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Conversation about documenting Rabha
No full textPrakash Rabha describes ongoing efforts to document the Rabha language
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Bonkukura aru Bidhobar lora
No full textPrakash Rabha tells a traditional narrative about a widow's son who catches a sparrow in the field while cultivating jhum. He releases the sparrow because she promised to offer her to him her daughter. Then he describes ongoing efforts to document the Rabha language
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Bonkukura aru Bidhobar lora
No full textPrakash Rabha tells a traditional narrative about a widow's son who catches a sparrow in the field while cultivating jhum. He releases the sparrow because she promised to offer her to him her daughter
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Discussion about Rabha language documentation activities
No full textGroup discussion about ongoing language documentation activities in the Rabha community
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Rabhatangi khumen ana tongsa
No full textRajkumar Rabha recites childrens' rhymes and jokes about a bird called Sukia and why Rabha people don't have beards
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Description of Baikho festival and rituals
No full textBiswanath Rabha Tara describes the origin, significance, and rituals of the Baikho festival. This festival celebrates the agricultural practices of the Rabha community. Rituals offer prayers to the goddess Baikho for growth and an abundant harvest
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Bodaraja Adar Jogaikay
No full textCharumohan Rabha tells the traditional narrative 'Bakso Barairi kahini' about how Rabha clans were formed, including the Bakso, Torang, and Lem clans. In this story, villagers offered a girl to the snake king who lived in the hills every year. The main characters are two brothers who save a beautiful girl from being fed to the snake king by cheating him with a banana tree. Finally they succeeded, and the snake king was killed by the villagers. From then on, the villagers lived peacefully without fear. The clans were formed based on the roles the villagers played in defeating the snake king
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Performance of Baikho ritual chants
No full textJontri Cherenga performs chants used in rituals of the Baikho festival which celebrates the agricultural practices of the Rabha community
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Performance of Baikho ritual chants
No full textJontri Cherenga performs chants used in rituals of the Baikho festival which celebrates the agricultural practices of the Rabha community
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Performance of Baikho ritual chants
No full textJontri Cherenga performs chants used in rituals of the Baikho festival which celebrates the agricultural practices of the Rabha community
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