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KK1-1637
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Title Ga tsun ga la (The communal work) with English translation
Description Translation (Dau Hkawng)
Regarding the topic of communal work called (Ga tsun ga la), I will share what had been done by the people in the mountain regions. Whatever they do in these mountain regions, whether it was building a house, cultivating, or farming, there was no need for money to help one another in all cases, including agriculture. I want to share about a communal work called "Ga tsun ga la," that how people work with each other in that way. The whole village worked together to help a family farm when they need to cut down the field to make a farm. Then, the next day or two days apart, they gathered around a family farm and work together again. The whole village was working with each other in a way called "Ga tsun ga la." They worked together from the start of farming until the harvest. And then, when building a house, they worked together from the extraction timber until the completion house. It was what they did until they finished the building. Whatever they did, not with money. If anyone needed to build a house, whether you work in the fields and whatever you did, that you can get the job done with success, even if you did not have the money, to do this kind of work "Ga tsun ga la" with each other. This is what I want to share. Thank you.

Transcription (Lu Hkawng)
Ndai ga tsun ga la ngu ai ga baw hte seng nna gaw ndai mung bum ga na ni galaw lai wa ai lam hpe tsun dan na hku re. Ndai bum ga de gaw hpa galaw na mi rai tim mung ndai dum nta galaw ai mi rai rai yi hkyen ai hkauna galaw ai lam ma hkra hta e yi galaw sha ai ndai zawn re ai hkan ni shada da ndai ja gumhpraw shaw nna n galaw ra ai, masha langai hte langai ndai ga tsun ga la ngu ai ladat hte e, galaw chye ai hpe tsun dan mayu ai re. Yi langai ting hkyen yang mung mare ting htinggaw langai mi na yi hpe gaw mare ting na ga saw la na e, htinggaw mi na yi jawm hkyen ai bai nna hpang shani rai rai lani lahkawng ya ram din ai shaloi rai rai htinggaw mi na yi de bai sa jawm hkyen ndai zawn re nna mare ting ting ndai shada da ga tsun ga la re na e yi hpe e oh n nan hkyen ai kaw na e, mam bai shu la ai ten du hkra dai zawn re na jawm galaw chye ai. Bai nna dum nta galaw na rai yang mung ndai oh ngau la ai kaw na hkawt nta ngut ai ten du hkra ndai yawng sa jawm galaw nna nta langai mi hpe ngut hkra ndai hku na jawm galaw re na hpa hpa galaw tim ja gumhpraw hte re na n galaw ra ai sha kadai na nta galaw wa ra tim mung yi hkyen tim mung hpa galaw tim mung ndai zawn zawn re na shada da ga tsun ga la hte ja gumhpraw n lu tim bungli hpe atsawm sha lu galaw awng dang la ai ngu tsun dan mayu ai hku re chyeju kaba sai law.
Origination date 2017-03-07
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/1637
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Keita Kurabe
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Myanmar - MM
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Language as given Jinghpaw
Subject language(s)
Jingpho - kac
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Jingpho - kac
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Dialect Standard Jinghpaw
Region / village Northern Myanmar
Originating university Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
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Data Categories primary text
Data Types Sound
Discourse type narrative
Roles Keita Kurabe : depositor
S. Hkawn Shawng : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/598c84d929bc2
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), S. Hkawn Shawng (speaker), 2017. Ga tsun ga la (The communal work) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-1637 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/598c84d929bc2
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Collection Information
Collection ID KK1
Collection title Kachin folktales told in Jinghpaw
Description Recordings of Kachin folktales and related narratives in Jinghpaw. These materials were collected by Keita Kurabe, Gumtung Lu Awng, Sumdu Ja Seng Roi, Hpauhkum Htu Bu, Labang Tu La, Gumtung Htu Nan, and Lashi Seng Nan as part of community-based collaborative fieldwork in northern Myanmar. A total of 2,491 stories with 2,481 ELAN files, 2,481 transcriptions, and 1,369 translations are currently available (March 25, 2024). Transcriptions were contributed by Gumtung Lu Awng, Pausa La Ring, Galang Lu Hkawng, Sumdu Ja Seng Roi, Hpauhkum Htu Bu, and Keita Kurabe. Stories were translated by Nbanpa Rita Seng Mai, Sumlut Gun Mai, Lazing Htoi San, Maran Seng Pan, Dumdaw Mike Tu Awng, Nhkum Htoi Awng, and Keita Kurabe.

Animated stories are available at:

https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/KK3
https://www.youtube.com/@kachinfolktales
https://www.facebook.com/KachinStories

Other Kachin culture and history are available at:

https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/KK2

Our research was made possible under the support of JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP17H04523, JP20K13024, JP20H01256, Linguistic Dynamics Science 3 (LingDy3) from Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), and JSPS Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers "A collaborative network for usage-based research on lesser-studied languages."
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Myanmar - MM
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Languages
Jingpho - kac
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Keita Kurabe
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