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Collection ID KK1
Title Kachin folktales told in Jinghpaw
Description Recordings of Kachin folktales and related narratives in Jinghpaw. These materials were collected by Keita Kurabe, Gumtung Lu Awng, Sumdu Ja Seng Roi, Hpauhkum Htu Bu, Labang Tu La, Gumtung Htu Nan, and Lashi Seng Nan as part of a community-based collaborative fieldwork project in northern Myanmar. As of November 4, 2025, the collection includes 2,491 stories, 2,491 ELAN files, 2,481 transcriptions, and 1,710 translations.


Transcriptions were contributed by Gumtung Lu Awng, Pausa La Ring, Galang Lu Hkawng, Sumdu Ja Seng Roi, Hpauhkum Htu Bu, and Keita Kurabe. Translations were prepared by Nbanpa Rita Seng Mai, Sumlut Gun Mai, Lazing Htoi San, Maran Seng Pan, Dumdaw Mike Tu Awng, Nhkum Htoi Awng, and Keita Kurabe.

Related resources on Kachin culture and history are available at:

https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/KK2
https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/KK3
https://www.youtube.com/@kachinfolktales
https://www.facebook.com/KachinStories

This research was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Numbers JP17H04523, JP20K13024, JP20H01256, JP24K03887), Linguistic Dynamics Science 3 (LingDy3), Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa　(DDDLing), and TUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo), all from the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), as well as the JSPS Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers, "A Collaborative Network for Usage-Based Research on Lesser-Studied Languages."
Archive link https://catalog.nabu-prod.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1
Collector
Keita Kurabe
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Originating university Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Countries
Myanmar - MM
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Languages
Jingpho - kac
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DOI 10.4225/72/59888e8ab2122
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), 2013. Kachin folktales told in Jinghpaw. Collection KK1 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/59888e8ab2122

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Items in Collection (2491)

Item Title Actions
1155 N-gun ja ai hkanghkyi (The strong lion) View
1156 U Hka Hte Hka U A Lam (The Crow and the Water Bird) with English translation View
1157 Hkritung kata na myi n mu ai wa hte kaba wa yang myi n mu ai wa a lam (A man who was born blind and a man who became blind when he was old) with English translation View
1158 Jahkrai ma hte nyau a lam (The orphan and the cat) with English translation View
1159 Gaida yen nu a lam (The widow and her son) with English translation View
1160 Ja gumra (The gold horse) with English translation View
1161 Lalaw ma ni a lam (The Youngest Daughter's Luck) with English translation View
1162 Myi kret kret ai hkan nu a lam (The son of a blear-eyed mother) with English translation View
1163 Asak sum ai jaugawng (The died hunter) View
1164 Baw Tau a dinghku tsip tsip ai lam (The marriage of Bau Tau) View
1165 Du jan hpe nhtang yam (The queen and the slave) View
1166 Dumsa wa bainam mying n chye shamying ai lam (The nat-priest who could not name a goat) with English translation View
1167 Gwi hte lami (The dog and cat who stole gold) with English translation View
1169 Hkahku jaiwa hte sinpraw dumsa jaiwa lagat hpun majai daw ai (The nat-priests from the Hkahku and eastern regions) View
1171 Hkaida jan numji machyin la na nat jaw ai lam (The widow who called a nat-priest) View
1172 Hkawhkam wa jaugawng gawng hkawm ai lam (The hunter king) View
1173 Hkingrang hte sung sung mai bang a lam (The forest fire) View
1174 Hkrap su su na lusha lu tam bawn la ai la (The man who pretended to cry) View
1175 Hkinru hte chyahkyi (The spiral snail and the deer) View
1176 Hpaga la lahkawng (The two traders) View
1177 Hpaga la marai sanit (The seven traders) View
1178 Sumdoi lu la ai lam (The golden hummer) with English translation View
1179 Jaugawng la nam mali num hpe hkye la ai lam (The hunter who helped a woman) View
1180 Jaugawng la hte woi (The hunter and the monkey) View
1181 Jawgu shinggyim masha ni asak hkye la ai lam (The Kawgu that helped a man) with English translation View
1182 Kahkri wa lagu ai hpe n kam ai dingla (The thief child) View
1183 Lapawp kinshi shang (The snail) View
1184 Hkyindi dawm hte hkanghkyi jinghku hku ai lam (The spider who made friends with a lion) View
1185 Hyindu nan hte lapawp (The large black beetle and the snail) View
1186 Kum Bang du wa ni Manau dum ai lam (The Manau festival of the Kum Bang chief) View
1187 Lawung du wa hpe nhtang shangun sha kau ai lam (The Lawung chief) View
1188 Lu mayu ai wa gaw n lu n lu mayu ai wa gaw lu (Getting what you do not want and not getting what you want) View
1189 Madu jan tsap hpe galun sat ai lam (The wife who killed the bear) View
1190 Ding ai hte magaw ai (The straight and the bent) View
1191 Magwi tai wa ai lam (The origin of the elephant) View
1192 Mak Mak a majan (The war of Mak Mak) View
1193 Malat hte Hkang Tang (Malat and Hkan Tang) View
1194 Mali Yang bu ni a nat jaw sha ai lam (The spirit of the Mali Yang village) View
1195 Manam hku sai ai ni (The widow and the guest) View
1196 Manang shada ga sadi dung ra ai lam (The honest friend) View
1197 Miwa la sumpan dut hkawm ai lam (The borrowed cloth of Chinese man) View
1198 Marip du wa Sam du wa hpe maidang kadawng jaw ai (The Marip chief and the Shan chief) View
1199 Maru la hpaga la yan hte gaida jan (The Lhaovo trader and the widow) View
1200 Maru la wa a hku law mu (The Lhaovo man who went to the field) View
1201 maru la wa a sanat sumprang tam ai lam (The Lhaovo man who looked for the brad of a gun) View
1202 Masha la hka sa moi (The bad boy) View
1203 Matsun jaw ra ai lam (The order) View
1204 Mayam dun sat ai wa (The man who killed his servant) View
1205 Miwa hte Jinghpaw (The Chinese and the Jinghpaw) View
1206 Miwa dung shabawn dumsa (The dead body) View
1207 Myit hkrum ra ai lam (The importance of cooperation) View
1208 Na n na ai hte myi n mu ai wa (The deaf and the blind) View
1209 Nambya hte lanyau nga hkwi sa ai lam (Nang Bya and the cat who went fishing with notes) View
1210 Nambya nga lagu sha ai lam (Nang Bya who stole a cow with notes) View
1211 N-gaw Naw hte Lawhpwi Ja Dim (N-gaw Naw and Lawhpwi Ja Dim) View
1212 Nsang sawn na n tu ai lam (The skink spirit) View
1213 Pai manam jaugawng la (The hunter who met a child spirit) View
1214 Sam la wa hte Jinghpaw la wa alawng dat hkat ai lam (The Shan and the Jinghpaw) View
1215 Shada n kam hkat ai lam (The distrust) View
1216 Shan hkoi sha ai lam (The hunt for deer) View
1217 Sharaw hte magwi (The tiger and the elephant) with English translation View
1218 Shaba wawt (The divination) View
1219 Sumhka du ni sumrai nat jaw sha ai lam (The sacrifice of the Sumhka chief) View
1220 Tsap mun sumwung mat ai lam (The two thieves) with English translation View
1221 U ra hkrap (The cry of the crow) View
1222 U ra hkrap (The cry of the pigeon) View
1223 Hkungrang kasha bau ai lam (The child care of the great hornbill) View
1224 Wakawng du ni nta shingshawn shang ai kaw laka ka ai lam (The longhouse of the Wakawng chief) View
1225 Yam yu ai hpaga la (The trader who lost his way) View
1226 Grai teng man ai jahkrai ma (The honest orphan) with English translation View
1227 Gwi hkawhkam yen nu wa ni hte sharaw (The dog king and the tiger) with English translation View
1228 Hkawhkam shayi sha la lata ai lam (The princess who selected her husband) with English translation View
1229 Jahkrai ma hte sahte jan a lam (The orphan and the rich woman) with English translation View
1230 Nat ni shaga ai ga hpe na ai hkawhkam a lam (The King Who Heard the Spirits) with English translation View
1231 Kanu a ga n madat ai brangtai yen nu ni (The rabbit that did not listen to his mother) with English translation View
1232 La kaja gam du yang wa ndu yup nga ai (The poor man) with English translation View
1233 Marai Masum Myit Hkrum Yang Panglai Nawng Htawk Dang Ai Lam (How Three People Working Together Can Empty Even a Great Lake) with English translation View
1234 Mashang Mazut hte nat jahtung (Mashawng Mazut and the Jahtung Nat spirit) with English translation View
1235 Nyau hte yu shagan hti shingjawng ai lam (The cat and rat's star counting challenge) with English translation and notes View
1236 Amyu Kaji Ni Sha Lawa Hpe Dang Kau Ai Lam (The Ogre Defeat by the Little Ones) with English translation View
1237 Sharaw dinggai hte la angawk a lam (The granny tiger and the fool) with English translation View
1238 U hpung hka yang sharaw kawa wa (The man bitten by a tiger) with English translation View
1239 Brangtai hte sharaw (The rabbit and the tiger) with English translation View
1241 Jan jahku pru ai lam (The nine suns) with English translation View
1242 Sharaw hte lapawp (The tiger and the snail) with English translation View
1243 Sharaw hte masu nhte a lam (The tiger and the liar) with English translation View
1244 N-gun ja wa (The strong man) with English translation View
1245 Hpa majaw (Why) with English translation View
1246 Gwi hte sharam (The dog and the otter) with English translation View
1247 Grai dwi ai lamung si (The sweet mango) with English translation View
1248 Grai manawn hkat ai manang lahkawng a lam (The jealous friend) with English translation View
1249 Grai mu ai shat mai ntsin a lam (The Stingy Woman and the Stone Soup) with English translation View
1250 Lagut hte myit su ai hkaike a lam (The burglar and the parrot) with English translation View
1251 Hkau na htu sha ai yan wa ni masum a lam (The farmer and his three sons) with English translation View
1252 Hkawhkam wa a sutgan sin ai lam (The Faithful Guard) with English translation View
1253 Kahpu kanau yan lahkawng a lam (The Two Brothers and the Fierce Woman) with English translation View
1254 Sadi dung ai hkawhkam lahkawng a lam (The Test of Love) with English translation View
1255 Magrau grang ai num (The brave woman) with English translation View
1256 Nga hkwi sha ai hkan la (The magical fish and the greedy fisherman) with English translation View
1257 Gwi hte u la a lam (The dog and the cock) with English translation View

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