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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-02-09

End Date

2017-02-09

Translation (Rita Seng Mai) Now, I'd like to tell you a story to remind your next generations not to make the same mistake and to do good. This happened not long ago. It happened only ten years ago in Lawa village, Hugawng. A daughter-in-law cooked for her mother-in-law. However, she fed her mother-in-law cow dung as a curry. She didn't clean the chicken's giblets, and she just cooked for her. One day, she lied to her mother-in-law and fed her dried quince. However, she told her, "This is jungle fowl meat." When her son came back, the old mother told him, "Jungle fowl meat is really sour." The son asked her, "What did you eat for your breakfast?" She answered, "Jungle fowl meat. It's really sour. Look at this." It was actually dried quince. He felt really sorry. However, he couldn't say anything to his wife because she was mean. Later, the mean daughter-in-law cooked leech and fed it to her mother-in-law. She told her, "This is chicken intestines." When the mother-in-law ate it, she couldn't chew it because it was really hard. When her son came back, she showed it to him. In fact, it was a leech. Later, there was thunder and lightning in their village. The thunder hit the daughter-in-law, who was sitting in the living room. So we should treat our elders with respect. We should treat our parents, parents-in-law, and elders with respect. I'd like to remind you not to act like her. Transcription (Lu Awng) Ya ngai tsun mayu ai gaw nanhte ma ni hpe e htawm hpang de nbyin wa na matu mai kaja na matu tsun shadum mayu ai ga re. Ning re na anhte hugawng lam lawa mare kaw e moi dai kaw e moi nre ya mabyin ya 10 ning dang pyi re nna shi ai ten hta byin wa ai re. Dai kaw e num langai mi gaw shi na kamoi hpe shat shat mai galaw jaw ai ni, majoi joi nga hkyi zawn re ni si htu nga na galaw jaw. Dan re na e u kan ni dai zawn re ah tsawm ngalaw kau re dan re ni galaw jaw rai na matsan mayen rai, kalang mi na gaw u gam shan re ngu na she dai u gam shan re nga na dai kaw a rai sani si jahkraw ni wa htu jaw re ai da. Dan re na she kasha bai wa re yang gaw u gam shan nga mi grai hkri ai wa, ah nu nang dai hpawt hpa hte sha nta ngu na kasha gaw wa san ai da. Shaloi she ngai nam u gam shan shadu jaw ai nga mi grai hkri ai yu yu u ngu, yang gaw sani si wa rai taw ai da. Dan re ni sha dan re na kasha gaw grai matsan dum ai da. Matsan dum tim madu jang gaw grai dang sha ai majaw kaning nchye di na dai hku shalai kau ai, hpang e rai jang gaw wawt byin wa she bai galaw jaw ai da. U kan re ngu na she wawt byin wa she bai wa makai jaw re she dai hpawt na u kan u pu u kan re nga grai ja ai ngu na she matep tawn na, kasha wa jang bai madun yang she wawt byin ni wa she dai hku na matep jaw re da. Dan na dan re kade nna yang she dai kaw malu marang hte grai ah she wa na dan re hpang e kade nna yang e mu nta kaw nan kamoi makau e nga ai kaw kamoi e gaw sit kau na kanam hpe e daw dap kaw nan dan di mu ah chye kau ai da. Dai re majaw anhte kadai mi tim ya kaba wa kashu kasha ni ma ni kanu kawa asak kaba sai kani katsa kadai hpe retim mung num ni rai yang gaw kagu kamoi hpe kanu kawa hpe hkungga lara rai ra ai, dai hpe kadai mung chye mu ga dum mu ga ngu na nanhte ya na ma ni hpe ya ngai hku na shadum jahprang yu ai hku re.

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