Mantam Lake
“Mantam lake has left a history on the land of Dzongu and it is one of the beautiful signature of the nature. It has attracted many visitors from different visitors for the enjoyment. The scenery is beautiful and the enjoyment
is never ending but are the people aware of the history of this lake? Are they aware that such beautiful landscape brings responsibilities? So we decided to work on this topic to make people aware of the importance of Mantam
lake and its role for the land of Dzongu.”
Lukit Lepcha
“ᰙᰩᰵᰃᰫ ᰜᰤᰦᰵᰀᰦ ᰕᰦᰰᰊᰦᰮ ᰌᰶᰍᰪᰰ ᰋᰨᰊᰩᰮᰠᰪᰵ ᰀᰦᰳ ᰆᰩᰮᰚᰬᰳ ᰋᰨᰓᰫᰜᰦ ᰃᰪᰮ ᰣᰪᰰ ᰣᰦᰛᰬᰌᰨ ᰣᰤᰧᰳᰌᰤᰬᰠᰦ ᰛᰤᰦᰮᰌᰫᰯᰓᰫ ᰊᰤᰬᰳᰀᰦᰳ ᰃᰪᰮ.” ᰜᰫᰀᰧᰳ ᰜᰬᰱᰆᰦ
Knowledge Keepers behind the expression
“We interacted with Mr. Namgyal Lepcha resident of Passindang, he was very helpful as he had witnessed the occurrence of landslide. We also enquired some of the teachers of Passindang senior secondary school and Tingvong secondary
school. Since, myself and my member being the resident of Dzongu ourselves we were able to complete the research with ease as we were well aware of the situation during the formation of Mantam Lake.”
“Since Mantam Lake was our research initiative. We went to Dzongu where it was created, we visited the valley on whose lap the lake was born. We started our research from Tingvong GPU as the people there was mainly affected by
the formation of lake. They gave us an idea in our head about how such change in nature can give us advantages as well as disadvantages. We met with many elders of the GPU who were very helpful as they provided a very detailed information
about the lake. During the time when the lake had recently been created the people residing on Mantam were told to evacuate, the water level increased and many house were drowned. Boats were only the means of transport during that
time. The flow of water in the lake slowly raised the level of bottom below and now in present it seems to flows only as a river. The massive landslide had occurred on the 13th of August, 2016.”
Lukit Lepcha
In our own language
“We used Lepcha language as our medium, but it is our mother tongue. Since, Lepcha is the language mostly and widely used by the people in Sikkim, we thought it would be innovative and as well as more readable to the people here. Not
only that we are encouraging our further coming generation to use their mother tongue so that it can flourish till the end of times.”
Lukit Lepcha & Denka Lepcha
“ᰛᰩᰵ ᰣᰦᰛᰧᰵᰶᰌᰨ ᰣᰶᰃᰪᰮ ᰠᰓᰦ ᰛᰤᰬᰰᰈᰨᰵ ᰜᰤᰦᰵᰀᰦ ᰃᰤᰦᰱᰡᰨ ᰕᰪᰛᰩ ᰠᰴᰍᰪᰰ ᰣᰦᰛᰧᰵᰶ ᰣᰦᰛᰬᰌᰨ ᰙᰪᰲᰋᰦᰱ ᰕᰦᰳᰢᰦᰮᰓᰫ ᰃᰪᰮ. ᰣᰦᰛᰧᰵᰶ ᰣᰦᰛᰬ ᰀᰦᰚᰫᰠᰦ ᰣᰦᰕᰫ ᰣᰦᰛᰧᰵᰶᰀᰦᰳ ᰅᰫᰰ ᰢᰪᰵᰠᰦ ᰣᰦᰛᰬᰛᰤᰬᰮᰌᰨ ᰀᰦᰚᰫ ᰓᰬᰭᰓᰫ ᰣᰦᰛᰧᰵᰶᰠᰦ ᰜᰤᰫᰀᰦ ᰙᰪᰲᰋᰦᰱ ᰕᰦᰳᰡᰨ. ᰣᰤᰨᰭ ᰣᰦᰛᰬ ᰕᰪᰛᰩᰓᰬᰭ ᰣᰦᰛᰤᰫᰮ ᰣᰪᰰ ᰊᰤᰦᰱᰉᰬᰰ ᰕᰶᰜᰦ ᰅᰫᰰᰌᰧᰵᰶᰎᰫᰚᰴ ᰆᰧᰵᰶᰜᰪᰵ ᰣᰪᰰ ᰣᰦᰛᰬ ᰀᰊᰦᰱ ᰕᰃᰨᰰᰍᰪᰠᰦ ᰀᰦᰚᰫ ᰜᰦᰳᰌᰤᰬᰳᰓᰫ ᰗᰪᰋᰫᰭᰠᰴ ᰛᰤᰬᰮᰜᰦ ᰊᰌᰨ ᰣᰦᰕᰫ ᰣᰦᰛᰧᰵᰶᰛᰤᰬᰮ ᰈᰩᰭᰣᰶᰚᰴᰠᰦ ᰠᰦᰭᰊᰩᰱᰜᰦ ᰎᰦᰳᰢᰦᰮᰓᰫ ᰃᰪᰮ. ᰠᰛᰬᰠᰦ ᰜᰩᰮᰕᰤᰫ ᰜᰩᰮ ᰊᰗᰳᰶ ᰕᰕᰩᰭᰕᰦᰳ ᰊᰦᰲ ᰐᰦᰲ ᰍᰪᰀᰦ ᰍᰩᰵ ᰡᰴᰜᰦ ᰃᰨ ᰕ.”
ᰜᰫᰀᰧᰳ ᰜᰬᰱᰆᰦ & ᰃ᰷ᰥᰬᰵᰀᰦ ᰜᰬᰱᰆᰦ
Video by Lukit Lepcha & Denka Lepcha
Translations by Denka Lepcha
Mentored by Namgyal Lepcha & Minket Lepcha