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Courting banter

Description: A conversation between Lahu villagers about courting women and comparing women to baskets.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Duration: 4 minutes 01 second
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
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A day hunting and talking

Description: A conversation between Lahu villagers about plans for hunting squirrels and barking deer. They share stories about childhood in the village.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Duration: 17 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
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The dhole and the tiger

Description: A traditional story about a dhole (wild dog) and a tiger who want to outsmart humans, but cannot. The story ends with a warning not to be conceited or arrogant.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Duration: 14 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
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Discussion of Lahu customs; hill life vs. life in the plains

Description: A description of social customs in Lahu villages comparing plains and hill villages. They discuss marriage customs, how the New Rice festival is celebrated by animists and Christian Lahus, and compare their customes to other groups like the Shan, Akha, and Wa.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Duration: 30 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
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Dividing a slaughtered pig fairly

Description: A description of how to divide a slaughtered pig evenly. Sometimes, the one who kills the pig gets the insides and head. Otherwise, the meat from the head, intestines, and feet can be divided evenly and mixed with the other meat. This case is difficult because they want to divide one pig evenly between 58 people.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
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Explanation of poetic phrases

Description: An explanation of poetic phrases used in Lahu poetry about trees and nature describing the movement of the stars, sun, and moon.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
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Fantastical hunting tales

Description: An embellished account of a hunting trip. The hunter saw animals smoking opium and killed a boar with the help of a poisonous centipede.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Duration: 4 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
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Founding a new village

Description: A description of how a new village is founded. First they scout the fields and water in the area. They look for streams to hunt and fish. They prefer the hills because the plains have a higher risk of malaria and hills have better hunting (squirrels and monkeys). There is no formal process for dividing up land; villagers build houses any place. It takes several months to set up a village, but everyone helps build houses together.
Date: [1965,1966,1970,1977]
Duration: 21 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
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