Lungdam kohni (Thanksgiving Day) ~ Thang Suan Piang
Lungdamkoh Ni (Thanksgiving Day) pen USA gamah zumkhak (Holiday) minthang mahmah te lakah khat ahi hi. Ngeina, zatdan in cileng pen hi ni-in American te innkuan ki muhkhop ni, ankuang umkhop ni-in zangin, Turkey (Vatawt namkhat cimai ni eipau in) pen a an/meh bulpi khat hi. A tangthu ong piakkhiat na ahang ensuk ni.
Kuate in hih Lungdamkoh Ni bawl (celebrate) masa hiam cih leh, England gam a biakna hang a bawlsiat na thuak, galtai (the Pilgrims) te hi. 1609 kumin (a group of pilgrim) te in biakna suahtakna dingin, England panin taikhia in Holland gam zuanin pemta in om uh hi. Kum tawmkhat khit ciangin a naupangte un Dutch pau leh ngeina zia leh tong, dante sin/zui-in ong om uh ciangin, Dutch te in amau ngeina thupi simsaklo in, amau zialehtong a tate uh a sinsak ciangin, hih pen hoihlo, deihlo uh ahih manin Holland pan taikhiat ding ong sawmuh hi. Tua ahih manin, gamthak (New World) zuatding ong khensat uh a, hih a khualzinna ding uh pen Mangkang sumbawl pawlkhat in ameetlak a sum leitawi dingin, ki thukim in, amau tua sumbawl te adingin, kum 7 sung nasepsak ding ci-in ong ki thukim uh hi.
6 Sept,1620 tak ciangin Mayflower Tembaw tawh New world (USA) zuan dingin, ong zinkhia ta uh hi. Plymouth, England pan mi 44, amau leh amau misiangthote (Siants) a kici leh midang 66 (Strangers) a ci aa asap uh tuateng ong zinkhia uh hi. A khuazinna lampi uh pen votmahmah leh lauhuaina tam mahmah, haksa mahmah ahih manin ni 65 sungtak ong sawt hi. Bekthamlo in, a Tembaw uh pen singtawh kibawl ahih manin, akaat ding lauhuai mahmah leh a an nek ding uh pen votmahmah ta leh tuamah a nek uh ong kul mawk hi. Leitang cih amuh ni November 10 ni-in tua kualzin mite cina mangin mikhat ong sipah hi.
Khualzinna hun saulua mahmah leh amau (Saints leh Strangers) kikal ah ki thukim lohna, ki thu tuahlohna ong omta lailai hi. Leitang amuh khit uh teh ki muhkhopna khat ong nei uh a, a ki thu tuahlohna, a ki thu kimlohna teng uh ong ki kumkhawm in ong lemtang kik uh hi. Tua ki muhkhopna pen “Mayflower Compact” cikhat, sakhat cihna hi-in, khat le khat kikim, kibang hihang ci-in ong ki thukim uh in, Saints leh Strangers cih te om nawnlo in ” the Pilgrims” ong kici ta uh hi.
Cape Cod ki cihna mun ong tungmasa uh hi. Ahi zongin, Plymouth, atun masiah uh, tengsuak nailo uh hi. Hih Plymouth pen a Captain John Smith in 1614 amin vawh hi. Hih Plymouth ki cihna munpen munhoih mahmah leh gamhoih mahmah hi-in luite luangin ngasa tam mahmah na mun zong ahi hi. The Pilgrim te lung himawh penpen a hihleh tualmi te Native American Indians te simgawp khak ding hi pipen hi. Aihhang, amau na tuacilo bilbel in limtakin, na zindo bilbel zaw uh hi.
Phalbi (winter) votlua mahmah ahih manin cina in tampi in sihlawh uh hi. England pan a zinkhia mi 110 lak pan 50 bek nungta lai uh hi. March 16, 1621 ni ciangin thupi mahmah thukhat ongpiang hi. Tua in banghiam cih leh Indian mihangsan te Plymouth ah vapai uh a, Pilgrim te in nalau mahmah uh a, lawmte’n welcome a na cih bilbel ciangun, alau nateng uh bei hi.
Samoset, Abnaki leh Squanto te in mangpau tawmtawm nathei in Pilgrim te khuasak ziading, khaici ciin dan ding teng limtak in hilh uh hi. Bang lopa, sing kungte gui (poison) bang, bang te nek dingin hoih hiamcih te leh khauhun zui aa khaici ciin dingte limtak hilh ahih manin, Squanto’ huhna omlo in pilgrimte nungta zolo ding hi ci uh hi.
Anlak nasep teng October kha in zo in, an, singteh/gah, sa leh ngasa pen Phalbi sung khamkhop mahmah ding ong kaikhawm thei in lungdam mahmah uh hi. Innkhawng ong lam in, aveng, apamte tawh nuamtakin ong tengkhawmin nuamsa mahmah leh pawi khawng ong kham ziahziah ta uh hi.
Pilgrim te Governor William Bradford in Lungdamkoh Ni pen Colonists te leh Native American te tawh zangkhawm, nekhawm dingin ong tangko khia hi. Squanto leh adang Indian te zong amau tawh kipawl khawm dingin sam uh a, a hausa pa cidiam aw Massasoit leh adang mihangsan 90 te in pilgrim te tawh Lungdamkoh Ni na khamkhawm in hih hun pen ni 3 sung sawt hi. Kimawlna tuamtuam, tai kidem, drum tumna cih bang in kimawl uh hi. Indian te in amau siamna thalkap khawng lakin, pilgrim te in amau siamna thaukap khawng lak uh hi. Hih ni pen tuani lian hi cih bel kitheilo himahta leh October kha kimkhen sungteng hi ding hi cih ki ummawh hi.
A kumkik ciang pilgrim te an ong haulo, a khawh,a vulh uh ong lawhcinglo in, ong giautau mahmah kik uh hi. Tua bangin ong om uh ciangin, a neizaw deuh te in, annei nawnlo te hawmin a neih bangbang uh ong neikhawm uh hi.
A kum 3 na khal ciangin ni ongsa mahmah in khaici teng ong vulmang mawk hi. Governor Bradford in antang thunget ding hanthawn in a sawtlo in guah ong zuu pah mawk hi. Tua ciangin lungdam lua in, November 29 ni pen Lungdamkoh Ni dingin ong tangko kia uh hi. Hih ni pen tuhun, Lungdamkoh Ni ki patkhiat ni taktak hi ci’n ki um hi.
1817 kumin New York state in Lungdamkoh Ni ong zangta uh hi. 19th century tak ciangin state dang te’n zong ong zangta uh hi. 1863 kum tak teh President Abraham Lincoln in “National day of Thanksgiving Day” dingin ong ciamteh hi. Tua aki panin US President khempeuh in ong tangko leh ong zangtoto in, November Fourth Thursday nita zumkhak (Holiday) dingin ong kipsak uh hi.
Lungdamkoh Ni “Thanksgiving Day” pen ei aa dingin cileng i Khuado tawh kibang mahmah mai cih ding hi. Pasian’ tungah lungdamkohna leh itna ankuang umkhopna hun/ni himai hi. Tukum Lungdamkoh Ni na bang cizat sawm hiam? Laisim mimal kim Topa’n thupha ong piata hen.
Happy Thanksgiving Day
Thang Suan Piang UAS (Former ZEC-Talalla)
Source : ESL Thanksgiving Tradition
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