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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-01-27

End Date

2017-01-27

Translation (Rita Seng Mai) Many years ago, there was a woman who lived in Tanghpre village where is in Kachin State and it's a village near the Confluence. She had got a baby. She was doing the washing while her baby was sleeping. She put the baby just behind her beside the river. Her baby was not there where she put when she looked back after she had done the washing. Then she cried out loudly as she got a shock. She cried out loudly by calling upon the deities. Suddenly the sky was darkened, there were thunder and lightning, and the wind blew hard. The thunder struck on the high mountain where the baby was. That mountain was in Tanghpre near the Confluence. Today, there is a mark of thunder striking on that mountain. Then, the baby was floated and flown along the river "Mali Hka" just in front of the mother. The baby was floated along with white horse. The mother took the baby as the white horse floated down the river. But the baby was already dead. The mother carried her baby and went back. There is that kind of story in Kachin stories. Transcription (Lu Hkawng) Moi shawng de anhte jinghpaw wunpawng mungdaw mungdan hta tanghpre mali zup ngu ai shara hta num hpaw mi langai mi ma_nga lu ai. Dai ma_nga hpe hka makau kaw shi shingdu kaw e shayup da nna she shi rai hkrut nga ai. Dai shaloi gaw shi gaw rai hkrut ngut rai na shingdu de kasha e bai yu dat yang kasha nnga mat ai. Re majaw shi gaw kajawng na majoi marawn hkrap she marawn hkrap lamu madu e ga madu e nga nna shi majoi marawn hkrap jang mu ni lamu ni mung wa ai hte. Re na mu a gung ai hte rai na hto bum grai tsaw ai bum ma nga ai dai tanhpre mali zup ngu ai dai bum ntsa kaw she mu sa ah chye ga dat ai dai ni du hkra bum dai gaw, e gala ga da ai hkang dai ni du hkra nga ai. Dai kaw nna she hka kaw e kanu a shawng kaw nan e mali hka dai shawng kaw nan ma_nga gaw yawng hkrat wa ai. Ndai gumra hpraw hte arau yawng hkrat wa ai da. Dai gumra hpraw gaw lai mat wa na ma_nga hpe gaw kanu gaw pawn la yang nsa gaw nrawng sai si mat sai. Dai kaw na shi ma_nga dai hpe e pawn la nna dai ni du hkra i anhte jinghpaw maumwi hta nga ai re.

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