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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-02-10

End Date

2017-02-10

Translation (Seng Pan) Now I am going to tell you about the story of siblings, Jinghpaw, Hkang and Wa. Not only in Jinghpaw society but also in their societies, the stories of siblings were told. According to the stories which our ancestors told Jinghpaw, Hkang and Wa were close brothers. Long time ago, the three siblings came down from the south of China, the upper part of Mongolia to the plain where we live now. Among three siblings, Hkang was the eldest son and Jinghpaw was the second son. On the way, Hkang went down fast. When he passed by Nashi mountain where grew many banana trees, his brother, Jingphaw was left behind as he was hunting around. Even though Jinghpaw followed his brother, he couldn't reach to him anymore since the banana trees had already grown on his brother's tracks. So, he said, "I cannot follow him anymore. I just could see his tracks." Starting from that day, we, Jinghpaw have called them Hkang (it means track). Hkang people also say that, "We are the brother of Jinghpaw." And the ways they call their sibling families, wife-takers families, and wife-givers families which are called tripod families, are alike too. When I visited Hkang's places, they call barking deer, "Chyahkyi". In Jinghpaw we also call it "Chyahkyi". Moreover, they call the pheasant, "Uri" which is the same as ours. We still have many more similar things. It shows that Hkang and Jinghpaw are still closer than other ethinicities. Even though we are staying in different places, we are still close. The same as the stories about us which our ancestors had told, we have many similar things in common for real. By saying that, I want to conclude the history of Hkang and Jinghpaw here. We also have another story that we, Jinghpaw and Wa people are relatives. I am not so sure we, Jinghpaw were elder brother or younger brother of Wa. But according to the story, we are siblings. However, when the time each brother separated to different houses, they used sword as a sign of separation. Jinghpaw people wear it in a supine position. And Wa people wear it in a prone position. The reason for doing that is to become as one when the siblings meet again. It's the symbol of the brothers. That's why the cloth patterns of Wa and Jinghpaw are not so different. We have so many same patterns in common. Not only that, but also with Hkang ethinicity, our patterns are similar with theirs. If we consider these facts logically, these stories show that they were actually brothers from the same family. And we could guess that they were really close. Transcription (Lu Awng) Ya gaw anhte ndai jinghpaw wunpawng myu sha ni hte kahpu kanau daw ai nga na ya du hkra shanhte a labau maumwi mausa kaw mung hkai re ndai hkang hpu nau ni hte wa hpu nau ni hte e anhte ram ram ni htep ai maka kumla ni nga ai labau ni hpe e anhte na la lu ai ndai labau maumwi ni hpe e bai tsun dan mayu ai hku re. Ndai kang hpu nau ni gaw moi anhte moi shawng de anhte jinghpaw myu sha ni gaw ndai miwa mung dingda maga ndai mungonia lahta de na e anhte pa ga layang ga de yu wa ai aten hta e ndai hkang wa gaw hkang ni gaw kahpu magam re nga, kahpu re nga chye lu ai, anhte jinghpaw myu sha ni gaw kanau manaw mahtang re da. Dai hpe e ndai hkang wa gaw shawng yu mat wa re yang she, shi gaw hto bumga ndai nashi dung nashi ga dai kaw lai wa, langa grai tu ai nashi grai tu ai dai de lai mat wa ai shaloi gaw kanau wa gaw le hpang de, hto jaugawng gawng na loi mi tam gayin hkawm taw nga shaloi e ndai kahpu wa lai yu mat wa, re hpang shaloi hpang kaw bai hkan nang reng gaw ndai langu hpun, langa hpun ni gaw lawan bai pru mat wa, lawan bai pru mat wa re jang she, kanau wa gaw kahpu hpe hkan ndep mat jang e ndai wa na gaw hkan n dep sai, hkang sha mu sai ngu na e, anhte jinghpaw ni gaw tsun ai, dai hpe dai ni du hkra anhte ndai hkang hpun nau ni hpe e hkang ngu na anhte gaw tsun mat wa ai lam hpe e anhte chye lu ai. Dai hpe ya hkang ni shanhte mung t tsun ma ai, anhte gaw jinghpaw ni kahpu re nga, dai shanhte tsun ai hte maren ya shanhte a ndai jinghku jingyu mayu dama kahpu daw hkrang ai lam, mayu da ma di kru wa sa 3 di kru 3 hku re na shanhte jinghku jingyu tsun shaga ai daw hkrang ai lam ni mahkra anhte jinghpaw wunpawng myu sha ni hte 1 hku sha re na shanhte mung dai zawn re na shachyen shaga tsun hkat re lam hpe anhte mu lu ai. Bai na ya ngai hkang bum de du ga ai shaloi gaw anhte gaw chyahkyi hpe e chyahkyi ngu na tsun yang shanhte mung chyahkyi nga tsun ai. Dai zawn re ni hpe e mu lu ai, bai na u ri hpe mung uri da, dai hku nga na tsun ai. Kaga ni htep ai bung ai lam ni gaw law law nga ai. Ndai gaw hkang hte anhte jinghpaw ni gaw kaga amyu masha ni hta grau na naw ni htep taw nga ai. Ya anhte amyu kaga ga ginra kaga ga re taw nga timmung anhte hte naw ni htep ta ai ndai labau maumwi mausa hpe ning nga tsun ai hte maren, kaja wa mung anhte hte bung pre ai sat lawat ni mung shanhte kaw grai naw nga taw nga ai ngu hpe ndai hkang ni hte anhte jinghpaw ni a labau hpe e ndai hte mi tsun dan mayu ai. Ngut na wa ni hte e mung hpu nau wa ni hte mung anhte naw daw ang ai lam hpe e labau maumwi hpe anhte naw na chye da lu ai hku re. Ndai wa ni hte mung moi de wa hte mung anhte jinghpaw ni gaw, grau gaw kahpu kun kanau kun gaw nchye ai, wa hte mung anhte jinghpaw ni gaw kahpu kanau re. Retim mung nta garan hka bra wa ai ten hta e htingbren pru hka wa ai ten hta e n ga hpe nhtu nga hpe masat masa galaw nna e shada hka wa ai, tsun masat da hkat ai lam hpe chye lu ai. Anhte jinghpaw ni gaw ndai n ga hpe n ga hku krawk na anhte gaw hpye ai. Wa ni gaw shagum hku krawk na shanhte gaw nhtu hpe bang ai. An nau ni bai hkrum tsup wa ai aten hta e ndai n ga gaw langai sha rai ga, rai ga ngu na e shanhte ndai n ga hpe masat masa galaw na e shanhte galaw masat galaw da ai lam ngu hpe ya matut na mu lu ai. Dai majaw ndai wa amyu ni hte mung anhte a htunghkying ndai ri da maka, bu hpun palawng ri da maka ni hte e bung ai lam ni grai nga ai. Bai nna ndai hkang ni hte mung anhte jinghpaw ri da maka ni bung ai lam ni grai nga ai. Ndai hpe anhte sawn shachyaw yu ai shaloi gaw ndai maumwi mausa ni gaw kaja wa moi de kaja wa kahpu kanau ni byin tai lai wa sai ngu hpe ni htep ai hku na anhte maram lu ai mauwmi mausa ni rai nga ai ngu hpe loi mi tsun dan mayu ai hku re.

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