SIKPUI RUOI (Winter Festival)

~ Ramthienghlim Varte

                                        Sikpui ruoi (Winter Festival) hi Manmasi thlahai laia naupang tak Nelachal thla (Hmar)hai chauvin an hmang hlak THLASIK RUOI ti na a nih. A hung intan dan, a umzie, hmangna san, hmangdan le inser dan tulai thangtharhai thawdan leh an ang ta naw  em em a; hnam dangin an nei lo ei pi le puhaiin inza taka an lo inser le hmang hlak nunphung danglam bik rieu ei nei hi hrietchieng le venghim chu ei mawphurna a nih. Sikpui ruoi hih umzie bik rieu nei, phur thut le inhawk leia hmang mei mei chi khawm an naw a, thla a hungsika khuo/veng thenkhat an lo hmasuok that kum damin Bu le bal malsawmna petu Fapite  (Pi le puhai Pathien nu) suklungawina dinga ursun taka an hmang a ni  leiin hmang nuom Hmar khuo le veng ei um chang ei hun tawng le boruok zira hmang le inser a ni theina dingin a umzie le a bebawm tawite ei hung ziek tum a nih.

                                                                                SIKPUI RUOI UMZIE

Pi le puhai chun FAPITE NU (Bu le bal, fak le dawn Pathien Nu) suklungsen hi an inlau thei em em a, chu suklungawina dinga  an thaw hlak a ni a. Thlang ram lo nei mi, mi taima, bu le bal hnieng-in-hnar taka lo khawsa hlak an na, lo va an bu chinghai duot takin an thlo fai a, bu sik huna khawm buvui maksan inlau em emin fimkhur takin an sik a, an sik hmai/thel dam an hmu chun pawi an tizie insam pumin an lak hlak. An nauhai bu sika an thuoi chang khawm ‘Bawi hai ! Buvui kha kim takin la ro aw, in maksan vai chun ama khat chauvin  Hmaiphi buk hnuoia thlasie em emin a tap kar kar hlak an ti’ tiin ngaimaw em emin an hril hlak. Chuongang chun bu inchek mei mei an thaw ngai nawh. Duot tak le ngilnei tak pumin an enkai hlak a;  chuonga an thaw chun Fapite Nu a lungawi dingin an ring a ni. Naupang khawlai dunga Buthing dawma fa pei lova dehawn/pei annawleh invuongdar ching dam an hmu chun Upa haiin an kova fel taka hrilin ching nawk ta ngailo dingin an khap hlak. Chuongchu pi le puhai fak le dawna an khawsak dan tlangpui mawi le inza um a nih. Sik le sa zira ruotui that kum, bu le bal kum inzawna a tlung tha a, Fapang-ralinsan*an nei pha an lawm thei em em a, kumtawp bu hai an hlu lut vawng a, thlasik boruok inthiengtak le awllen lai, a kum nawka an lo hma an  tan hma si, sin delrik tuding  la um lova an zalen thei hun lai Mimtuk thla-Tuolbuol( December-January) sungngei hin an hmang hlak. Hnam pum huopa kum tina hmang hlak a ni naw a, khaw bing  *Fapang-ralinsan nei thei haiin Fapite Nu kuoma lawmthu hrilna ding le suklawmna dinga insukhlimna inthuruol taka hmang hlak a ni.

*Fapang-ralinsan ti chu Nikum a bu hlui muol ral khing tienga an fak senglo la um le tukuma bu thlung thar bu pang sipa muol danga um in eptuo tin a a ni.

                                                             HMANG DAN

Khawsung Lal le khawnbawl haiin bu le bal an hau dan zirin hmangdan ding le a hunsung ding an rel a, chanvo nei tudinghai leh. Chun, hi ruoi hi hmang a thieng le thiengnaw khawsung Thiempu(Priest)in aisan  a ta, chu zo chun Lal tuolhmai changtieng panga inki-ah zan khawvarin khuong khai an ta, vuokri a um le um naw khawvar chenin an ngai thlak a, vuok ri a um vai chun Sikpui ruoi hmang thienglo nin an hriet a, an pam thul hlak. Vuokri a um naw ruok chun a thieng a ni tiin an insingsa mup mup a, khawtlang mipui in tina hriltu ding nunghak-tlangval an ruot a, chunghai chu LAWMLAI SA an tih. Naupanga inthawk Pitar-Putar chenin an thangruol a; mi lien, mi chin, hausa, rethei inthlierhrangna  um der lovin phurna thlarau an chang a, lungawinaw le kawi an um ngai nawh.

                                            INREMNA RUOI

Chun hi ruoi hi INREMNA RUOI an ti bawk a, khawsung mimal annawleh pawl inhrietthiemnaw dam, intheida dam, inremnaw dam an um chun hi ruoithe hma ngeiin inzak der lovin inngaidamtuona an nei hlak. Chuleiin, inremna ruoi ti hi a phu hlie hlie a nih. Incheina tha nei zo lo dam an um chun a neinung deu le an chawngthei haiin an relpuon tha hai phawrsuokin an inhaw tir hlak. Hi hun sunghin buoina le inhalna siemlo dinga khap tlat a ni a, Sikpui lamzawl lai tak sawngka an dawna ah vaiza hruol in-uoi  le sei thatawk tak el an khai a, mi sukbuoi tum le dawnvet nei an lo um chun thuoituhaiin an kut le ke khuopde pek an ta hmun dangah hi hunser an hmang sung po an sie hre hlak. A hmaa ei hril ang khan kumhlui buhai chuh nunghak-tlangvalin an hrawt a, bufaihai chu in tina sem darin Zu in an siem a, an zu bilhai chu a thova a tlum pha dawnin an insukhlim a, sikpui ruoi ni a tlungpha mani in senga an zu bil tlum tak takhai chuh  hung phurin sikpui lamzawlah an siekhawm hlak a nih.

                                                             SIKPUI LUNG

             

Sikpui ruoi hi Lal tuolzawla hmang hlak a na, zawl lien tawk lamna khawp a um naw chun hmundang zawl thatna an zawnga nunghak-tlangvalin lamzawl chu an siemtha a, lungphek an lakkhawm a, lamzawl a chun an rem khup hlak a nih. Chun, lungphek lien, sa thatawk tak khawtlang mipui inzawn zo tawk ramhnuoia mi an lak a, sikpui lamna ding zawllai taka an dawa chu ZAWLLUNG DAWH an tih. Hienga mipui hei buoi mup mup chu an hawiin naupang le thalaihai tading chun nunkhaw chenna a tlingphak reng a nih. Chu Zawllung daw bulah chawrsawng(sawngka) an daw a, chu HMINGTHIR an ti a, chu bana chun bawmrangte an khai a, a sunga zu peng bur le khailengte dam, umthei tuibur tui inhnik tak dam, dumhmuom kau phek le dumphuol dam hnachanghna hringa funin an sie hlak. Hi khuongpu, hla thuoitu le hlasaktu haiin phang lova an chen le dawn ding a nih.

                                                                 INCHEI DAN

           

Sikpui lama thangding nunghak-thlangvalhai chun incheina thil le thuomhnaw an nei tha tha a inbelin an inchei hlak a.Tlangvalin an lu an kawm a, tawnlairang, sawnseng, vakul chang le archal chang hai tawnin an inchei a, puon an dierkei a, zakuo tuolkhawng puonphawk an hak a; nunghakhai ruok chun puonsil senfen chu tlangdung vel (awm chunga puonbi tina)in an thaw a, an zakuo hnuoia inthawk an ne ne chunga puon kha det takin tla thei mei mei lo dingin an bi hlak a, an kawnga ngaingawn kawngchun an chun a, an natil verkuokah Hawlrawl (ruo chang kar renbawnga bel khat vela lien Nabe tina) an be a, hawlrawl kuoa chun patsum sen le  parte chi hrang hrang an be sa hlak a, neinung deuhai chun Silver an siem ,a hawlrawl tle deu varin an be. An ringa pumhril thi dam, ruongthei thi dam, theibuong hrui dam an hli hlak bawk a, an ban ah chaupheng ban bun (Dar enga siem) dam, Bonsai (Saiha-a siem) an bun a, Harban ban bun Silver tluon kepui tieta siem sa deu lul an kiu chung an rekna lai taka chun an bun hlak bawk. A mawiin a vul chuk a, mit a tlaiin en an hawi em em.

                                                               SIKPUI LAM

          

Sikpui Lam chi riet a um a, a hmasatak chu naupang lam Durte le Thlawran(Naupang lam) lam an ti a, a danghai po chu puitling lam hieng Lamtluong lam, Ketet lam, Arvanlai lam, Thlawran lam(puitling lam),Simsak lam le Tinna lamhai hih a nih. Sikpui lam hmasatak naupang lamin an tan a, lam dang danghai le ruoithe tum tiek ding  zanhni hai chuh nunghak-thlangvalhai chun khawvar zaka  lamin an insukhim hlak a, Chuh SIKPUI ZAWLSUOK LAM an tih. Chu lam an thaw zo zantieng chun mani in sengah inlawiin Sikpuiruoi chuh a tum tiek ta hlak a nih.

           

Khawtlang hlimtaka lam mup mup hlak a hang tawp thup el chu, khawtlang a re thuop el a, zingkar nisa suok khawm a ngui ruoiin an hriet hlak. Khawtlang nunghak-tlangvalhai le mitin el chu khawtlang lunglengin a zem a, ngaizawng naw lem inrai tir palh ang elin pantlang tieng dakin an ngha tlun rawng rawng el hlak. Hi ruoi hi Hmarhai chauvin ei nei SIKPUI RUOI a na, ei hrietchieng le venghim tlat a tul. Mi haiin min chu pek rek hlauh an tih. Assam sawrkar Karbi Anglong District chun 5^thth December  hi Sikpui ruoi (Winter festival) tiin restricted holiday-in an mi puong pek tah  a, hi hnam tadinga mellung pawimaw tak a ni leiin tu hin Hmar pumhuopa lawmna siem dingin ei insang mup mup a nih. State danga khawm thawve thei inla a tha awm ngei.

29^th November 2009