Shillong, 15 Nohprah:
Ka ophis jong U SDO (Civil), Sohra Civil Sub-Division, hapoh ka jingialam jong U Bah Cyril V. D. Diengdoh IAS kum u shongknor ha ryngkat ka jingkyrshan lang jong ka tnat kam jngohkai pyrthei ka Jylla (Tourism Department) kin pynlong ia ka ‘lehrong – leh tamasa’ (festival) kaba shisngi ha ka 18.12.2013 ha Sa-I-Mika Park, Sohra naduh ka por 9 baje mynstep. Kane ka sngi ka iatyngkhuh ruh bad ka jingrakhe ia ka lyngkhuh sngi iap jong u Soso Tham-U Myllung bakhraw ka jaidbynriew jong ngi. Ia kane ka Tamasa la ju pynlong manla u snem da ka jingthmu ban kyntiew ia ka kam jngohkai pyrthei ym tang ha Sohra hynrei ha ka Jylla hi baroh kawei. Kane ka tamasa kan par ym tang sha ri phlang ne ri lakhiat-lakhar, hynrei kan pur – kan ngam ruh shaduh ri them – ri riat ka thain Sohra. Ha kane ka tamasa ka ophis jong u SDO (Civil) kan sei lut bor bad buit ban pynieng ia ka dawbah kaban kynting biang joit sa shisien ia ka Sohra, ka ri u ‘tiewkhah-u tiew pawang lum, ka ri jong ka sim pieng-ka ri u kaitor, ka ri ka jingshynrang-ka ri ka akor-burom, ka ri u ngap-ka ri u lwai, ka ri u soh-u pai, ka ri ka kolshor Khasi kumba la phawer da u Myllung bakhraw jong ngi U Soso Tham.
Ha kane ka tamasa ki nongrep jong ki shnong ka thain Sohra (Sohra Civil Sub-Division) kin wan ban pyni ia ki jingbam tynrai la jong, u sohphlang-u nei, ki sohthiang – ki sohjew bunjait, u ngap-u lwai, ki syntiew – ki skud mariang ba har rukom, ki sap tem-ki sap put tynrai, ka phawar-ka phawer dei por na ki ‘rang-ki ‘thei ka thain, ka shad rong – ka shad phur na ki Hima bad ki dawai kynbat. Bun ki nongrep na ki shnong ka Sub-Division ki la ia pynkhreh ryntih ban iashim bynta ha kane ka tamasa. Kin don ruh ki jingiakop bun jait kum ka iasiat- ia sum, ka niah kali tuk-tuk, ka pule poitri, ialehkai maw poin, ka bam soh niamtra, ka phawar, ka put-ka rwai tynrai bad kiwei. Ka IHM, Shillong kan pyni paitbah ia ka rukom shet jingbam na u soh niamtra bad kiwei pat. Ki ‘kynhun seng kam la jong’ (self-help groups) kin wan ban pyni paitbah ia ki jingshna kti jong ki bad kin pynsngewthuh ruh ia ki paitbah nongwan sha ka tamasa ia ka jingmyntoi ba ngi ioh na kaba thung krai (millet) bad na kaba dihsha da ka um ba mih na u thning phan jong u ‘shiah krot’ (wild root) ha ka jaka ban pyndonkam da u slasha(tea leaf). Kine ki kynhun na ka thain Ri War Sohra kin pynphalang ia ka tamasa lyngba U sohniamtra, ka ngap, ka ‘yiadum-ka ‘yiad rot bad ka kait babun ha katei ka sngi. Yn wan ruh ban pynshongshit ia kane ka Tamasa da ki nongrwai bapaw nam na ki thain Sohra bad na Shillong ruh kumjuh kum ka ‘Strait Brothers’, ‘Bah Rana Kharkongor’, ‘Summer Salt’ bad kiwei. Yn pynmuja ruh ia ki paitbah nongwan shim bynta sha kane ka Tamasa da kaba yn pyni ruh ia ki phlim Khasi. La khmih lynti ruh ba U Myntri Rangbah ka Jylla, U Dr. Mukul Sangma un wan ban pynphuh-pynphieng ia kane ka Tamasa Sohra ha katei ka sngi. Lyngba kane ka Tamasa, U SDO (Civil) ka Sohra u ngeit skhem ba ki jingangnud bad ki jingphawer jong u Myllung Soso Tham lyngba ki jingthoh jong u na ka bynta ka pyrthei ban sa wan, kan sa kyrsiew thiah bad iarap ia ngi ban nang ban saindur thymmai ia ka jaidbynriew jong ngi ban im bad iaid ha ka lynti jong ka hok tynrai khlem da pyndam-pynngam jyllop ia ka Mynnor sha kaba dum.
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