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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-03-10

End Date

2017-03-10

Translation (Rita Seng Mai) In the past, there was a famous deity statue in a village. People often came there and offered what they owned. And they prayed to be successful in their business. Some people wished for their business, and some wished to gain much money and to have many animals. Many people became successful after they prayed there. Then, they came there again and offered money or other valuable things to the deity. They thought they succeeded because of the deity. But there was one man who never succeeded although he often prayed there. He tried many times to get success in his job, but nothing great ever happened to him. At last, he got angry at the deity. He blamed, "You are a biased deity. You blessed the others to be successful, but you didn't give your blessings upon me!" He was mad and thought to destroy the statue. Then, he took an axe and went there. When he arrived there, he said, "You are just a biased deity. You are not the real protector of humans!" Then, he struck the statue with the axe. Since it was made of wood, it was broken. There were a lot of treasures, which people offered, inside it. He took all the treasures and went back home. He became a wealthy man. In fact, the statue was just the art created by a sculptor. It was not a deity. So, we should not worship every statue we found. Transcription (Lu Awng) Moi da kahtawng langai mi kaw e nat hpara ngu ai hpara langai mi grai mying kaba ai hpara langai mi nga ai da. Dai kaw gaw masha ni hpaga ai ni hpaga ga awng na matu dai kaw sa naw ai, alu ni sa bang tawn da ai, nai, mam lu mayu ai ni mung dai kaw e sa naw ai, akyu sa hpyi ai, dusat dumyeng lu mayu ai ni, ja gumhpraw sut gan lu mayu ai ni yawng gaw dai kaw e sa naw nna e akyu sa hpyi la la re ma ai da. Dai kaw sa hpyi la na hpaga ga ai ni gaw awng ai ni mung grai nga ai da. Awng du wa sa i nga jang mung dai hpara hpe chyeju dum ai hku na ja gumhpraw ni sa sak jaw rai ma ai da. Raitim mung manang ni kade lu timmung la langai mi bai rai jang gaw kade lang sa hpyi tim shi a arang sum hkra hkra sha a rai nga ai, kade lang sas hpyi tim jamjau jam hkau sha hkrum nga rai na shi gaw pawt mayu ai da. Dai majaw gaw nga myi man lata ai hpara masha ni hpe gaw shaman ya. Ngai hpe gaw nshaman ya. Ndai hpara ndai gaw myiman lata ai hpara re ndai wa hpe gaw sa adup ra ai, ngu na shi gaw ningwa sha hta hpai rai na she dai hpara kaw sa sai da. Nang gaw myiman lata ai hpara, kaja wa teng man ai hku shinggyim masha hpe hpan ya lu ai hpara nre, ngu na she ningwa hte sa ah chye ga kau dat sai da. Hpara dai gaw ahpun hte galaw tawn da ai hpara she re da. Dai ahpun dai hpe sa achey ga kau dat jang she dai kaw ja gumhpraw ni law law masha ni sa bang tawn da ai, shi gaw dai sha magawn la na wa mat ai da. Dai kaw na magawn la ai hte sha shi lu sut lusu nga mu nga mai mat wa sai da. Dai majaw ndai hpara gaw masha ni ta sama ai ni hpara zawn zawn di na galaw tawn da ai hpun hpaga rai she re da asak n rang ai hpara hpun labang she re da. Dai majaw ndai zawn re hpun labang hte galaw ai hpara hkrup mara gaw anhte nmai naw hkawm ai da.

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