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  • Dialect Display #1

    Ngi sngew kmen ba ngi lah ïoh ïa ka entry kaba nyngkong! 😀😀

    Kane ka video ka dei na i Bah Kestar Wahlang, iba dei na Mawsynram. Ha ka ktien Mawsynram ka long kumne harum:

    "To mut bha to krian beit bad to leh hok, Lada phi im phi ïap noh bæ syrtok, To ieid ïalahui, burom ïa ki bru, Bu phin suk ha pyrthei bu phin suk ha u Blei."

    Khublei Shibun Bah Kestar ïa ka jingkyrshan jong phi! 🙏🙏

    We are happy to have our first entry!

    This video has been sent by Kestar Wahlang who is from Mawsynram. You can read the Mawsynram dialect above. 👆

  • The river Phot

    These beautiful pictures have been sent by @the_shutter_bug07 😃😃 Thank you!

    He says about the river: "Ngi shait ong ka Phot. Ka dei ka wah ba wan na Mawsynram, na Nohkalikai, Daiñthlen…lai pateng khohsiew. Ka iaid lyngba ka shnong Nongriat bad ka poi ha kjat Nongwar bad ka leit mih sha Shella."

    "We call the river Phot. It comes from Mawsynram village, from Nohkalikai and Daiñthlen falls…It passes through the village of Nongriat and then Nongwar and finally flows to Shella."

  • Ka Huleng

    The village of Phlangwanbroi which is located in Mawsynram, Tehsil, of East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya is home to the Western Hoolock Gibbon or what we call "Ka Huleng" in Khasi. Hoolocks are three primate species of genus Hoolock in the Gibbon family, Hylobatidae, native to eastern Bangladesh, Northeast India, Myanmar, and Southwest China. Hoolock gibbons are India's lone ape species. They are both rare and endangered, found only in the forests of Northeast India.

    Phlangwanbroi, four neighbouring villages and an adjoining community forest make up the Khasi native state of Hima Malai Sohmat, one of 25 traditionally ruled Khasi enclaves in Meghalaya that are formally recognised by the Indian Constitution. The 40-sq-km community forest of Hima Malai Sohmat has been home to western hoolock gibbons since "time immemorial", villagers say. The males are black with white brows, while the females have a copper-brown fur, which is darker at the chest and neck. White rings around their eyes and mouths give their faces a mask-like appearance.

    With long and slender arms, hoolock gibbons are swift creatures, swinging from tree to tree at speeds upto 55 km/hr, covering upto six meters in just one swing! Hoolocks are famous for their emotive call that echoes across the forest which is used to attract mates. In Phlangwanbroi, the morning starts with the melodious series of whoops, hoots and tones of "Ka Huleng" that rise in a crescendo. The residents refer to it as "jingrwai huleng" – the hoolock gibbon's song. There is a local saying that as long as you hear the gibbon's song, you are within the boundary of Hima Malai Sohmat.

    "Ka Huleng" or the Western Hoolock Gibbon is found in the village of Phlangwanbroi, Mawsynram, Tehsil in East Khasi Hills District. This is the only ape species in India and we are extremely lucky to have it in our state. 😃😃

    Sources:

    https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/amp.scroll.in/article 926439in-meghalaya-tribal-communities-join-hands-to-ensure-that-the-hoolock-gibbons-song-stays-alive

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoolock_gibbon

    https://www.wwfindia.org/about_wwf/priority_species/lesser_known_species/hoolock_gibbons_/