User:Zotung Minphuin/sandbox

Art Institute of Chicago

"About ten generations ago or a little bit earlier, there was a man named Tho Kheng in Senpi village, in Zotungland, Chin state. He was so handsome, but married. He had special skills to catch fish and was fond of fishing. He spent most of his time in the stream, catching fish.

One day, he met tuithangnung, a mermaid, in the image of a very beautiful girl. He fell in love with that beautiful girl. They often met in the stream. That girl asked him to promise not to tell anybody about her, and if he broke his promise he was to die immediately. He agreed, and they spent a lot of time together in that stream. Unfortunately, his wife had doubts about him and asked him, again and again, what had happened to him.

Then, he told her all about the girl (mermaid) and died soon after. That night, there at the funeral the girl came to attend the funeral with the crowd of mourners. When she entered the house, she passed a liquid that made the people that touched fall asleep and everybody went to sleep except a woman in the corner of the house who saw her. The mermaid cried all night long for the dead body of her beloved Tho Khe.

At dawn, she hurried up to leave the house to avoid being seen by the villagers. As a result of her being late to leave the house, she left her beautifully woven little red bag. The villagers picked that bag and looked for a woman who can weave a dress to the format of that bag. Daw Rya Ccing, a talented weaver in Lungngo village, wove a dress exactly like that bag."

It's become popurlar in various designs, as you've seen it everywhere. With that little piece of cloth, a story tells us about the present Chin dress.

Salai Pasui