Honey Bag okiek_beeshoney004 A Preliminary Documentation of the Okiek Language of Kenya

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natural language processing

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datasetmedia

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JaneKonPatKit

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JanUni

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This is a very short video that was taken when we were preparing for a dramatization or demonstration session to show how honey is removed from the beehive and put in the honey bag. Jane Oduor is the Okiek language documentor. Simon Konana Konini is a respected community elder who took who participated in many documentation sessions. He is the narrator of the story in the second session (okiek_Narratives002). Patrick works within the Okiek community as a social worker and community mobilizer. In this project he also assisted in community mobilization, video recording, translating and annotating. He is a father and grandfather to many.

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Uses of a a Honey-Bag okiek_traditions004 A Preliminary Documentation of the Okiek Language of Kenya

The speaker illustrates the various uses of a honey-bag such as making cloths and carrying honey to

Honey Harvesting okiek_beeshoney005 A Preliminary Documentation of the Okiek Language of Kenya

The speaker dramatizes how they used to collect honey from the beehives. He states that one had to g

Okiek Forests and Honey Stores okiek_forests001 A Preliminary Documentation of the Okiek Language of Kenya

The speaker talks about the forests the Okiek had and says that each one of them had a name. He also

Knowledge of Honey by the Okiek okiek_narratives005 A Preliminary Documentation of the Okiek Language of Kenya

The speaker narrate how they Okiek came to know about how to harvest honey and how the birds of the

Types of Bees and Honey okiek_beeshoney001_elar A Preliminary Documentation of the Okiek Language of Kenya

There speaker talks about different types of bees and honey. He also describes what the bees do. Jan

Cultures Concerning Honey Harvesting and Marriage okiek_history023 A Preliminary Documentation of the Okiek Language of Kenya

The speaker continues by giving the traditional practices involving the harvesting and storage of ho