing.
Date: 1984?
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 127

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of practices associated with death including chants, rituals, and offerings.
Date: 1980?
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 129

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of practices associated with death including chants, rituals, and offerings.
Date: July 1985
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 132

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives about spirits and rituals with partial English glossing, word lists, and grammar notes on tone and syllable structure.
Date: 1988-01/1989-01-17
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 133

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives and songs about blessing children, traveling, illness, Akha hair styles, bees, spirits, and rituals with partial English glossing.
Date: January 22, 1989
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 134

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha narratives, word lists, lecture notes, grammar notes, and notes on terms used in English translations with detailed descriptions of rituals, festivals, the Akha calendar, genealogies, traditional clothing, sacrifices, the agricultural cycle, and taboos. Includes excerpts of the 1988 Thai census demographics.
Date: 1986/1991
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 906

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha mourning songs, personal narratives and a list of classifiers and words they are used with.
Date: 1981-10-31/1981-11-06
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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