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Translated into Anal by Phamhring Sengul


 

Forum for Naga Reconciliation

Pāmrāl ha iamjāh Naga anihinki rṵ-reh iṭung ṭhṵw nahrang ki thin

lāmvār ha thang phuwng na


 

Pidangna

Naga anihin thin chāng lona peval cha, Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) hin tuwng Pitt Rivers Museum (PRM) hin tuthal Edinburgh ru Melbourne University thung iam Naga naphung kihin thimpṵ thimpi hin khe achin jenṵ pāmrāl thung iam jāh Naga anihinki pi-pṵ hin rṵ-reh mangni idọ iamto isuw peṭhāh nung vapa ṭhun paje.

Pitt Rivers Museum (PRM) heh pāmrāl England pām thung iamva. British hin tuwng dolti pām vapāl ching lethung hin tepang rṵ-reh ijo vapām hahin hol jenṵ PRM museum thung dāl jenṵ vathi vaje. Ama kāltuwng Naga anihin ki rṵ-reh tuthal lṵche ki sam luhe vāchin 214 hmeh joka. Ama rṵ-reh hinhe vapām-vapām ha pelena doh hrang ki thing nung vatọpaje tuto COVID-19 tuwng ṭha 5 (pangā) hmeh te vākam dohva. Ivang sah Jọngpi (September) ṭha ki nitin 22, 2020 niheng hrin paṭhun jenṵ ihneh nadoh hrang nung vaṭo thung rṵ-reh hinto box thung thāl jenṵ vahneh paje.

Melbourne University thung iam Anthropologist tuthal Associate Professor ithuw Naga anihinki jol chara akhe Dr. Dolly Kikon tuwng, PRM hin nung ṭoh to The Guardian thung vāhnol nāte Museum ki Director to adu ṭhṵnṵ tuthal FNR ru PRM hinkhe pena vāpadu paje. FNR he Naga anihin chāh ajahmeh ki peṭum lohna ru chāng lohna hrang nung vaṭo vanṵ amalu Naga ki nung hejoso vanung hin pethuw jenṵ rṵ-reh hinhe napām hahin ivang holna doh hrangki vapa val paje. Naga anihin khe ru khe nāloh mahin, narel na-ipathọ hin, na-ihal hin ajahmeh he ivang pelonaki vahlam akhe ithuw hrangpa. Tuki tuwng, FNR tuwng Naga phung anihin kuwng tuwng pemin pejāl isṵ paṭhun nṵ, arāngki pi-pṵ hin rṵ-reh hinto dāli pāmrāl ha iam jāhrang pa, anihin thin dāh vaṭhānama iamva idọki vahlam ha pemin pejām vapa ṭhun paje.

Naga phung narel thung FNR hin tuwng, khe ru khe peṭoh pena, phung khe ru phung khe chāng lohna nung vanatāh vāpum thuto PRM hin tuwng pahriinṵ vadọte atungthal nung ivang ṭohna shāhrang kithin vapa jonval. Naga phung ki aval-ahrāng, lṵle-ṭāshel cha hin ru ibina peam tuthal rṵ-reh hin he koldum tangna vatho iṭope naki thin vahlam pehang cha. Naga anihin ki phung kāl ivangsa rowlsaki nunge nama iam, pemin pejāl iṭāl doh iam aja hmeh to ivang pechum nahrang PRM hin hrān hrṵw tang chahin kaning dọjenṵ thang vaphung val.

Vapha ru ivang chọna vahlam
Pāmrāl ha iamjāh pi-pṵ hin rṵ-reh napām hahin ivanghol naki vahlam vadṵ nesṵwl-sṵwl ka. Rowlsa reh thung lāmvār ibungna thung pishelso tuthal rṵ-reh hinhe ajung-ajāl pelham naki thin akṵ phung kiva idọto ishel hrangpa. Naga phung akhe tuwng nika phung kiva dọso dọnibe, lenṭāh hin tuwng joso amato itidol ashelso, ihrona amso, vahlam ichum tangna ni kachā ki rṵ-reh va idọto va amthal PRM ru iṭhṵ sāh rṵ-reh hinto isu hronaka. Pena hlana vasheng tiingthal, vaṭuna pe-peshel na amso ihrona isemso amathal tuwng arāngki pi-pṵ hin rṵ-reh to vapām vapām ha ihol vahro hrangpa.

Tuwng, ama nung vāpum thuhe kum 8-15 val itang vahrosi. Ama nung vavang hlu thung heng lāmvār, phung ki pe-peselna amso, chumka chummi idọ ahlamso, lāmvār ha pe-pejāhso, ningmol na dara iamma, pāmrāl ki ichọna noh paṭoso iṭo hrang pa. Ama nung he ivang saki palung pechana iam, Naga nalen hin rālval chahin nānaṭo hin, chọ nāna parel hin aja hmeh to pechum na, peṭo pena, khe ru khe palung lona isem naki vahlam joso athuka. Ivangsa pi-pṵ hin chọna to koldum tangna, peṭo-pekhāh naki nung akhe athuka.

FNR ki vanung ṭohrang
Ama nung thung heng FNR hin vanaṭo hrang tobe, Naga anihin tuwng dātung pang PRM hin ruw asel hinsin shung rṵ-reh hinto iṭha thangna ishuw peṭhā tuthal napām hahin peṭung naki vahlam va. Tutuwng, FNR hin tuwng, Naga anihin ki phung teanha pe-pejāso, lāmvār tuwng peselso, phung ki vaṭāng-vaṭāng tean ruw, vānsum tean tuthal Nagaland ki State Government ruw iṭha tangna aselso khe ruw khe ihrona vapaval hrang pa.

Ama nung he lāmvār pejoh nama vaṭhāma tuwng, FNR hin tuwng Naga phung ki ṭāngpi teanha vāpajā va tuthal chāng vahal hinbe iṭhing phona jocha, chāng iṭhing male hin kuwng tuwng athajenṵ amka. Ama rṵ-reh he nikaphung kiva tumanite ni kachā kiva idọ hin tuthal atung tungki ajung ajāl iam hin ru PRM hin tuwng kokhe bāh palung pehluh nung vaṭosāh hrang paje. Tuthal FNR hin tuwng Nagaland State Government hin kuwng tuwng lāmvar nadọh to nung vāpadang hrangpa.

Ama nung vāpum thuhe FNR tuwng phung tean, ṭāng tean vāsel ṭhṵhrang vāthu tuwng rowl sa thal hne ene som som akhe-khe ivang shungki peṭuw dodoh hrang nung athuka. Dapa vadọte, ama rṵ-reh hin he napām hahin peṭung nanung vāpum thuhe Naga phung anihin ki nanung hin athuwka FNR hinte peval pething ki nung jāpa.

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Pi-pṵ hinki rṵ-reh hin he pehlam ki vahmun ichaha pele, tuthal British hin ki mane-masal naam thung kihin akhan lulu he pehmal nadoh hrang kithin FNR hin heng Naga anihin phung thung khe ru khe ibina, peshelna, ehe-ising hin ru aselso lāmvar pejāso nung iṭo nahrang tuwng ama Recover Restore and Declonise (RRaD) idọ ṭānghe vapacho paje. Naga anihin tuwng ama rṵ-reh hinhe napām hahin ivang holna dọhin sinshung dọnibe University of Oxford hin ru ihrona peam hrang athu khṵwka. Amathin tuwng FNR hin heng Edinburgh thung iam anthropologist tuthal Senior Lecturer hin Dr.Dolly Kikon ru Dr.Arkotong Longkumar to abiṭhṵ jenṵ PRM hin khe idọ nung vapa ṭhun paje.

Athungte RRaD hin nung iṭo vapaṭhun val. Vanung hintobe, mi kuwng pe-pechọl, pemin isṵ, soldong hin dāvapa dun mang idọki pe-isun, phung teanki ṭāng teanki lṵle ṭāngsel hin kuwng pṵjenṵ pe-sun jenṵ, mi vānachowl hin pakung jenṵ pe-eshel paṭhun jenṵ, photo pictures, videos pesu jenṵ lāmvar ha pe-pejām ki nung vaṭopaje. Naga mah, chāng lenṭāhin ki rṵ-reh pekung peṭhun shahin amka amhin kuwng ki itham chā ihro joso vāhlam paje.

Tuki tuwng RRaD he ichum tangna nung ivang ṭona hrang, peṭhang naseh, pezang naseh ki thin Naga phung thung ki thimpṵ thimpi hin, ehe-ishing hin ebohlāh pejo nahrang FNR tuwng vāhlam mang.

Naga nachọna hrang
Naga anihin ki ivangsa napemin hinhe palung shuna papāh iamto FNR hin tuwng joso vathisi. British hin nāphṵwn hinnṵ, mane mashal lulu shọ nāshinna hinnṵ naam thung kihin lulu atung phona amka hinsin. Tutuwng, FNR hin tuwng ivangsa ki nachọrel nachang chalhin to atung-tung ki nanang nachọrel ruw petol jenṵ vashu thungje, atung ki napāl hin he ivangsa kiruw peṭhin hloh hin sinshung pepesel nama ṭhanami idọ vathi paje. Vadọte, ivangsa ki nabilim hinhe atung phona dam malepa hinsin.

Naga anihin thinbe, pi-pṵ hin rṵ-reh ivang hol idọhe rowlsa ki British hin kuw hmol ki nanāl hloh duki makhe hin nung athu nami. Amato napa chāng thal hin Naga anihin naduma hin anālpe naka. Pi-pṵ hin rṵ-reh ivang hol tuwng iṭuw jāto athuwmi, napemin hin iam hrangva, ivangsa kito ivang hrang napun sọhin nashem hrang pahin. Nadāh nadāh ki pang pedun māh khe ru khe peṭum lona iam hrangpa. Rṵ-reh ivang hol idọhe Naga anihin thin be anihinki tum naphā pahin, nachọna hin, na noh hin, nakol hin, nathacha hin, nādang nahin ithuw hrang pa. Tuthung tuwng, rowlsa ki mane lulu naam thung kihin akhan, palungthu ajahmeh ki ihliing hrang pahinsin.

Naga anihin amanung he icha tangna napāl nahin ithiru iṭhuwng pāmrālki ichọna peṭo ru iṭhuwng pi-pṵ hin rṵ-reh pehlam he naṭoh hrangpa hin. Dapa vadọte, amalu he Naga anihin nāna hnowl malehin, nanathih mahin pena hlana, nachọ namahin joso ithuwpa. Tuto ata tuwng athuw joso, ama nung he peru peshọl iṭo hrang vāthu matuwng, Naga anihin ki napemin hin peṭoso, icha tangna, ichum tangna nung pehmuh hrangpa.

Tutuwng, FNR ru RRaD hin joso Naga anihin kuwngki napemin hin ajaso chālenṭāh kuwng ki peṭho ihro paṭhoso Naga anihin ki naduma hin ivang tālna ṭoje naka.

Longleng pāmki avalbal akhe ki peṵm thung RRaD hin kuwng ataheng dọnṵ, kapi-kapṵ hin rṵ-reh hinte vatho iṭomāng pāmrāl ha amjānṵ dātung vapaṭhathi tuwng chāngdena phachā jāje naka. Pi-pṵ hin paṭhathi to chāngdena amnami, va rṵ-reh hin napām hahin ivang hol tobe anihin ki nanung hin pehol pāh akhe athuw ka.

Dādah athuw joso, FNR ki nung tobe khe ru khe pebiki chānglona peam nahrang va. Tutuwng, lāmvar ki pesumna peṵm kalār nathung hin pechumpena, ethepe kādọ chāmang hin. Nang hinki achacha pena kiimakhe FNR kuwng ha kāpahol chakhin. Akṵ mikhe ki ralne nung athumi FNR tuwng hrāng hrṵ tang chahin kaning.

Thang phuwngcha:

Forum for Naga Reconciliation

nitin: Padṵn ṭha (May), 19, 2023

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