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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-02-17

End Date

2017-02-17

Translation (Htoi Awng) The story is about how a crab (Mam Magum) became. Once upon a time, there were a mother and a daughter in a village. The daughter's name is Hkawn Ji. The mother loved her daughter so much. She always walked her daughter to school and sent a lunchbox everyday. Her daughter was in Grade 2. One day, it was raining heavily. So, she brought a bamboo hat for her daughter and went to her school. The daughter's friends saw her and said, "Your mother is very ugly. She is like a devil. We are so scared." But her daughter understood her so much. She didn't have a father since she was so young. At that time, there was a fire burning their house. Hkawn Ji was inside the house. Her mother went into the fire to save her. At that moment, a big bar fell right onto her mother. So, her mother had got a big scar on her face. Although she cured her wound, the scar didn't disappear. She loved her mother so much and understood her mom's feeling. But her friends said, "Don't let your mother come to school!" So, Hkawn Ji said to her mom, "Mom, don't come to my school next time." Her mother was upset after hearing what she said. The mother went to the stream and sat beside it sadly. And she looked at her face reflecting on the water. She was crying there alone and said, "I don't want to live on this earth anymore. Even my daughter doesn't like me." Very soon, there was a heavy rain, and whirlpool. She felt dizzy. Then, she was dead. She became a kind of crab called Mam Magum which hid its face because it felt embarrassed. Mam Magum is a kind of crab which lives in stream and usually hides its face. Transcription (Lu Awng) Maumwi a gabaw gaw mam magum tai mat ai a lam re. Moi shawng de da kahtawng langai mi kaw da kanu hte kasha nga ai da. Kasha na mying gaw hkawn ji da. Kanu gaw kasha hpe grai tsawra ai da. Tsawra na jawng de e galoi mung sa sa ai hte maren shani hkan shat ni sa sa ai da. Shi jawng ma dai gaw jawng kaji tan 1, 2 daram re shaloi gaw da lani mi gaw shi nu gaw shi kasha e grai tsawra na jawng de e nye kasha dai ni gaw kaban mung n lawm ai jawng sa mat ai, ya marang htu wa sai nga na kaban sa jaw ai da. Sa jaw re shaloi gaw shi na manang ni gaw da shi nu hpe e grai ntsawm ai, na nu gaw hpyi num zawn zawn san ai grai ntsawm ai na nu hpe mu yang grai hkrit ai ngu tsun ai da. Shi gaw chye na ai da. Shi kaji ai shaloi shan nu ni a nta hkru wa ai shaloi shi kawa mung nnga ai da. Kawa mung si mat ai hpang shan nu hkrai sha nga ai shaloi gaw wan hkru wa ai shaloi gaw shi kasha nta kata kaw rawng nga ai re majaw hkawn ji hpe shi gaw sa pawn shaw ai ngu shaloi nta ntsa kaw na ndai dau bat kaba dai wa hkrat bun ai majaw shi nu na myi man ni kaw mahkra hkru mat ai da. Dai nam kahtawng kaw na tsi ni chya timmung myiman ntsawm mat ai da. Dai hpe shi gaw chye na ai retim manang ni gaw na nu hpe jawng de hkum sa shangun na chyu tsun ai majaw da shi gaw ah nu nang jawng de hkum sa sa, jawng de galoi mung hkum sa ma grai gaya ai ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi dai shani gaw nta de bai wa na hka shi langai mi a makau kaw shi myi man ni hpe shi wa yu na she hka dai loi mi hka shi nga tim dai hka kaba ai hka re da. Mahkrai kaw na shi gaw ngai mungkan ga kaw nkam nga sai, shi hkrap rai na shayawn dung nga ai shaloi kade nna yang shi gaw baw ni sin wa, re na hka dai mung tung wa ai lamu marang mu htu hka tung wa ai kaw si mat ai da. Si mat na dai ni du hkra shi gaw shi myi man hpe gaya ai gaya ai ngu na ta hte e magap ai mam magum ngu ai tai mat ai da. Mam magum ngu ai gaw hka shi hkan nga ai ndai jahkan (amyo asa) rai nga ai da.

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