name one folk story of manipur
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Folk Tales :: Collection of Folk Tales from Manipur
1.The two sibling ( Machin moupa )
Manganleibi Loktongbam - ' We should never look our biological children as our enemy... 2.....
'Three-headed men ( Makok ahum )
Manganleibi Loktongbam - ' .....Makok ahum adudi atei kanasu nate, ahan eibuni...3..... 'Blessings from a Spirit :: Bhoot Ki Thoujal
A Manipur folk tale by B. Jayantakumar : Translated by Bidyarani ThingujamThe Proud
1.The two sibling ( Machin moupa )
Manganleibi Loktongbam - ' We should never look our biological children as our enemy... 2.....
'Three-headed men ( Makok ahum )
Manganleibi Loktongbam - ' .....Makok ahum adudi atei kanasu nate, ahan eibuni...3..... 'Blessings from a Spirit :: Bhoot Ki Thoujal
A Manipur folk tale by B. Jayantakumar : Translated by Bidyarani ThingujamThe Proud
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folk stories of Manipur are here below:--
TAPTA – A Meitei folk tale
(O Bhogeshwor, Meitei Folktales, Imphal, Manipur State Kala Akademi).
Once upon a time in Manipur there lived a couple with a small son. The boy’s father kept horses for a living. On one particular rainy night, Tiger was out hunting for his next meal. He crept into the stable and crouched in the corner waiting his chance to kill a horse. Outside the stable, a Thief prowls about, darting from here to there. He approaches the stable furtively; he is ready to steal a horse. He reaches in and feeling around for the leg of a horse.
While each of the two is planning to steal a horse, Mother is preparing a meal inside the traditional Meitei home. Her son’s cries are growing louder and louder and she tries her best to calm him. Desperately she tells her child, “be quiet, Elephant is coming!” But to no avail. “Be quiet, Lion is coming!” she threatens again, but the little one will not stop howling.
Mother hears the “tap, tap, tap” of the rain drops splashing into the puddle by the door and it gives her an idea: “Listen to that. Now Tapta has come to get you!” - And all of a sudden the frightened child stops crying.
The Thief who was hiding took notice and he started wondering: That child did not stop crying for anything but the Tapta. A Tapta must be a very scary thing indeed and he would be wise to get out of there. He reaches out for the leg of the biggest horse and in the dark he grabs the big leg of the big Tiger instead. Tiger freezes, thinking that the Tapta has got hold of him. He is trembling with fear when all of a sudden the Thief lands on his back, fits him with a harness and starts hitting him into action with a stick! Tiger springs out of the stable and races off into the night with the Thief on his back. Both of them had just one thought on their minds “Tapta!”
After a long run dawn came and in the early light the Thief realized his mistake with horror. Sure that Tiger would devour him soon, he seized his last opportunity by grabbing hold of a low branch, and he is left hanging there as Tiger races off thinking that he was free of Tapta at last.
Tiger was breathing heavily when he ran into Bear, who asks him, “Friend, why are you running like this?” “My friend, I met with the mighty Tapta! I was only saved in the end by good luck. Tapta was on my back and he had a harness on me”, was the reply.
Bear wanted Tiger to take him back to the place where he had been freed. Tiger was still very afraid but he could not show this, and so the two animals went back. Meanwhile the Thief hanging from the branch watched the two approaching and, fearing for his life, he dropped to the ground and hid in the hollow tree trunk. Tiger and Bear arrive on the scene and they decide that Tapta must be hiding in the tree trunk. Cautiously Bear inserts his tail into the hole and the Thief gives it a firm pull. Bear pulls himself free and runs off yelling “Meichingbi!!” (Tail-puller).
Tiger did not agree because he knew for sure that it was Tapta. The two of them were arguing this issue when Elephant appeared. He wanted to go to the spot and he inserted his trunk, probing around in the hollow. The Thief gave a jab at the trunk with the sharp part of the harness. Elephant pulls himself free and runs off saying, “you are both wrong, this is Meithingbi! (the one who jabs).
At last the three animals went to the king Lion to decide the matter. Lion was very sensible. After listening to the argument he commissioned all the animals of the forest to verify it. The animals began to assemble – there was Elephant, Mithun, Bear, Tiger, Fox, Wild Boar, Dog and Cat. Seeing all the animals coming at once, the Thief was certain that he would be killed. He jumped out of the hollow and ran away as fast as he could.
Lion concluded that as neither Bear nor Elephant had seen the mysterious creature, their claims could not be trusted and he then announced once and for all that it must have been Tapta.
The animals dispersed, the Thief was able to reach home safely and everyone lived happily thereafter.
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TAPTA – A Meitei folk tale
(O Bhogeshwor, Meitei Folktales, Imphal, Manipur State Kala Akademi).
Once upon a time in Manipur there lived a couple with a small son. The boy’s father kept horses for a living. On one particular rainy night, Tiger was out hunting for his next meal. He crept into the stable and crouched in the corner waiting his chance to kill a horse. Outside the stable, a Thief prowls about, darting from here to there. He approaches the stable furtively; he is ready to steal a horse. He reaches in and feeling around for the leg of a horse.
While each of the two is planning to steal a horse, Mother is preparing a meal inside the traditional Meitei home. Her son’s cries are growing louder and louder and she tries her best to calm him. Desperately she tells her child, “be quiet, Elephant is coming!” But to no avail. “Be quiet, Lion is coming!” she threatens again, but the little one will not stop howling.
Mother hears the “tap, tap, tap” of the rain drops splashing into the puddle by the door and it gives her an idea: “Listen to that. Now Tapta has come to get you!” - And all of a sudden the frightened child stops crying.
The Thief who was hiding took notice and he started wondering: That child did not stop crying for anything but the Tapta. A Tapta must be a very scary thing indeed and he would be wise to get out of there. He reaches out for the leg of the biggest horse and in the dark he grabs the big leg of the big Tiger instead. Tiger freezes, thinking that the Tapta has got hold of him. He is trembling with fear when all of a sudden the Thief lands on his back, fits him with a harness and starts hitting him into action with a stick! Tiger springs out of the stable and races off into the night with the Thief on his back. Both of them had just one thought on their minds “Tapta!”
After a long run dawn came and in the early light the Thief realized his mistake with horror. Sure that Tiger would devour him soon, he seized his last opportunity by grabbing hold of a low branch, and he is left hanging there as Tiger races off thinking that he was free of Tapta at last.
Tiger was breathing heavily when he ran into Bear, who asks him, “Friend, why are you running like this?” “My friend, I met with the mighty Tapta! I was only saved in the end by good luck. Tapta was on my back and he had a harness on me”, was the reply.
Bear wanted Tiger to take him back to the place where he had been freed. Tiger was still very afraid but he could not show this, and so the two animals went back. Meanwhile the Thief hanging from the branch watched the two approaching and, fearing for his life, he dropped to the ground and hid in the hollow tree trunk. Tiger and Bear arrive on the scene and they decide that Tapta must be hiding in the tree trunk. Cautiously Bear inserts his tail into the hole and the Thief gives it a firm pull. Bear pulls himself free and runs off yelling “Meichingbi!!” (Tail-puller).
Tiger did not agree because he knew for sure that it was Tapta. The two of them were arguing this issue when Elephant appeared. He wanted to go to the spot and he inserted his trunk, probing around in the hollow. The Thief gave a jab at the trunk with the sharp part of the harness. Elephant pulls himself free and runs off saying, “you are both wrong, this is Meithingbi! (the one who jabs).
At last the three animals went to the king Lion to decide the matter. Lion was very sensible. After listening to the argument he commissioned all the animals of the forest to verify it. The animals began to assemble – there was Elephant, Mithun, Bear, Tiger, Fox, Wild Boar, Dog and Cat. Seeing all the animals coming at once, the Thief was certain that he would be killed. He jumped out of the hollow and ran away as fast as he could.
Lion concluded that as neither Bear nor Elephant had seen the mysterious creature, their claims could not be trusted and he then announced once and for all that it must have been Tapta.
The animals dispersed, the Thief was able to reach home safely and everyone lived happily thereafter.
hope you liked it....
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