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Transcription: Retelling of Why are monkeys' bottoms flat?

Description: Transcription of a retelling of Talu ki yoong rek thul a ktrpeek? (Why are monkeys' bottoms flat?), as written by Khumwar Suungnem during a writing workshop sponsored by the Summer Institute of Linguistics. A fable explaining how monkeys' bottoms came to be flat. Long ago an old married couple had a monkey troop living next to them. The monkeys would eat all the seed they sowed, so the couple planted yams, which they would not eat. When the yams were slow to grow, one of the monkeys told them t… more
Date: March 9, 2017
Creator: Suungnem, Khumwar
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Traditional narrative about the Poor Boy and the Rich Boy

Description: Sumshot Khular tells the story of The Poor Boy and the Rich Boy, followed by elicitation and discussion. She is referencing a transcript of the story. The story is about a poor boy and a rich boy who went to set a trap. The poor boy's trap caught a deer and the rich boy got nothing, but he put the deer in his trap and tried to cheat the poor boy.
Date: March 15, 2017
Duration: 30 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
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Reading of a Benglam Story

Description: Sumshot Khular reads a Benglam story transcribed during a writer's workshop conducted by the Summer Institute of Linguistics in Manipur.
Date: March 15, 2017
Duration: 8 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
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