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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-02-17

End Date

2017-02-17

Translation (Htoi Awng) I am going to tell about a blind since he was born and another man who became blind when he was older. One man was blind since he was born and another man was blind when he got older. One day, they two went somewhere far. On their way, they took a rest because they were exhausted walking after a long walk. They sat under a shelter. Then, the man who became blind when he got older told another one, "My friend, I'm too tired. We have walked for a long time and we still need to keep going. I want to drink water and some sweet drink like milk." But another blind man didn't even know the colours since he was born blind. So, when his friend said that he wanted to drink milk, he had no idea about that. He didn't know what milk was. Then, he asked his friend, "What is milk that you want to drink? How does it look?" His friend answered, "The milk is white color, and the taste is sweet." He asked again, "What is white color? How does it look?" His friend answered again, "The white color is like an egret's colour." Then, he asked again, " What is egret?" His friend who became blind when he was older bended his hand and said, "Like this." So, he grabbed his friend's hand and touched it. And he said, "Oh! Milk is like this! I won't drink milk if that is bent. Let's just keep walking." They continued their journey. This is the end of the story. Transcription (Lu Hkawng) Ya lang gaw hkri tung kata hta myi nmu ai hte kaba wa yang myi nmu ai yen a lam hpe tsun na re. Langai mi gaw shangai wa ai hte shi gaw myi nmu ai la wa re da. Langai mi wa gaw shi gaw kaba yang she myi nmu ai wa re na hku nga. Dai yang shan yen 2 gaw da sum tsan hkawm ai da. Sum tsan galu hkawm re shaloi she shan 2 gaw ndai shara mi hta e hpun shingnyip langai kaw she wa dung wa sa na she e hkau e grai ba ai an 2 hkawm ai mung grai tsan sai, ya tsawm ra mung naw hkawm ra ai, an 2 ya e hka zawn nga mung lu mayu ai, nga chyu zawn nga dwi dwi nga mung lu mayu ai ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi she ndai kaba wa yang na wa gaw i dai hku ngu na tsun rai shaloi she, ndai hkri tung kaw na myi nmu ai la wa gaw shi gaw gara gaw ah hpraw, gara gaw ah chyang hpa (ayaung) hpa ma nchye ai da. Shi gaw hkri tung kata kaw na nan myi nmu ai masha re majaw gaw oh ra wa gaw shi nga chyu lu mayu ai nga tsun ai shaloi mung shi gaw nchye na ai da. Hkau nang lu mayu ai nga chyu nga gaw hpa baw hpe tsun ai ma, kaning san re hpe tsun ai ngu na tsun ai da, dai shaloi she oh ra wa gaw nga chyu ngu ai gaw ah hpraw san re le, dwidwi nga ah hpraw re le ngu tsun ai da. Shi na nsam gaw ah hpraw re re ngu tsun ai shaloi she ah hpraw nga kaning san ai ma ngu tsun ai shaloi she, ah hpraw ngu ai gaw hka u zawn san ai le ngu bai tsun ai da. Hka u zawn nga kaning re hpe tsun ai ma ngu tsun ai shaloi she shi gaw ning ngu na lata magaw dan ai da, ta magaw dan yang shi gaw ning ngu bai jum yu ai da, bai jum yu ai shaloi she e hka u nga yang gaw, aw nang lu mayu ai hka chyu nga gaw ndai zawn zawn magaw ai she re hka i, magaw ai rai yang gaw ngai nlu sai law ngu na she matut hkawm ga law ngu na bai matut hkawm mat wa ai da shan 2, ngut sai.

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