OLAC Record oai:paradisec.org.au:KK1-2324

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Title:		Ja u Gang Seng a lam (The Golden Rooster Gang Seng) with English translation
Access Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:		Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Gareng Laga Kung Hpan (speaker), 2019. Ja u Gang Seng a lam (The Golden Rooster Gang Seng) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2324 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa178332b12e
Contributor (compiler):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (depositor):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (speaker):		Gareng Laga Kung Hpan
Coverage (Box):		northlimit=27.331; southlimit=23.137; westlimit=95.335; eastlimit=98.498
Coverage (ISO3166):		MM
Date (W3CDTF):		2019-01-29
Date Created (W3CDTF):		2019-01-29
Description:		Translation (Rita Seng Mai) This story is about the gold rooster Gang Seng. This is also a real event. People say it still exists today. Our elders usually tell this story. A long time ago, there was a nat spirit called Zau Ra on Ndawng Bum Mountain. There was a widow and her daughter, too. The daughter's name was Akama. They worked in the field. That year, there was heavy rain throughout the season, and they didn't even have time to burn the field. When they tried to burn the field, the fire didn't catch properly and only smoke came out because the trees were wet. The daughter felt so discouraged and said, "How can the two of us finish all this work?" She tried to think of a plan, but she couldn't come up with anything. She felt depressed and cried. In the end, she shouted, "I will marry the one who can clear this field!" After she shouted, a handsome young man appeared at the edge of the field and said, "Young lady, why are you depressed?" She explained, "I live with my widowed mother. Other families have men to help them, but there are only two women in our family. We can't finish clearing this field. So, I have decided to marry whoever clears this field for us." He asked her, "Do you really mean it?" She said, "Yes. I will marry the one who clears this field." Then he said to her, "Okay. Go back to your house. Prepare rice seeds to plant here, and come back the day after tomorrow." When she went there the day after tomorrow, the field was all clear. Since the young man was a nat spirit, he had the power to do it. The field was cleared so well that even the stumps and logs could not be seen. He cleaned it very well. Using his power, he made the wind sweep everything away. Then the girl and her mother planted rice in the field. As she had promised, she had to marry the young man. Whenever they needed to clear weeds and grass, he always came to help. They harvested a lot of rice. One day, the mother discussed with her daughter about asking for bridewealth. It seemed like the mother couldn't see her son-in-law. She often met her daughter and discussed it. The daughter said, "Mom, they will give you lots of valuable things. There is a rooster called Ja Gang Seng. Ask them to give it to you." The mother asked her, "What is that, my daughter?" The daughter explained, "That's the bird. You can ask it for anything you want. It will crow when you ask for something and give it to you. If you need something urgently, you can pull out one of its golden feathers and sell it to make money easily. The feathers will grow back again." The mother said, "Okay." They discussed what to ask for the bridewealth. One day, the mother went to the land of the nat spirits to ask for the bridewealth. The daughter told her, "Mom, I will leave ashes along the way. You just need to follow the ashes." The nat spirits kept everything secret, so their place would not be discovered. One day, the mother prepared to go there. She followed the ashes her daughter had left along the way. She crossed mountains and ravines and finally arrived at the palace where the nat spirits lived. When she arrived there, she said, "My daughter, I am here." The daughter said, "Mom, come. Sit here." At that time, the mother saw her son-in-law, and his family welcomed her warmly. They gave her many valuable things. In the end, she also asked for the gold Gang Seng bird and returned home. She sold the feathers whenever she needed money. Since the feathers grew back on their own, she could sell them again and again. She could also ask the rooster to keep war away from her village. When it crowed, war did not come to the village. In the past, we and the Burmese had a war. The Burmese learned about the bird and were jealous of us. They wanted to weaken its power. They consulted a fortune teller and told the Jinghpaw people, "You should cut the rooster's comb. It isn't very beautiful now, and a new one will grow back." The Jinghpaw people also believed what they said and cut the rooster's comb. That was why we were defeated by the Burmese, because they managed to weaken the bird's power. I'm not sure exactly when it happened. It might have been during King Mindon Min's era, or even earlier. The Burmese defeated us. The Jinghpaw people believed a new, beautiful comb would grow back, so they cut it. They also pulled out the bird's feathers, hoping they would grow back. In fact, they fell into the Burmese people's scheme. I don't know if it is true or not. When the British captured King Thibaw, they also took the rooster. Some say it is still alive. It was the bridewealth for Akama's marriage to the nat. After the rooster's comb was cut, the Jinghpaw people lost the war. The rooster didn't crow anymore. If you block the soft spot on the rooster's beak, it won't crow. That was the bridewealth of Akama. Our elders told us that we were defeated by the Burmese people after we cut the rooster Gang Seng's comb. People say that the rooster still exists in England. Transcription (La Ring) Ya.. gang seng e nga ai ja u ja u, ja u gang seng a lam e maumwi mung re, ya du hkra mung nga ai zawn nga jahta ai. Mabyin zawn mung nga ai re salang ni jahta ai maumwi ga langai mi nga ai hku re. Moi.. shawng de e ndawng, ndawng bum Zau Ra ngu ai ndawng bum le ra kaw e nat kaba... langai mi nga ai.. da. Dai kaw she aka akama akama i ndai ni gaw gaida jan re.. da. Gaida jan re she shan nu gaw yi hkyen ai da. Yi hkyen.. rai yang she gai.. dai shaning gaw marang hkrai htu, marang hkrai htu hpa... yi sawm yi nat na aten nlu. Rai yang gaw yi nat yang gaw koi... wan nhkru wan nhkru nang mi na ta ta e lap sha la rai yang she dai mahkawn ma akama mahkawn ma dai gaw grai myit htum ai da "Dai yi dai hpe shan nu sha kaning di na kaning di ting na kaning di ngut na" ngu grai.. myit ai da. E myit.. rai yang gaw dai mahkawn ma gaw e dai nau myit htum di mau nna hkrap di nga ai da. Hpang jahtum gaw shi a nsen shapraw let "Yi dai sawm ya ai wa dai kaw gaw ngai wa na" nga nna shi marawn ai da. Marawn... rai yang gaw kaja wa yi shanawm kaw na shabrang la kasha amasan san ai langai mi du wa ai da. "E shayi sha e hpabaw myit wa htum nga nta" ngu na san ai da. San.. rai yang gaw "Gai.. annu gaw annu gaw gaida kasha re lo.. dai yi kaning di na ma e masha ni gaw tinang a e la law ai masha law ai annu gaw annu hkrai sha gaw ndang di ai, dai majaw gaw ngai gaw dai yi sawm ya ai wa kaw e ngai wa na ngu na ngai myit daw dan da sai re" ngu da. Rai yang gaw "Aw nang kaja wa tsun ai i" ngu "Kaja wa tsun ai re,.. dai yi sawm ya ai wa kaw gaw ngai wa na re" ngu yang "E dai yang gaw mai sa wa sanu, nta de wa sanu, mam hkai na mam nli lajang manu, ya hpawtni din sa wa u" ngu na hku rai nga. Rai yang she e hpawtni din sa wa yang gaw yawng akrin.. yawng sawm yi yawng sawm da ngut chyalu kaw du ai da. E dai la shabrang wa gaw nat re majaw nat wuhpung wuhpawng hte e yawng.. hta na hpun ni yawng gara kaw taw pa hpun pa nmu hku rai nga. Yawng hta akrin nbung hte e dai hku laru hte e jasan nna atsawm di ya ai da. Rai she shan nu gaw mam ting la.. rai mam ting ngut yang mung e mi na ga sadi hte maren shi gaw dai nat shabrang wa kaw e wa ra ai hku rai nga. Wa ra rai yang gaw e ya hpami nga nga ga sadi hte maren wa ra sa. Rai yang gaw tsing magang ai ten hta mung e nat ga kaw na sa nna shan nu hpe e dai hku tsing magang ya ya di dai hku di ya ai da. E mam mung grai.. lu ai da. Lu rai yang she lani mi na nhtoi hta gaw e kasha hpu hta na matu e hpu hpyi na matu kanu gaw kasha hte e bawng ban ai da. Kanu gaw e dai nat sharang ni hte gaw nmu ai hku rai nga raitim kasha hpe gaw lu hkrum hkrum re da. Ndai hkrum.. rai yang gaw "Nu e ya hpami rai rai hpu hpyi, htawra ni mung hpu jaw na re rai yang nang hpe e grai madun na re. Hpaga arung arai hkyikhkam ai arai law law nang hpe madun na re, raitim Ja Kai Seng ngu ai ja wo ra langai mi nga ai. Ndai hpe hpyi nna wa u ndai hpe e lu hkra hpyi u" ngu da e kasha gaw. Rai jang gaw "Ndai gaw kaning re baw ma ngai sha e" ngu san jang "Ndai gaw e u kai seng ngu ai re, shi gaw shi goi yang ndai baw ra ai nga hpyi yang shi goi na ra ai. Goi yang kalang ta shi hpe jaw lu ai. "Bai na nang grai.. ahkyak ai ja gumhpraw ra yang ndai u mun dai baw nna dut u, yat loi hkring bai prut pru ai e re shi gaw bai maku ku re le i" re.. ngu da. "Ngu.. rai yang gaw "E mai sa" ngu na kasha hte kanu gaw dan nga jahkrum rai, lani mi na nhtoi hta e kanu, kanu gaw nat ga de e hpu hpyi sa na matu shajin ai da. Shajin rai yang gaw "Nu e hpami raitim ndap ngu le i ndap hpe e law law la na, ya ngai ndap dai hku... mun yang ndai ndap hkang hkang hku na sa wa rit yaw" ngu shi gaw nat ngu gaw magap ai le i. Magap myi magap ya ai le, tim shinggyim masha galaw ai dai hpe gaw nmagap lu sam ai. Lani mi na nhtoi hta gaw kanu hpe dan ngu nna kanu mung "Mai sa" ngu na dai kasha wa gaw dai ndap gun nna hte.. ndap yai nna htaw.. sa wa na le.. bum hkarik hkaraw yawng e dai hku ndap hku sa wa yang gaw le de gaw nat hkaw kaw e du wa ai da dai kanu gaw. Nat hkaw kaw du yang kasha e tsun ai hte maren e "Ngai sha e e ya du sai" ngu "Anu e dung u" ngu na atsawm sha hkalum la let ya dama la ni mung dai yang gaw mu sai le i atsawm sha hkalum la rai yang gaw, shi hpe e yawng.. hkra jaw ai da jaw jaw jaw rai raitim shi kasha tsun ai ndai gang seng u gang seng u ja kai seng nga ai le ndai hpe e shi hpang jahtum gaw dai la nna wa ai.. da. Wa yang gaw kaja wa e dai dai ja kai seng dai gaw shi ra yang ndai mun baw nna dut ai da. Mun.. mun dai gaw bai prut pru wa kade lang dut tim kade mi nhkang ai le i nyawm ai shi gaw hkai, hkanhpa rai na. Majan dang majan dang na matu ma shi goi yang majan shanhte kaw ndu lu n shang lu ai da. Nshang lu re majaw moi.. kalang mi ndai myen ni hte e majan byin ang sai anhte myu sha ni. Dai ten hta e da myen gaw e ya du hkra mung rai nga shanhte gaw manawn ai le i, e.. u dai hpe e shayuk mayu ai. Shawu mayu ai, dai majaw be din hku nna sa nna "E u dai htawra ndi ngu ai dai amauk le i (jaw ban) ndai doi ya yang gaw u dai grai prut pru ai nnaw bai rawt wa na re, ya na gaw nau ntsawm ai" ngu na hku rai nga. Ndai ga hpe she kaja wa ndai e aga ndai ni gaw kam nna ndai madi hpe e rep kau ai da. Rep kau nna she bai ndi rep kau ai majaw ya du hkra dai hpa... shanhte dang mat ai le i dai ja hpe awu kau ai. Dai ja hpe awu kau ai majaw ndai kai seng ja kai seng dai gaw e moi Min Done Min shawng na prat hta re kun galoi na prat hta re kun nchye ndai she myen ni dai hku marau nna shanhte mawu di nna myen ni e la kau ai da. La kau yang she ya dai ndai shani kaw na ndai ndi rep ai myen ni gai tsawm ai nnaw grai hkrak ai nnaw bai rawt na dai mun bai baw bai galai galai re majaw shanhte mung kaja wa rep yang grai hkrak ai bai rawt na shadu rai nna myen wa a maw lanyet hte e dai hku sum mat ai da. Ndai gaw teng ai kun nteng ai kun gaw nchye le i maumwi hta nga ai ya du hkra ja u kai seng dai gaw Thibaw Min rim la ai shani e English ni rim la ai ya du hkra mung nga ai nga nna gaw jahta ma ai. Akama e dai nat shadang kaw e wa ai dai kaw na hpu re dai myen wa e maw lanyet dai e ndi ngu ai amauk (jaw ban) le i rep ai kaw na majan sum nna shi mung n-goi mat re hku rai nga. Ya du hkra mung dai u la ni hpe dai nang ladi ntsa kaw loi kya kya re ndai kaw e shana e tsut jang n-goi ai nga gaw. E ya dai, dai nat shayi sha ni hpu jaw ai e kai seng u dai mung ndi rep ai majaw dai kaw na majan sum nna myen wa e la kau ai re.. nga i salang ni jahta ai le. Daini du hkra nga ai mung nga ma ai English mung e. . Language as given: Jinghpaw
Format:		Digitised: no Media: Audio
Identifier:		KK1-2324
Identifier (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2324
Language:		Kachin
Language (ISO639):		kac
Publisher:		Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Subject:		Kachin language
Subject (ISO639):		kac
Subject (OLAC):		language_documentation
		text_and_corpus_linguistics
Table Of Contents (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2324/KK1-2324-A.eaf
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Type (OLAC):		primary_text
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Archive:		Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:paradisec.org.au:KK1-2324
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Citation:		Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Gareng Laga Kung Hpan (speaker). 2019. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
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Country:		Myanmar
Area:		Asia