Banpyrkhat Nongrang, Mawlaiteng
Ka Jingthmu: Ban Pynim iaka Kolshor, Ban wanrah iaka Shongsuk Shongsain, Bad ban Kyntiew iaka Kamai-ka-Kajih ha ki thain border.
Mynta u snem la pynlong ia kane ka Shad La Khempong haka shnong Ummat haka Tarik kaba 21st – 22nd April, 2023. Kiba nabar ka jylla ruh ki la don katto katne kiba la wan ban sakhi ia kane ka festival. Katto katne ki jingtip shaphang ka shnong Ummat. Katkum ka jing wad jingtip na I Bliss Lyngdoh, Ka shnong Ummat ka dei ka shnong ka ba don naduh hyndai, ka don ka sakhi-satar kaba binag ha kaba iadei bad ka shnong Ummat. Ka shnong Ummat la seng ha u snem 1800. Kiba la seng ia kane ka shnong ki dei da ki Khadar tylli ki kur, kita ki long: 1. Makdoh, 2. Lyngdoh, 3. Masharing, 4. Shadap, 5. Lamare, 6. Sariang, 7. Sten, 8. Masynting, 9. Mapur, 10. Lamarai, 11 Pariat/Parit, 12. Pale. Kine ki Kur ki dei ki Nong Shnong ba nyngkong duh ha kane ka Raid Nongtung, kaba hap mynta ha ka Block-II.
Ha u snem 1802 kum ki kur Masynting Kur sten, kur mujai, kur pariat bad kur muktieh ki la wan ban soh shnong lang ban phynheh iaka shnong ka thaw ha kane ka shnong Ummat kitei ki kur kila suit la shor ia ka shnong Ummat. Namar ba ki la seng la buh ia ki Mawbah Mawsan bad ka leh Niam leh Rukom katkum ka Riti-Dustur u long shuwa u manshuwa ki la seng iaka leh niam kum ka phur ka Lieng, ka Inding Intheh, haba ki leh niam leh rukom ki iam ki ud, ia kiba ha iing ha sem kiba ieid ba thoin, kiba la khlad na iing ka sem jong ki, na kane ka daw ki jaw Ummat haduh mynta mynne ki khot bad ki buh kyrteng ia kane ka shnong “Ummat”.
Ka Shad Lakhempong
Ka Shad Lakhempong kadei ka Shad Raid jong ki Khadar tylli ki Kur Nongtung. Kane ka Shad Raid ka don ia ka jingmut kaba iar haka. Ka wei ka dei ka shad “Rah-Kynthei”. Kadei ka por ban pynpaw ne ban wad ia ka jing ieid samla. Ha kane ka shad ki ia thain ne bad kti. Tang kito ki samla ki ba la kynjoh 18 snem shaneng ki bym pat ia shong kha ki lah ban ia shim bynta ha kane ka shad. Ym lah ban ia shim bynta ki tymmen ne bad ki ba ha ing ha sem. Ka jing ia ieid samla lyngba kane ka jing ia shad kin sa ia pynteh ktien ruh. Sa ka wei ka dei ruh ka shad “Ban bet ia u symbai.” Ka dei ka por thung por tep ne ban rep ban riang. Ha shuwa ban bet ia u symbai lynba kane ka jingshad, ki duwai ki phirat bad ki pan iaka jing kyrkhu na U Blei Nongbuh Nongthaw. Kane ka dei na ka jingtip ba la lum na I Blik Sohtun, President jong ka Synjuk Ki Rangbah Shnong.
Katkum ka jingbatai jong Mewell Shadap (U Syiem Raid Nongtung) ka Shad Lakhempong ka dei kaba la suit la shor naduh u kulong kumah ne u barim u bajah. Kane shad ka kynthup ia ka shad wait, shad pyrdi, shad mastih, shad rah kynthei, ter-ter. Ha kane ka shad la iawer lang ia kiwei pat ki jait bynriew kum ki Karbi, Tiwa ban ia shim bynta lang ban pyni ia ka kolshor jong ki ruh. Kumta kane ka shad Lakhempong ka dei ka “Inclusive festival” kaba mut ka jing ai bynta sha baroh ki ba shong ba sah hapoh ka Raid Nongtung.
U President jong ka Synjuk Ki Rangbah Shnong I la ong ba ka Shad Lakhempong ka dei ka wei naki Kolshor kaba la jan duh jait, namar ka jing bymshim khia ban pynneh pynsah ia la ka jong ka deity ka dustur ha ki snem kiba la leit noh. Hynrei mynta u snem 2023, da ka jing shimkhia ka Synjuk Ki Rangbah Shnong kumta ki la lah ban pynkhie im tymmai biang ia kane ka jingshad Lakhempong kaba la pynlong ha Ummat ha ka 21st – 22nd April, 2023. Ha kane ka sngi ka jing rakhe ia kane ka Shad Lakhempong kala kham pher khyndiat kumba long ha ki por ba lah dep. Ha kane ka sngi ki la ia wer lang iaki wei pat ki jait bynriew ki ba shong basah ha kane ka thain ka dong. Ki jaitbynriew kiba la wan ban ia shim bynta ha katei ka sngi ki dei ki Karbi bad ki Tiwa. Kine ki jait bynriew Karbi bad ki Tiwa ki la ioh lad ban ia shim bynta ban pyni ia la ka jong ka kolshor. Ki la ia shim bynta ha katei ka sngi da ka jingkmen bad ka jing ieid khlem da don kano kano ka jing sngew pher jait bynriew. Kine ki artylli ki jait bynriew ki dang bat bha ia la ka jong ka kolshor. Kumta ki don ia ka riam bad ki tiar ki ba I shongkun. Hynrei ki Khasi ki ba shong hangtei kim da don shuh ka riam ka beit ka ba biang haka shad Lakhempong. Kumta ka la don kam bha ban pynkhie im Thymmai biang naduh ki riam ki beit, ki tiar shad tiar put bad ki wei kiwei de. Namar kane ka dei ka identity jong ka jaitbynriew.
Kaei ka Kolshor?
Ka kolshor ka dei ka rukom im, ka rukom bam, ka rukom trei ka rukom ktah, ka ktien ka thylliej, ka riam ka beit, kumta ter-ter. I bah Vincent I ba long ruh u Joint Director of Ribhoi & U District Mission Co-ordinator (DMC) of SSA, batai ba ka Kolshor ka dei kaba iaid daka “Emotion” ym daka “Intellectual”. Kata ka mut shisien ba don ka emtion ka jingtylli ka don. I la bynrap shuh shuh da kaba ong ka Kolsor kam dei ka kam jong ka “Jabieng” ka dei ka kam jong ka “Dohnud.” Ha jingshisha ka jing iashun kam don ha ka dohnud hynrei ka dei ha ka rukom pyrkhat pyrdain. Kumta ka Kolshor ka ia snoh rdien bad ka Jingsuk. Ka Jingsuk ka paw ha ka kolshor lyngba ka jing ia shim bynta kiwei pat ki jait bynriew bapher bapher. Ki Karbi, Tiwa bad ki Khasi ki don ia ka jing ia long kawei bad ka jing ia ieid kumta ki ia wan ban ia shim bynta lang. Haba kiwei ki iohi ia kane ki iaroh bad ki ialeh kmen lang. Ka boundary ka lah ban long da kumwei- ka boundary ka dei kaba u briew u thaw hynrei ka Kolshor ka dei kaba mih na ka dohnud kaba long natural bad universal truth.
U President Meghalaya-Karbi Cultural Association, u la ong ba ka Kolshor haki them Ribhoi ia mynta i kumba ka la sdang ban duhjait. Hynrei lyngba ka jing pynlong ia kane ka festival ka pynkhie im biang ia ka Kolshor bad ka Riti-ka-Dustur. Shuh shuh u la bynrap da kaba ong lynba ka jing ia sngewthuh jingmut hapdeng ki jaitbynriew bapher bapher kan wan rah ruh ia ka roi ka par (Development) khamtam hangne ha kine ki thain border.
U Syiem Khynnah Hima Khyrim, u la ong ba ha u snem 1800 kine ki shnong kim pat da bun briew lane kim pat da roi bha kum ba long mynta. Bad kine ki jaka ruh ki dang hap bad dei ki jaka Khasi bapura. Ia kane lah ban pynshisha lynba ka Kolshor ba ki briew ki ba shong ba sah hangne haduh mynta mynne ki dang don ia ka lehniam leh rukom bad kham tam ia ka jing pyneh pynsah iaka “Lawkyntang” kaba don ha Ummat. Lyngba kane ka shad Lakhempong ka pyniasnoh ruh ia ka jingieid kumta ka jing pynbeit ia pud u sam ruh kyrmen skhem ba kan don ka jingsngewthuh jingmut khlem da don kano kano ka jing sngew iapher jaitbynriew.
U Ojit Phangcho, uba naka jait bynriew Karbi, haba ai jingpynshai hakaba iadei bad ka shad Hachakekan, u la ong ba kane ka jing ioh ban iashim bynta hakane ka Shad Lakhempong ka wanrah ia ka jingaidei kaba jan bha jong kawei ka jait bynriew bad kawei pat. Kane ka lah ruh ban tei ia ka jing ia long kawei ha ka imlang ka sah lang. Katkum u Rajen Sing Bey “Hachakekan” ka dei ka jingshad hadien ba la lum lah lang ia u khaw. Ka ieng ruh kum ka dak jong ka “Jingkmen bad ka jingsuk”. Kumta ka Kolshor ka long ka ba iar kaba lah ban wan rah ruh ia ka jingiadei hapdeng ka jing snewg iapher ha kino kino ki rukom. Lyngba kane ka Kolshor ka plie lad ia ki jaitbynriew bapher bapher (ethnic groups) ban kyntiew ia ka shongsuk shongsain ha ka imlang ka sahlang. Kumta lynba ka social media kadei ka wei ka rynsan (Platform) ban kyntiew ia ka shongsuk shongsain bad ban pynpaw ia ka jingdon jong kano kano ka jaitbynriew ki ba dang bat ia la ka jong ka Kolshor bad ka rukom lehniam jong ki.
Ka Kolshor bad ka Shongsuk Shongsain
Kane ka Kolshor kamdei tang ka leh niam leh rukom, hynrei kadei ruh kawei na ki lad kumno ban wanrah ia ka Jingsuk bad ka jing iatylli jong ki jait bynriew ba pher bapher. Khamtam ki briew ki ba shong ha border block-II, ki dei ki shnong kiba ia khleh jaitbynriew. Ki don ki Khasi, Karbi, Tiwa, Nepali bad katto katne ki wei pat ki ki jait bynriew. Ki briew kiba shong hangne khambun sien ki ia im suk im sain. Hynrei namar ba kadei ka border area hapdeng ka Assam bad Meghalaya kumta ki kam pynroi na baroh artylli ki jylla kim lah ban wan rah lait-luid iaki scheme ba pher bapher. Ngi don ha kata ka spah snem jong u 21, hynrei ka bym lah ban mutdur bad ban pyrkhat ka long ba kine ki briew ki ba shong hakane ka jaka ka bun ki shnong kim pat don ia ka electricity, ki skul kiba biang, ki jaka ai jingsumar kiba biang, ki lynti syngkien ki ba biang, bad ki ing ki sem ki ba bun ki dei ki ing-phlang. Ki briew kidei kiba im shitom ban trei shitom bha ha kine ki thain. Ki briew kiba im ha kane ka jaka ym baki don ia ka jingia sngewpher jait bynriew hynrei ki ia kynduh jingeh namar ka jing bymlah ban pynbeit ia u pud u sam hapdeng ka sorkar Assam bad Meghalaya. Ki kam pynroi kiba ju wan na ka Meghalaya bunsien ki shah pynthut bad pynsangeh haki Pulit Assam. Dei halor kane ka nongrim khamtam ki jait bynriew Khasi kiba shong ba sah ha kane ka thain ki shong syier bad rit mynsiem.
Ki briew kiba shong ha ki khap border ki dei ki shipai ban iada ia ka khyndew ka shyiap bad ia ka jait bynriew hi baroh kawei. Hynrei naka liang jong ka Sorkar Meghalaya kam shimkhia ban peit ban mah iaka shitom ka shipa jong ki khun ki hajar kiba shong ba sah ha ki border. Kawei na ki nuksa ha kaba iadei bad kane ka long, haba ki pulit Assam ki ioh sngew bad iohi ba ki Khasi ki mut ban pynlong ia kane ka Festival ha Ummat bran bran ki la wan ban tohkit bniah ia kane ka kam. Katba na ka liang jong ki Pulit Meghalaya pat kim don mano mano ban wan jngoh ioh mih kino kino ki jingeh ne ki jinghuri hura. Kane ka pyni ba ka Assam ka kam trai ia kane ka jaka kaba dei hok jong ki Khasi.
Ha kaba iadei bad ka kyntien jong ka “Jingsuk” kaba sngewtynnad pat ka long ba ka Synjuk Ki Rangbah Shnong ki la pyndonkam da kawei ka buit ne ka approach ban pynlong iaka Shad Lakhempong ban ym kynthup iaki politicians. Dei halor kane ka Nongrim ki Pulit Assam kim ioh daw ban pynsangeh ia kane ka Shad Lakhempong. Kim khot ia ki namar ka dei ka jaka ia kajia khappud hapdeng ka Assam bad Meghlaya kumta kane ka long sensitive bha. Kane ka dei ka approach to peace ban wan rah ia ka shongsuk shongsain ha ka imlang ka sah lang, khamtam haba ki pynlong ia kum kine ki programme ha border disputed areas.
Ka Kolshor ka lad ban kyntiew iaka kamai ka kajih
Ka jingpynlong ia kane ka Shad Lakhempong kam dei tang ka jingle niam leh rukom. Hynrei ka dei kawei na ki lad ban kyntiew ia ka ioh ka kot ka kamai-ka-kajih khamtam ha kine ki thain border kiba long ki jaka ki ba dang sah dien ha baroh ki liang. Nalor kane ka Shad Lakhempong ka don ruh ka ““Bamboo Exhibition with technical support Mehalaya Bamboo Mission”. Kane ka dei kawei na ki lad kumno ban pynkhie im biang ia ka sap ka phong tynrai kaba la ju pyndonkam da ki briew barim bajah. Ha kaba iadei bad kane ka bynta, I Kong Rida Gatphoh I la iathuh shaphang ka “Dakti craft” kane kadei kata ka social enterprise kaba don ha Shillong. Ki la seng ia kane lah kumba 10 snem ei ei. Ki ia trei kylleng kylleng bad ki shnong bapher bapher (Communities) ki ba don hapoh ka jylla Meghalaya. Ka Mission jong ki ka long ban sei ia ki briew kiba don ka sap ka phong da kaba ki shna da ki kti (Craft). Nangta ki sa shna ia ka iew (create market) bad ban pyniaid ne kyrshan ia kato ka sap (Skill) ba ki don. Kumta ka “Craft” ka dei ka wei kumno ban pynneh ia ka Kolshor bad kumjuh ruh ia ka identity jong kano kano ka jiat bynriew. Kumta ka kamai ka kajih ka dei ban iaid ryngkat ryngkat bad ka Kolshor khnang ban kyntiew ia ka lad wad kam wad jam jong ki samla. Kumta lyngba ka Kolshor ka don ka bynta ka ba khraw ban kyntiew ia ka ioh ka kot jong ki nong shnong shnong. Kumta kane ka Kolshor kam dei tang ka jing ia kynduh lang ha ka shad ka put ka tem hynrei ka dei ruh ka jing wan ia shimbynta ban pyni ia ka sap ka phong ba ki don. Ha katei ka sngi ka la don ruh ka iew ban die ia ki tiar bala shna bad oh-shrong bad pynwan dur bha da ki siej, ki dieng, ki jain tynrai, ki jingbam jingdih tynrai, bad kumta ter ter. Kane kan iarap ban sei ia ka sap ba ki don bad kan long ruh ka lad kamai kajih.
Katkum U P.Tetali (ba dei naka department jong ka Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research) ka Kolshor ka don ka jingiadei kaba jan bha bad ka ioh ka kot (Economy). Ka kamai ka kajih mynta kam dei shuh ban shaniah tang ha ki kam sorkar hynrei kadei ban kyntiew bad pynbha ia ki sap ki phong ba ki don. Ki briew ki ba shong ha ki nongkyndong (remote areas) ka long kaba donkam eh haduh katta katta ban kyntiew ia ka sap ka phong (Skills) ba ki don. Ka jing don ia ki small scale industry ka lah ban kyntiew ia ka ioh ka kot jong ki briew. Ha kaba iadei ka Kolshor bad ka Jingsuk, u la ong ka “Jingsuk ka dei ban kyntiew ia ka ioh ka kot.”
Ban shu kren lyngkot ia kaei ba la ia kren ban thiar haneng ka long ka Kolshor kadei ban pynim pynsah kadei ban kyntiew ia ka shongsuk shong sain bad kadei ban kyntiew ruh ia ka kamai ka kajih lyngba ki kam pynroi. Ka don ka jing ong, “Haba ym don ka Jingsuk, kamdon ka roi ka par bad haba ymdon ka roi ka par kam don ka jingsuk.” Kata ka mut “When there is no peace, there is no development and when there is no development there is no peace.” Kumta ban kyntiew ia ka Kolshor ka jingsuk bad ka roi ka par ne ka kamai ka kajih ka don kam ia ka pule ka puthi ka ba biang. Dei lyngba ka skul kaba lah ban kyntiew ha baroh ki liang. ka don ka jing ong, “When there is little education, there is little development. But when there is more education, there is more development.” Ban kyntiew ia ka Kolshor bad ka kamai ka kajih ka donkam ban ai ki kynja awareness programme khamtam sha ki shnong ki ba kham kyndong.
Ka jingkylli ban puson: Kumno ka sorkar kan shimkhia ban kyntiew ia ka local economy khnang ban ai kam ai jam ia ki samla ha kane ka juk kaba mynta, khamtam ia kito ba don iaka sap ka phong ha ka thain ka suh, ne ha kiwei pat ki bynta?
Phi don ban ong eiei?