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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-03-10

End Date

2017-03-10

Translation (Rita Seng Mai) The story is about 'a priest who is a liar'. While a group of brothers were building a raft, it was getting dark. So, they decided to raft the next morning. The following morning, they went to their raft and prepared to row the raft down. But it didn't move a bit although they tried so hard to row. They thought to ask a nat priest why this kind of thing happened to them. The nat priest said, "A nat spirit did it! Your raft will not move a bit because a nat is pulling it. You should prepare some fermented rice and pig to give that nat as an offering. So that, you can row your raft down." The siblings believed him and held a festival for nat spirits. The nat priest knew that people worshipped nats and believed them so much. In fact, he secretly tied their raft with the strongest rope last night. After the boys had held a nat festival by giving many offerings, the nat priest secretly went to the river and cut the rope that he tied to the raft. And he said to the boys, "Tomorrow, your raft will move because nat spirits appreciate your offerings." The next morning, the boys could row their raft down easily. Transcription (Lu Awng) Ya gaw hkinjawng masu, hkingjawng masu ngu nga ai moi ndai lalaw ma ni wawn yawng sai da. Wawn yawng di shanhte gaw wawn shani tup wawn htu sai, wawn htu ngut re na e dai na gaw jan du sai. Hpawt de she yawng ga ngu shanhte jahkrum na hku nga, hpawt de she yawng ga ngu jahkrum nga re she shanhte gaw dai she jahpawt yawng sai hku nga. Yawng na hku di yu she wawn wa kade shap tim a nan a nan da. Ding a ding n mai yawng sai hku nga. Wawn yawng nmai mat ai dai majaw hkinjawng wa hpe she san yu ga. Ndai gaw san yu ga anhte wawn hpa majaw nmai yawng mat ai ngu hpe san yu ga ngu hkinjawng wa gaw san ai hku nga e nanhte wawn dai gaw nat e tek da sai ga re. Nat lata e tek sai re majaw nanhte kade shap ting yawng mai na nre, nanhte gaw dai ni gaw wa sat, hto tsa pyi la di mu. Dai naw wa nat hpe dai naw jaw sha kau ra ai, dai naw moi kau ra ai dai she nanhte wawn gaw mai yawng na re ngu sai hku nga. Lalaw ma ni mung rai sam ai ngu di wa sat dai shani gaw nat jaw shanhte mung sha poi galaw rai sai da. Dai she dai hkinjawng wa gaw ndai ni kaning mi nga nga wawn yawng yang tsun nat hpa ni nga nga ndai ni nat hpe sha kam ai re majaw hpa mahtai gaw n tam di nat hpe sha yu shangun na re nga chye ai majaw hkingjawng wa gaw lalaw ma ni nmu ai shaloi shana nsin lumkre langai, lumhkre ngu gaw ri kaw na gaw ngang dik re sai, lunghkre dai dun di hto hka kata de dun da ya na hku re nga. Oh ra ni gaw n chye di shap, kade shap tim ding ding deng nga shani dai ni shap nga yang gaw hkinjawng wa gaw shana nsin sa di she oh ra ni nmu ai hku bai sa di dai hkyuk di dan kau. E hpawt de gaw nat hkraw sai, yawng mai sai, nanhte kam sa ai de mai tsawt sai yawng mu nu di yawng dai di yawng mat ai da.

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