DOBES Archive
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- Male_seclusion
- Oral description of the male puberty seclusion in the Upper Xingu society; comparison of the old tradition with the changes in younger generations
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- plants_medicine001
- plants used as medicine, how to manipulate the plants to make them useful
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- Vanruk – Hakhun Law
- One recording in which Seno (father of Khithung) talks about traditional Hakhun law. This consists of the following sound file: SDM23-20100106-01_KH_M_Vanruk_Law.wav The details of this recording are as follows: SDM23-20100106-01_KH_M_Vanruk_Law.wav; Duration 10’12”; About traditional law, including the punishment for murder, and mistaken killing. And also a divorce case. In the case of killing, they will pay two buffaloes in compensation, and for a case of sexual misonduct they will pay two buffaloes If there is a mistaken killing, then one buffalo will be killed, for the sake of the dead person. In a divorce case, there will be a fine of three buffaloes. This will be paid by the man’s side to the girl’s side if there is divorce..
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- food006
- The different meals are elicited in this session. The consultant is also talking about food (e.g. about making sausage).
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- TWb050214-16
- Translator pronounces !Xoon place name for Gunsteling
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- Khithong – elicited sentences
- One recording in which Khithung Hakhun gives translations of some sentences. This consists of the following sound file: SDM23-20091219-01_KB_M_KhithungSentences.wav The details of this recording are as follows: SDM23-20091219-01_KB_M_KhithungSentences.wav; Duration 13’57”; Sentences collected by Krishna Boro; translations elicited from Khithung