Part 1: Artisan Mehmood Iiyas continues to make mud and mirror 'embroidered' tiles (father to son transmission of craft knowledge). (starts at TC 05:00:29:00)
Part 2: Exterior and interior shots of this master craftman's house in Dhorda. (starts at TC 05:18:46)
Part 3: charcoal making between Hodka and main road -- family labour chopping, piling, burning (migrant workers -- Tribals) (starts at TC 05:30:31:00)
Part 4: Camel herds and drivers watering animals and them moving out across a salt pan. (starts at TC 05:44:43:00)
Cassette tapes which correspond to Kalash Field Notebooks with phonetic translations and transcriptions, case holds notes describing the contents of the tapes.
Audio of Chau Maus 1976, gosnik rat, gosnik ǎdūā. Side 1 - The first two songs on this tape are two of seven sacred hymns sung only during the winter solstice festival. See Field Note Book #1 pp. 79-80 for translations.
Various Kalash funeral songs. Many of these songs are sung by Kush Nawaz, who was the best orator in all 3 tribal valleys. These tapes also demonstrate drum playing. One particularly special song is on side 1, and tells the clan history of the dead man. On the digital counter, this song is at [75] and its translation can be found in Field Book #4 pp. 144-151.
Various Kalash funeral songs. Many of these songs are sung by Kush Nawaz, who was the best orator in all 3 tribal valleys. These tapes also demonstrate drum playing. Audio from a Rombour funeral in September.
Sariek Rombour Reel #1 Ishti Kah Tape #A first of 4 tapes
Side 1 - [000] (tape start) illustrates Kalash corset, spoken (shouted) Praise-giving to the clan ancestors called ishtikek (ish-ti-kek). Translations in Book #5 pp. 26 on. Side 2- second to last song on this side tells story of Kalash concepts of “sacred" (magic) wealth; see Book #5 pp. 79-81 for translations. The last song on Side 2 records a humorous story about some of the clan ancestors of the men giving the merit feast at which these recording were made. See Field Book #5 pp. 81-83 for translations.
This fonds consists of textual records, photographs, negatives, slides, audio recordings, compact discs and video on DVD that relate to Kovanic’s academic and film career. The fonds relates especially to her work in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan, but also captures her work with First Nations on the Northwest coast of British Columbia.