Dangkam – British relations with the Maitai

Four recordings in which Dangkam Maitai and Dangphik Maitai talk about the British relations with the Maitai. These consist of three video files and one sound file: SDM17-20111110-04_SM_JVC_Dangkam_BritishLetter.mp4 SDM17-20111110-04_SM_T_Dangkam_BritishLetter.wav SDM17-20111110-05_SM_JVC_Dangkam_WaterHoleBombing.mp4 SDM17-20111110-06_SM_JVC_Dangkam_BritishLetter2.mp4 The details of these recordings are as follows: SDM17-20111110-04_SM_JVC_Dangkam_BritishLetter.mp4; Duration 7’49”; A request from Dangkam to research a letter written by the British to the grandfather of Dangkam, who was called Wangrem (His son, Taithun, was Dangkam’s father). This letter was written by a Britisher called Michom in some way recognising the Maitai; the copy here in India was destroyed by fire. In the letter it was written that the Maitai At that time the British were searching for an ancestor called Khadang. This recording also relates to the destruction of a stone from which a snake was taken away by the British. SDM17-20111110-04_SM_T_Dangkam_BritishLetter.wav; Duration 7’59”; A request from Dangkam to research a letter written by the British to the grandfather of Dangkam, who was called Wangrem. This is a second version of the recording at SDM17-20111110-05_SM_JVC_Dangkam_BritishLetter.mp4, recorded on the Tascam recorder. SDM17-20111110-05_SM_JVC_Dangkam_WaterHoleBombing.mp4; Duration 2’32”; About the war with Japan; and about how the Japanese destroyed the Maitai peoples water hole. SDM17-20111110-06_SM_JVC_Dangkam_BritishLetter2.mp4; Duration 1’17”; Further information about the snake and the stone; the place where this happened is still there