about me
My name is Mingma D. Lepcha from Pakyong, East Sikkim.
I actually don’t know the meaning of my name, sorry for that I tried my best to know the meaning from my elders, but they just said this name is taken from the Sherpa community and is a Buddhist name. I do have my sobriquet (Dchen), of which also I do not know the meaning.
Documentation I see as treasures we keep for the generations to come and also for ourselves. It’s a portal to nostalgia and life lived.
What is storytelling to me?
From my elder I collected short short stories and bound them up in a long story. Because of this project I got to know so many things but there is still a mystery in the village I studied as how the things lost the power they had before. Is it because people stop praying? Is it because of religion?
“ᰃᰨᰍᰪᰰ ᰀᰠᰪ ᰛᰤᰬᰰᰛᰧᰳᰶᰠᰴ ᰜᰩᰮᰍᰪ ᰣᰦᰊᰦᰰ-ᰣᰦᰊᰦᰰ ᰠᰪᰵᰎᰴᰛᰤᰬᰮ ᰃᰤᰨᰮᰜᰪᰵᰍᰪ ᰣᰶᰛᰤᰬᰮ ᰠᰪᰵ ᰣᰦᰝᰥᰤᰬᰰ ᰀᰦᰳᰠᰦ ᰜᰤᰫᰀᰦ ᰙᰫᰭᰍᰪ ᰋᰨᰢᰪᰵ ᰓᰫᰜᰦ ᰃᰪᰮ. ᰎᰬᰃ᰷ᰥᰧᰭ ᰎᰬᰣᰤᰨᰭ ᰣᰦᰛᰬᰠᰦ ᰜᰩᰮᰕᰤᰫᰜᰩᰮᰍᰪ ᰃᰨᰍᰪᰰ ᰣᰦᰃᰤᰦᰱ ᰣᰦᰛᰧᰵᰶᰎᰴ ᰚᰶ ᰋᰤᰦᰭᰂᰪᰳ ᰢᰪᰵᰜᰦ ᰃᰪᰮ. ᰡᰬᰰ ᰣᰦᰛᰬᰀᰦ ᰣᰧᰭᰆᰦ ᰌᰨᰜᰦ ᰠᰦᰭᰌᰤᰮᰶᰡᰧᰶᰓᰫ ᰣᰦᰛᰧᰵᰶᰀᰦᰳ ᰀᰠᰪ ᰀᰤᰨᰵᰀᰦ ᰗᰩᰮᰋᰨᰓᰫ ᰉᰧᰶᰢᰪᰵ ᰕ. ᰃᰨᰍᰪᰰ ᰊᰗᰳᰶ ᰣᰨᰋᰦ ᰉᰧᰶᰢᰦᰮᰓᰫ ᰢᰳᰶᰎᰴ ᰠᰪᰭᰉᰧᰶ ᰠᰛᰩᰵ ᰠᰜᰨᰮ ᰕᰦᰳ ᰑᰦᰳᰜᰦ ᰍᰩᰰᰌᰤᰬᰳ ᰢᰦᰮᰓᰫᰜᰦ ᰣᰦᰛᰨᰭ ᰕᰦᰳᰕ. ᰕᰪᰗᰩᰍᰪ ᰣᰦᰛᰧᰵᰶ ᰣᰦᰛᰬ ᰕᰪᰛᰩ ᰠᰴᰍᰪᰰ ᰃᰨᰮᰡᰴ ᰜᰤᰩᰳᰢᰪᰵᰍᰪ ᰣᰶ? ᰚᰴᰍᰬ ᰠᰩᰵᰃᰤᰩᰍᰪᰰ ᰕᰦᰳᰓᰦ ᰣᰶ?”
What is sacred to me?
Holiness. […] I love to know myself more and today I am sharing this image just to show you all that the combination, relation between the sky and the land we live, to represent the beauty of a nature that God has made for us of which we should be thankful.
Finding my sacred place.
Own sacred place, drawn with non-dominant hand during a meditation session with Arundhati
I as a Lepcha
For me being Lepcha is the proudest feeling ever.