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Akha notebook 902

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of word lists, Hansson's observations on daily life and customs in the village written in English, and Akha narratives about building a traditional house, aging, and rituals.
Date: 1978-04-17/1978-09-02
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 905

Description: Handwritten notes about Akha clans, the Akha calendar, kinship terms, and detailed demographic information for each household in Maeby village including number of family members, their age, gender, education, clan, income sources (e.g., labor, goods, crafts), length of time living in Maeby, previous residence, opium use, crops and livestock, major possessions (e.g., bicycles, radios, rifles), and fertility status. Includes hand drawn map of the houses and landmarks in Maeby village and prices o… more
Date: 1978-04-17/1978-04-26
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information

Analytical discussion of the Squirrel Story

Description: A discussion of Theipa paomin [the Squirrel Story] with Beshot Khullar about his telling of the story. This recording could be used to illustrate how linguists can get aids to analyze grammars via transcription and translation of connected text.
Date: May 17, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 01 second
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Partner: UNT College of Information

Archive and database architecture and usability

Description: Presentation for the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. This presentation discusses the use of a database for language archiving through the example of Himalayan Tibeto-Burman languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Caplow, Nancy J.; Khular, Sumshot & Willis Oko, Christina
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about harvest in Wangjanglon village

Description: Conversation between Sumshot Khular and Tony Khular during a visit to a field after harvest in Wangjangloon village. This recording was taken as part of the Firebird Anthropological Research project collection by Sumshot Khular.
Date: January 17, 2017
Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Khular, Sumshot
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about Saihriem villages

Description: Chungpu Chongloi, Kimpi Chongloi, and Gunjanei Vaiphei discuss the different villages they have lived in over the years. They are Saihriem elders in their 80s at the time of recording.
Date: August 17, 2012
Duration: 19 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about Saihriem villages

Description: Chungpu Chongloi, Kimpi Chongloi, and Gunjanei Vaiphei discuss the different villages they have lived in over the years. They are Saihriem elders in their 80s at the time of recording.
Date: August 17, 2012
Duration: 19 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of ghosts and spirits

Description: Bahpu Saihriem describes the belief of the Saihriems in the existence of ghosts and spirits. He says that the Saihriems believed in different types of ghosts: some are tall, while others are short, and some ghosts have popping eyes that frighten the people who see them. He is a native speaker of Saihriem from Noxa Tila, Cachar District, Assam.
Date: August 17, 2012
Duration: 2 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of ghosts and spirits

Description: Bahpu Saihriem describes the belief of the Saihriems in the existence of ghosts and spirits. He says that the Saihriems believed in different types of ghosts: some are tall, while others are short, and some ghosts have popping eyes that frighten the people who see them. He is a native speaker of Saihriem from Noxa Tila, Cachar District, Assam.
Date: August 17, 2012
Duration: 2 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of healing rituals

Description: Bahpu Saihriem is a male speaker residing in Bahbahar village of Cachar district of Assam (originally from Nohsa village). He describes the healing rituals practiced by their forefathers in the old days.
Date: August 17, 2012
Duration: 2 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of Saihriem death ceremonies

Description: Chungpu Chongloi describes Saihriem death ceremonies. He is a native speaker of Saihriem from Noxa Tila, Cachar District, Assam, around 85 years old at the time of recording.
Date: August 17, 2012
Duration: 17 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of Saihriem death ceremonies

Description: Chungpu Chongloi describes Saihriem death ceremonies. He is a native speaker of Saihriem from Noxa Tila, Cachar District, Assam, around 85 years old at the time of recording.
Date: August 17, 2012
Duration: 16 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of Saihriem healing rituals

Description: Bahpu Saihriem describes the traditional Saihriem healing rituals practiced by their forefathers. He is a native speaker of Saihriem from Noxa Tila, Cachar District, Assam.
Date: August 17, 2012
Duration: 2 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of Saihriem healing rituals

Description: Bahpu Saihriem describes the traditional Saihriem healing rituals practiced by their forefathers. He is a native speaker of Saihriem from Noxa Tila, Cachar District, Assam.
Date: August 17, 2012
Duration: 2 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of Saihriem hunting practices

Description: Bahpu Saihriem describes the traditional hunting practices of their forefathers. Now, such hunting practices are no longer used, especially after they have come to live in the plains of Assam. He is a native speaker of Saihriem from Noxa Tila, Cachar District, Assam.
Date: August 17, 2012
Duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of Saihriem hunting practices

Description: Bahpu Saihriem describes the traditional hunting practices of their forefathers. Now, such hunting practices are no longer used, especially after they have come to live in the plains of Assam. He is a native speaker of Saihriem from Noxa Tila, Cachar District, Assam.
Date: August 17, 2012
Duration: 3 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information
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