Achālakha khaiyāra hoda Phungcham ngaleili okthuisai. Khaiyāra hi Phungcham Pheireinaona ji. Khaiyāra nganuilakha āva eina āvāvana harvā ākha kei-ichi. Harvā china ngathor harchai eina tālaga kayāngli shokkhong khaleida tang kathumwui harva katonga harvā chili yongrai. Ngashun shimtungli khonglala harva katonga chithāda yongrāchinga ji. Har kaphābingna harvā chi loga chilala ava eina avāvana mayorsanglākmana. Harvā chi keikeilaga thangkhava taithatshai haosada taithathaowa. …

Khare kachāng Tangkhul yur kha ākha eina ākha rai sāngarokta mikui rangngarokta leilakha Halang mi rai kapinga akha Hoomi ramhonli rai thatkida rai. Rai thatkapai apam phāvālaga masamphangthuda aramshong hanungkhavai zatuwa. Zazatlaga ngahong kashāva akhali zangkakān eina urawok akhali machishon kasānga charshi eina shon kasā thei. Chi theida, hiya kalā khamahainada reopat khuilaga awui pengkaili sangphunga. Phungphungda aram ungshung nanai-ura …

‘Tangkhul khanuithot maishālāka’ da khararnao akhana manalaga hānga. Khiwuivang khala chilaga; āchālakha athumwui thotli mashakzāla ngashathuihai-akha (chenthuihaikha), vasum masāranglakha eina tangda shanaopāchi avava eina avāvawui shimli maungkārkā paimana kala ungkārkakāla maungkārkāsāmana. Kha aruihonwui mibinga unga. Hiwuivang maishālākada kahāngna. Hi saklāk eina ngalangsai (mayonsai). Kaje ngashakathui hiya shimkhurli, ava avāli kala apā ngarāli maikashi sāsangkhaminada phaningsai. Maishāt sāsangkhamiwui ning makatun ava …

Ara Areng (liquid) Katam Achālakha awo ayiwui āngachāk kasāli khaleilei shichinlaga sāsai. Asān aret mikumowui āpāng eina tamsai, chitākam eina ara areng tamkhavai awo ayina shichin kasā khorkhong eina kala leikasāsāli bhāptā kapai eina pāntamlaga chāng eina tamma. Ara areng katam hi matailāk eina khorzam ngaronkhavai sāsai, kala hanra khamarop/khamazapwui maramli shichin sai. Teomeithui kachi units bing chiya; Konghi (sparrow) …

Thingkhongphei/Seichang Khongphei Achālakha awo-ayiwui khorkhong (utensils) thing, ngalei kala kahā kathā eina sāya. Phāzākhavai khongphei thing eina sāhaoda thingkhongphei kahona. Shimli shichinkhavai thongthāng akha sāda thingkhongphei hi sinshivai akhana. Ali Kokruiwon (rhododendron) eina sāya. Thingkhongphei hi saklāk eina sākhuiya, khamakangla makanglāka. Chiwuivang shimlui khayar thāda naongarā/arihāli yar maronna. Thingkhongphei kahak kateo leiya. Hakmeithui kachiya chili Seichang khongphei hoya. Seichang khongpheili …

“Atam rāhaira, fathuirānhaira. Khamashung tui hānglu, ungshung shikā maungshung shi khala? Shimpānusa (fathuiusa) manaohai (huirot) paishina” Yarra Laa (lyrics) Kazingkumhaora, thingnā mayohaira. 2x Oh apukapaka kaphungli yanglu; Oh Are awon mateka; Oh awon matek hikachāng vādhar rārache, Oh vādhar mashāmana. 2x Oh vaokhamayāng sampheirok atung kahaiya (sampheirok kakhong. Haolaa kakahaidala shichina); Oh atung kahai titaren thingpheili khonga; Oh thingpheili khonga, …

An excerpt from ‘KAZING ROMI KHAVAI PROHOLI NGAKAOLU‘ Kazing hithada rosai. i. NGAKONGKHEI (Nov-Dec): Mãhãpei khani kathumthang Ngakongkhei hoda zingmashim sai. Zingmashim hili kazing marlãk eina roi (Z Zingthan). Zingmashim hili seinao kachãngabing makuinãhaoda thiya. ii. HORAM KASHIP (Jan-Feb): Luiradungli theimaja paimaja tãkhavai, mashao khavai, lingsang khavai kazing roya, horãm shipa. Shirui kaphung Shongreili horãm shipakha kharãknao ringphãi, Shongrãli horãm …

Yāngkhei Yāngkhei hiya kapā (kahā/bamboo) eina sākakhui akhong akhana. Achālakha yāngkheili shanvai chonvai sangkhavai sai. Kala aman kasaksak ot saikora hili phāriya (kazipa). Phanitli ngavaiki kachi haorā-chāngkhom, kala luirim kathā hili kazipsera. Kalikhada shimramei ja-akha (shim chuiakha) yāngkhei phunglaga yāma. Ithumna ot hiwui shikachinli khayang chithārān aruihonwui almirah kathāna. Yāngkheiwui azak chitheili. Glossary: Shimramei ja-akha: Shimchui akha kachina.  Ithumna tui …

‘Nashi shimwui shiwoka sum khangahei thāre’ chiya. Tui hi kathāda rāhaokhala chilaga; Sumkok hi ritnāhaoda, shimli ngazonungakha mi teodana mangavamana. Kala ngashiktiktik ngavahaoda mathāda mangavapaimana, mathākpai mangaironpaimana. Hili sum khangahei hoya. Chiwuivāng eina shiwok kachungli sum khangahei thāya kachina. Sumkok hiya āchālakha awo ayina thing eina sākakhui pikhavai bed akhana. Aruihona thing kateoteo ngashiklaga bed semma kha awo ayina shichinkasā …

Pong hiya thing eina sākakhui khor rungkhavai (sangkhavai) akhongna. Masaithing kathā eina sāya, kala chiwuivāng Masai Pong dala hoya. Awui aphei mati kaya. Awui alung chi haongahā eina khonkhuiya. Kakhon thārān ngahā chi thingkathā akhali shiphailaga mā kharung thāda khonzanga. Atam zanglāk eina kala saklāk, manaklāk eina sākhuiya. Pongwui kachui kathup kathum (3-3.5 ft) kathā kāya kala kahakna mā lungkhavai …