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(in English Alphabets below) mangda khambrangnana taduna leiriba katHatpiraba wa katHokpgi nungaibada kauthok-uko cheina! maru phukpikhraba nanggi sarupolangna saribani khangpok khudingse. nanggi sadumna semkhatkhiba ningtHiraba humaise khunnida tinningduna ngasi kappi yeng-u tattana! eiga chenbinaramba echeldugi mamaidi ngasi umanglai gi khuyada chansinkhre. umanglaigi masakpu khangle haiduna machildagi thoklakledo eikhoigi wa eigi mangda lemhouriba saruktine wa malem leikoi pung-da leiribase wa hoong haiba khongtHoksigi wahantHokti wa dakuningtHouna potHadana tHillibasu wa ahing atHengbana ontHoirido wa yahou nganba cheklasingna paojenbiri wa namtHaduna tHambikhraba khonthoksinggi wa e-maribu kauhanbagi mayoktasu wa khusemgi tantHada jagoi sari wa ** They (meitei) believe that bamboo is their elder brother and he (bamboo) used to protect them from evil spirits and strong winds. So, they called bamboos as Wa means: “sufferer for human being”— Dr. M T Laiba, The geography of Manipur. |
Konthoujam Suranjit is a distinguished poet and editor: Epom, a pan Manipuri journal, from the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh.
Webcasted on May 18th 2007
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