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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-01-27

End Date

2017-01-27

Translation (Seng Pan) I will talk about how Kachin people started Manau dance. Ocne, there was a very lazy man. He was not helpful not only at home but also at anywhere. Therefore, the villagers put him in a basket and hung it from a tree. Even though he was a lazy man, he was intelligent. He just didn't want to work hard. However, while he was kept in a basket which was hung from a tree, he was looking carefully at how the flocks of birds flew in different shapes and ate the fruits on the trees. On the other hand, he, La Dinyau, longed for someone to free him. While he was watching the flocks of birds, he had got an idea that if the people in his village would dance like how the birds flied in different shapes, it would be amazing. As he was kept in the basket, he couldn't get out from it by himself. At that time, a man who looked sick, was passing by. The man saw him and asked, "Man, why are you being hung there?" Since he was a good liar, he replied, "Hanging here made me relieve from sickness and stress. This is a peaceful place. That's why I am staying here." "I am stressed and my body is also painful. Please hang me there too!" the man requested. However, he said, "No. Only one person can be hung. Even me, as I repeatedly begged to stay here to the one who was hung here before me, I could stay here. I haven't recovered fully yet. I still need to be hung here." "No. Please let me stay! I feel so hurt," the man said. "Ok. I will give this place. It's only because you are eagerly praying for it. Untie me now! After that I will tie you well and hang here," he replied. After he was free, he hung the man there. And he went back to where his relatives were. And he led them dancing like the way the flocks of birds flew sinuously and made different shapes. So, till today Kachin people perform different curves and shapes in Manau dance which were learnt from birds. Transcription (Lu Awng) Ndai u ni a manaw hpe yu nna anhte jinghpaw wunpawng sha ni manau nau wa ai lam hpe tsun na re . Ndai jinghpaw la grai lagawn ai la langai mi nga ai da. Grai lagawn ai hpa ah kyu nrawng ai, nta kaw mung ah kyu nrawng, gara kaw mung ah kyu n rawng ai, dai majaw mare kaw na masha ni shi hpe hto hpun langai kaw ka kaw ka wa ai kaw bang noi da di shi hpe dai kaw da kau ai da. Shi gaw da kau dat ai, dai majaw dai shaloi she tim shi gaw bawnu gaw bai ram ai, lagawn gaw tatut bungli gaw bai lagawn ai. Bawnu gaw ram ai, dai majaw shi gaw u ni namsi di sha ai hpe yu ai hku nga, u ni namsi di sha ai hpe yu di na she kei u ni gaw pyen magyi magaw manu mana pyen na she namsi di sha ai hpe mu ai da. Dai gaw la dinyau wa ngu hku rai nga, dai hpe mu re di na shi gaw dai yang she aw dai kaw na she shi gaw yu wa na ra ai, yu wa na ra ai. Shi hpe dai kaw sharawng kau sai re majaw ndai hpe ngai nahte shinggyim masha ni nga ai de ndai hpe ah tsawm u ni manau ka manaw u ni pyen gayin ai zawn anhte mung ka yang grai hkrak nga re ngu shi myit ai. Raitim shi dai kaw na yu wa nmai sai hto hpun ndung kaw shi hpe ka hte ning di da ai kaw di da sai re majaw shi le nmai ai. Dai loi she la langai mi lai wa ai da, loi ma machyi hkum ai nau n pyaw n pyaw la langai lai wa she e hkau nang ganing rai dai hpun ndung kaw me noi nga nta ngu hku rai nga. E hkau e nang ngai hpe ding she nga yu shi masu ma tsawm ra chye ai hku rai nga. Nang ngai hpe she ding nga yu u ndai hpun kaw sa noi dat ai ngu gaw machyi makaw ai ni yawng mai mat ai, myit npyaw ai ni yawng mai mat ai loh, grai myit pyaw simsa ai shara she re loh, dai majaw ngai machyi mai na matu ngai noi ai she re loh ngu hku rai nga. E ngai mung nang hkan ne makret makrat nga ai ngai hpe mung ngai mung myit npyaw ai ni nga ai, ngai hpe mung noi rit le ngu, e marai langai ngai sha mai ai, ndai kaw marai lahkawng hkawng nmai ai loh hkau e ngu hku rai nga. Ya ngai ya ngai pyi tsawm mari tsun di she ngai pyi shawng na langai noi nga ai hpe tsawm mari tsun di she ngai tawng ban di she lajin di she ngai bai sa noi di ya ngai mai taw she re ngu hku rai nga. Ya ngai pyi ah tsawm nmai shi ai, ngai naw noi ra ai, nre law ngai mung grai machyi ai law ngai mung she noi na lol nga da, e reng gaw nang dai ram she nga yang gaw, dang ngai hpe shayu dat rit re na nang hpe ngai ah tsawm shanoi da na ngu hku rai nga. Shanoi da sai da shi hpe oh ra wa masu di noi da. Shi gaw wa di she ndai shinggyim masha ni nga ai shanhte kahpu kanau nga ai de u ni gara hku manau, aw chye lagat si di sha yang gara hku gayin ai pyen ai, gara hku magaw ai hpe yu nna she ndai wa di she shi gaw manau nau woi di she manu mana dneg u manau hpa ngu di she manu mana magyi magaw ai ni anhte oh wang wang ai ni dai kaw na sharin la ai re da.

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