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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-02-12

End Date

2017-02-12

Translation (Rita Seng Mai) The story I will tell is about driving Hpu Lum Htu away from the lake. Once upon a time, there was Hpu Lum Htu couple in a forest. (Hpu Lum Htu is a nat with long breasts.) They loved each other so much. One dark evening, two hunters went into the forest to hunt some animals. Unfortunately, Hpu Lum Htu's husband got shot by the arrow instead of birds. The two hunters saw him and cut his forehead. And they continued hunting other animals. When Hpu Lum Htu saw her husband's dead body, she was upset and bore a grudge. Meanwhile, the two hunters decided to sleep in the forest at night. Around midnight, Hpu Lum Htu came to the place where they were sleeping and showed her anger. She cursed the one who killed her husband, "Since tonight, you will be mute. You will be a limp, and one of your hands will be useless!" The next morning when they woke up, one hunter who killed Hpu Lum Htu's husband couldn't speak at all. He became limp. He tried so hard to explain it by using body language. They regretted killing Hpu Lum Htu's husband. They were cursed, so they had become like that. Then, one hunter brought his limping and mute friend home. This is the actual event that happened in the past. Transcription (La Ring) Ya ngai tsun na ga baw gaw hpu lum htu hpe i nlung hka kaw na gawt shapru lu kau ai ga baw hpe tsun na re. Moi shawng e da nam kahtawng langai mi hta da hpu lum htu hkan la lahkawng nga ai da. Dai hkan la lahkawng gaw grai tsawra hkat ai da. E de hpang e she dai e la lahkawng gaw i nam de shana maga rim rim nga shaloi she shana maga she shanhte u gap sa mat wa ai da. U gap sa mat wa re shaloi she shanhte gaw u hpe gap ai nga she dai hpu lum htu madu jan na madu wa kaw she wa hkra ai da. Wa hkra na she dai madu wa hpe i dai kaw dai la lahkawng gaw mu ai hte nhtu hte i dai lahtan kaw gala ndai lahtan kaw gala nhtu hte gala ga kau ai da. Gala ga kau na she dai kaw dai madu jan gaw i grai pawt ai da. Grai pawt na masin grai pawt wa na she i shana dai la lahkawng gaw nsin mung sin mat rai yang she shana mung shana dai kaw u gap na matu she e "Hpawt de jahpawt maga she wa na re" ngu na she shan lahkawng gaw dai nam kaw gin sum hte yup taw ai da. Gin sum kaw yup taw ai shaloi she shana hkying shi lahkawng daram kaw she dai hpu lum htu wa na madu jan gaw i madu jan gaw grai masin pawt ai hte dai la lahkawng hpe e sa tsun dan na hku nga. E dai la lahkawng kaw na gala sat ai la wa gaw dai gala sat ai la wa hpe sha dai hpu lum htu wa gaw grai pawt ai da. "Nang i daini daina kaw na nang e ngai tsun ai hte maren byin u ga. Nang daini daina kaw na ga mung nlu shaga n-gup mung n-yawt mat di na i ta mung maga mi dup mat u ga, lagaw mung maga mi e maga mi htawt yawt mat u ga" ngu na she dai hku dagam tsun ai da. Dai hku tsun yang she dai hpang jahpawt gaw hpang jahpawt yup rawt wa sai i. Dai la dai gaw rawt wa yang she "E hkau ngai na ta mung ta mung dai hku dum mat sai lagaw mung n-yawt mat sai. N-gup mung n-yawt mat sai" ngu na she dai hku n-gup n-yawt yawt rai na she dai hku hkrang shala ai hku le i dai hku tsun dan ai da. Hkrang shala ai hku na tsun dan rai yang she dai kaw na she dai "Aw aw an lahkawng i dai shi madu jan shi madu wa hpe i ndai zawn galaw kau ai dai shi nra ai majaw rai nga ai" ngu na she e ngu na shan lahkawng mung myit malai lu rai na dai manang wa gaw shi hpe i shanhte nga ai mare de bai woi mat wa ai da. Dai gaw dai la gaw i ya du hkra ma naw nga ai dai moi de byin mat wa ai re.

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