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Title Jahtawng htu ai lam (The naming ceremony) with English translation
Description Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
Our Kachin people hold a naming ceremony when a baby is born. The reason why we hold a naming ceremony is like this. In the past, the nat spirits lived together in a place. When humans had a naming ceremony, the nats went there. And they named the baby. They gave names to every baby. One day, one nat spirit went to a naming ceremony. He was exhausted on the way, so he took a nap under the tree. Meanwhile, the other nats also heard that there was a naming ceremony. Therefore, they went there. On their way, they saw the nat who was sleeping under the tree. That nat told them, "You go there. I think I can't go there since I have a guest tonight." When they arrived at the naming ceremony, people were keeping silent. The nats didn't give any names or didn't bless the baby too. Later, they just went back. On their way back, they met the old nat who was sleeping at first. The old nat asked them, "How is it? Did you give a name to the baby?" They said, "People didn't say anything to us. They didn't tell us to give a name to the baby." Then, the old nat just said, "Hmmm, okay." Later, he went to that house again because people still didn't give any names to the baby. People didn't give a name to the newborn baby. The baby had to live without a name. If the old nat didn't sleep under the tree or came to give a name, the baby would be possessed by the nat. The baby might die too. Kachin people were afraid of that, so we treated dried meat, ginger, salt and chilli at a naming ceremony. Kachin people treated those kinds of food at a naming ceremony. We need to name a baby before a nat does, so that the baby won't be possessed by the nat. The Kachin people, from flat land to hills and mountains, hold a naming ceremony when a baby is born. When a person doesn't have the same attitude as Kachin people, we call him as 'he is the person who didn't have a naming ceremony when he was born.'

Transcription (La Ring)
Rai yang gaw anhte Jinghpaw ni gaw kaga amyu ni kadai ngalaw ai ma shangai jang jahtawng htu ai. Hpabaw rai na jahtawng htu ai i nga yang e ndai e nat ni nat ni gaw shanhte kahtawng hku na nga ai hku rai nga nat ni gaw. "Shinggyim masha ni jahtawng htu sai da" nga yang gaw dai nat ni sa ai. Nat ni sa nna ma dai hpe mying shamying ya ai. Yawng jahtawng htu ai e rai nga le ma shangai ai shagu de ma dai hpe e shanhte mying jaw ai. Shanhte hku na shamying la ai le dai hku na shamying la ai da. Rai jang she dai nat kaw na salang langai mi gaw shi nri i daw hkrawng rai nga le shanhte nri gaw e dai lang nna sa ai da. Nau ba wa ai majaw hpun nhpang langai mi kaw wa yup rai yang gaw yup taw nga ai ndum ai yup taw nga ai shi. Rai yang gaw wo nat ni gaw "Jahtawng htu ai da" nga langai bai na ai majaw sa wa ai. Sa wa yang gaw dai mi shawng e jahtawng htu na nga na sa wa ai wa dai hku yup taw nga rai jang she "E daina gaw manam mung du ai lo nsa lu sai lo nanhte sa magang mu lo" ngu na dat dat ai da. Shing rai kaja wa sa sai da, sa nna dai ma shangai ai shara de du rai yang gaw shinggyim masha ni mying nshamying la ai bai ma dai shangai wa ai ma dai hpe e "E Manaw re Magam re e marip wa ngu gaw maran wa ngu gaw" hpa nya i dai hku na nshamying la ai. Bai nna shaman ma nshaman ya ai "E galu kaba u ga lo tsawm htap u ga lo hpaji chye u ga lo" ngu na mung nshaman ya ai. Rai na shanhte hpa mying ma nshamying ai hpa ma ndi ai sha bai wa. Bai wa rai yang gaw dai mi galeng taw nga ai wa gaw yup taw nga ai wa kaw bai du wa rai yang gaw "Ya gara hku nga ma ta deng ya dai jahtawng htu ai nga kaning di ngu na me daidaw la ma ta kaning di na me jahtawng htu la ma ta" ngu yang gaw " "E hpa nnga ma ai hpa mying mung nshamying ma ai hpa nnga ma ai" ngu ai da. Ding ngu tsun dan ai da ding ngu tsun dan rai yang gaw "Aw rai yang gaw rai sa" ngu na e shi gaw gara hku i nga yang she dai hpang de gaw dai zawn rai na hpa mung nshamying ya nshamying ya re ai majaw shi bai sa. Shi bai sa rai yang gaw dai shaloi mung dai hku mying nshamying la ai le i. Mying nshamying la hpa mung ngalaw ya re ai majaw e dai wa mung dai hku sha re dai hku sha nga mat ai le i. Rai yang gaw anhte Jinghpaw ni gaw "Um lama wora wa nyup nga na lama shi lama sa nna ma dai hpe e mying shamying la jang gaw nat kasha ma tai mat na. Shing nrai ma dai gaw si yang mung si mat na lachyum gaw. Dai hpe hkrit ai majaw daini anhte Jinghpaw Wunpawng sha ni gaw ma shangai sai nga hte gaw shanam e shan jahkraw i amyu hkum hkra jum majap yawng hkum hkra di nna jahtawng htu nna sa ai masha hpe e gam jaw ai. Dai gaw ma jahtawng htu ra ai Jinghpaw Wunpawng sha ni ma jahtawng htu yang gaw "Nat e shawng nshamying ai sha anhte shinggyim masha hku na shawng shamying la yang she nat a up hkang ai kaw na anhte lawt na re" ngu ai ayu hte e anhte daini htaw bumring bumrang ga kaw na nang layang ga hkan e du hkra anhte Wunpawng amyu sha ni ma shangai yang jahtawng htu ai. Rai yang gaw ya jahtawng nhtu ai dai ni hpe gaw anhte daini du hkra "E dai wa gaw jahtawng nhtu ai re" nga myit anhte Wunpawng ni a myit hte nbung jang jahtawng nhtu ai kasha re" ngu daini du hkra shamying ai gaw dai re nga ma ai.
Origination date 2017-02-02
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/0410
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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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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
N. Naw Ja : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/5988952326392
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), N. Naw Ja (speaker), 2017. Jahtawng htu ai lam (The naming ceremony) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-0410 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/5988952326392
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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 1,426 translations are currently available (October 19, 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, JP24K03887, 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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Jingpho - kac
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