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Latitude

27.45

Longitude

86.1675

Start Date

2014-10-22

End Date

2014-10-22

SUY1-141022-01 ; Discussion about Syuba language ; Narrative Personal ; Sangbu Tamang ; location: Thecho ; Sangbu talks about Syuba language, and how people have been forgetting the language, but now they are happy that people are interested. Notes on transcription process in 2016 Book 1 pp1-5. Transcription done with Sangbu Tamang, coughs and fills marked with angle brackets. Where Nepali is used, Sangbu's preference is given in Syuba immediately afterwards in angle brackets, often usually only at the first instance. Funding for this recording came from NTU, Singapore. Funding for transcription came from ELDP. ; Recorded on a ZoomH4n with a Sennheiser omnidirectional lavalier microphone and a Panasonic HC-V720 video camera with a Rode Pro shotgun mic.| SUY1-141022-02 ; Hunting Tigers ; Narrative Historical ; Sangbu Tamang ; location: Thecho ; A discussion about the olden days, when Sangbu's grandfather would hunt the tigers that lived in the forest. The tiger attacked the village, and then his grandfather, and his grandfather's older brother had to attack the tiger. They had no gun, so they had to jump on it and stab it. Sangbu then talks about how men were much braver then, and now they are not so brave. In notebook 2016-1 pp. 6-15. _Transcription done with Sangbu Tamang, coughs and fills marked with angle brackets. Where Nepali is used, Sangbu's preference is given in Syuba immediately afterwards in angle brackets, often usually only at the first instance. Funding for this recording came from NTU, Singapore. Funding for transcription came from ELDP. ; Recorded on a ZoomH4n with a Sennheiser omnidirectional lavalier microphone and a Panasonic HC-V720 video camera with a Rode Pro shotgun mic.| SUY1-141022-03 ; Life in the old days ; Narrative Historical ; Sangbu Tamang ; location: Thecho ; Sangbu talks about the old days in the village. There was often snow, and people would have to spend a lot of time trying to find food for themselves and their animals. People wore very little clothing, and had no shoes. Sangbu compares those times to now, when things are much better and they have more things and better weather. Transcription work in Book 2016-1 pp. 15-30. Transcription done with Sangbu Tamang, coughs and fills marked with angle brackets. Where Nepali is used, Sangbu's preference is given in Syuba immediately afterwards in angle brackets, often usually only at the first instance. Funding for this recording came from NTU, Singapore. Funding for transcription came from ELDP. ; Recorded on a ZoomH4n with a Sennheiser omnidirectional lavalier microphone and a Panasonic HC-V720 video camera with a Rode Pro shotgun mic.|

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