Manuscripts belonging to the private collection of Ida Dewa Gede Catra
Scope & Content:
Palm-leaf manuscripts containing texts in Old Javanese and Balinese, on a variety of subjects (belles lettres, Balinese Hindu doctrines and rituals, mythology, etc.) belonging to the private collection of Ida Dewa Gede Catra in Amlapura, Karangasem, East Bali, Indonesia. Most of the manuscripts ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Balinese, Mara, Old Javanese, and Sanskrit
This text is about measuring land and building proper buildings according to the canons of traditional geometry. Teks ini berisi tentang cara mengukur tanah dan membangun bangunan yang baik. Extent: 1 palmleaf manuscript. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 4 cm, Width 39 cm. Co...
A collection of notebooks containing Baul song lyrics collected and transcribed by Debdas Baul and his youngest son Uttam Das Baul. Debdas travelled across Bengal and Assam and transcribed the songs after attending Baul performances during travels. These notebooks also have instances of orally t...
Handwritten transcription of songs after attending Baul performances
Scope & Content:
Notebook contains Baul song lyrics which were transcribed by Debdas Baul after listening to Baul performances in the sacred centres and events of Baul sadhana such as Kamakhya temple (Assam), Ramkeli mela (Malda) and Sonamukhi mela (Bankura). This is a comprehensively documented notebook. Most o...
This is a collection of newspapers published during the colonial period in Malawi formelry Nyasaland. The collection comprises of publications from 1895 to 1965. The newspaper titles are Nyasaland Times, Msimbi and Nkhani Za Nyasaland. Extent: Acollection of newspapers containing 12,894images. ...
This is a collection of the oldest Newspapers ever published in the country. The Newspaper was founded in 1895 with the name Central African Planter and later on in 1900 the name was changed to Nyasaland Times. In 1964 after Malawi gained its independence, the name was again changed to The Times...
Some of the stories covered by the newspaper bear the following titles: The Millitary Secrets - Leakage of information, this was arisng out of the question put to the Secretary of State of War, Mr Hore Belisha by Mr Duncan Sandays a conservative member of the parliament of Norwood. Other stories...
The visit og Governor-General Lord Llewellin on his six day assignment to Nyasland to fulfill 33 enagements including visiting the Batallion of the Kings African Riffles (KAR), meeting with provincial Commisioners and see interesting places like Zomba plateau, New year celebrations at Blantyre s...