the seven sacred lakes of sittong
“Since childhood we have heard of these old lake which were very precious to our ancestors. Since we got the chance to share the story of one of the ancient places of our area we choose this topic.”
Dadup Tshering Lepcha
“ᰍᰦᰮ ᰣᰦᰆᰪᰮᰛᰤᰬᰰᰌᰨ ᰀᰦᰚᰫᰍᰪᰰ ᰌᰶ ᰣᰦᰛᰫ ᰣᰦᰛᰬᰠᰦ ᰣᰦᰛᰧᰵᰶᰎᰴ ᰋᰤᰨᰢᰦᰮᰓᰫ ᰠᰛᰬᰛᰬ ᰀᰦᰚᰫ ᰉᰫᰋᰧᰵᰶᰠᰴᰠᰦ ᰊᰰᰶᰀᰦ ᰃᰨᰵᰇᰧᰮᰶᰓᰫᰜᰦ ᰃᰨᰋᰨ ᰕ. ᰊᰗᰳᰶᰠᰋᰦᰛᰬ ᰀᰦᰚᰫᰍᰪᰰ ᰊᰌᰨᰜᰤᰦᰵᰠᰦ ᰣᰦᰛᰫᰓᰫ ᰜᰤᰦᰵᰎᰴᰠᰦ ᰠᰪᰵᰎᰴ ᰌᰪᰰᰡᰧᰶᰓᰫ ᰣᰦᰋᰤᰪᰰᰀᰦᰳ ᰋᰫᰱᰢᰪᰵᰠᰦ ᰊᰰᰶᰌᰩᰭ ᰣᰦᰛᰬᰍᰪᰰ ᰕᰦᰳᰓᰦᰌᰨ ᰀᰦᰚᰫᰍᰪᰰ ᰋᰤᰦᰭᰎᰤᰬ ᰣᰦᰛᰬ ᰡᰬᰮᰢᰪᰵᰓᰫ ᰃᰪᰮ.”
ᰃ᰷ᰥᰦᰃ᰷ᰥᰫᰱ ᰇᰧᰛᰧᰵᰶ ᰜᰬᰱᰆᰦ
“It was quite interesting to know the history of our own village. While I was listening the story of 7 lakes for the first time I was so emotionally connected with it. So we decided to preserve and retold the stories to next generation.”
Dadup Tshering Lepcha
Knowledge Keepers behind the expression
This video is made within Sittong village. Our first shooting was at Lepcha monasteries. There we interacted with Lamas and got to know more about the monasteries. And then we went to Takli village where we met Ren Ladup Lepcha (age 23, male, Nanimoo clan) and then Cholambung village where we met Ren Chyong Lepcha, age above 50, male. And finally we met with Ren Ten Tshering Lepcha age above 50, male, Nanimoo clan.
Video by Dadup Tshering Lepcha & Leeza Lepcha
Translations by Dadup Tshering Lepcha & Leeza Lepcha
Mentored by Ren Ten Tshering Lepcha, Chyong Lepcha & Minket Lepcha