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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-02-18

End Date

2017-02-18

Translation (Htoi San) My grandmother told me this story called 'an elephant and air have the same language'. Therefore, we can't say bad to elephants when we go into the forest. Elephants and Nam Hkuk birds spoke the same language too. When we are in the forest, we should call elephants 'grandpa'. We can't say the word 'elephant' in the forest. We can't also say 'the animal with small eyes', 'the animal with big ears', or 'the animal with a big body'. When the air heard something bad about the elephant, it told the elephant about it. Then, the elephant got angry and trampled that person to death. It is true that the elephant does that. There is a witness who had faced that kind of incident in our village. So, I believe that the stories told by our elders are true. We have never seen an elephant in our village, Htingnu Kawng. There is Nahpaw Mt on this side of our village, and Nam Bang river lies on the other side. There was a Chinese man who lived together with his mother. He often got angry at his mom and didn't listen to her. One day, he went into the forest to cut the trees down with his friends. He said, "If I get an elephant, I will let it pull these logs to my house." Then, his Kachin friends warned him not to say that in the forest. But he didn't care and said, "What should I care? How can the elephant be here? No way!" At dusk, an elephant appeared and trampled him. His waist was broken because of the elephant. Everyone was shocked. They were shocked by the elephant. They hardly saved their Chinese friend from the elephant. We believe that it is the real incident. This is the end. Transcription (La Ring) Magwi gaw da nbung hte ga hkrum ai da nye dwi ni hkai dan ai. Dai majaw magwi ni nam hkan e hkawm yang da magwi ni hpe gaw nmai shatan ai da. Wora nbung hte mung hkrum ai da nam hkuk nam u hte mung ga hkrum ai da. Dai majaw e nam hkan e hkawm yang e magwi nngu ai sha ji dwi ngu ra ai da. Myi kaji law na pa law magwi kawng kaba law ngu na mung nmai tsun ai da. Dai majaw e dai magwi gaw hpa re da ngu yang she wo nbung e tsun dan nna shinggyim masha ni dai tsun ai ni hpe e mu yang ding sa sat kau wa ai da nga ai. Maumwi gaw maumwi dai hku nga ai gaw kaja wa teng ai lam hpe gaw e anhte kahtawng kaw langai mi sakse nga ai. Dai majaw kaba ai ni hkai ai maumwi teng na re ngu kam ai. Htaw htingnu kawng anhte htingnu kawng ngu ai gaw magwi ngu gaw kalang ma ndu yu ai yaw. Magwi ma kalang ma ndu yu ai htingnu kawng a ndai maga de gaw ndai maga de gaw nahpaw bum rai ndai maga de gaw e nam bang rai re nam bang hka hka hku de le. E hka hku de she dai htaw Miwa ga de na sa ai Miwa la wa kanu dinggai hte rau nga ai Miwa la wa she kanu hpe mung e grai pawt matsa kau da rai nna she kanu shaga ai mung nau nmadat ai da. Dai she shing rai nna she dai shani manang ni hte e hpun kran sa ai da. Dai nam bang hka hku de hpun kran sa ai wa she e shani tup wa she "Dai magwi lu yang gaw ndai ni hpe manai di shangun di na lo garawt wa shangun nta de garawt wa di shangun di na lo" ngu yang she dai manang ni gaw shi saw sa ai Jinghpaw la ni gaw "E hkau e hkum ngu lo nmai ai da. Magwi gaw e nbung hte ga hkrum ai re nga hkum ngu" ngu yang she "Hpa nra ai law ndan ngan re e chyip hte chyap re kaw mi gaw gara kaw na magwi sa wa na law" ngu. Dan ngu jawm tsun nga yang wa kade nna ai jan garai ndu shi yang wa magwi langai mi hprawt rai na dai la wa hpe e kabye kau nna nang mashi hten mat ai Miwa la langai mi nga ai le anhte ga de. E teng na hku rai nga yawng grai mau ai da. Dan rai magwi mung galoi mung ndu yu re ai de e dai Miwa la wa e magwi kabye tawn da ai nga shanhte jawm marawn je la ai nga. Dai gaw teng man ai re rai na re ngu myit la ai. Gai htum sai.

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