किशोर सुब्बा लिम्बु
उहिल्यै डाँडा गाउँमा ओजेरेङ्गबाले उठिबास लगाएको थियो रे । ओजेरेङ्गबा भन्ने लामो... लामो...कपाल भएको लामो... लामो...र ठूल्ठूलो दुधको थुन भएको छोरीमान्छे जस्तो थियो रे । गाउँनै उठिबास लगाए पछि गाउँ समाजको मुखिया बसेर दिनको एक जना दिने निर्णय गरेछन् । बेलुका भए पछि “ओजेरेङ्गबा लोल्दाया” (कसैले “ओजेरेङ्गबा तायानौ” याक्खा भाषामा) भन्दै गाउँतिर आउथ्यो रे । गाउँको मुखियाले आज उस्कोको पाल हो उस्कोमा जाऊ भनेर बताए पछि शिकार भएको घरमा जान्थ्यो रे ।
एक दिन बेलुका अरुण पारीको ठूलो शिकारीले अरुण पारी जंगली बाँसघारीमा बदेंललाई धनुकाँणले हानेछ । घाइते बदेंल अरुण तरेर आए पछि शिकार पच्छ्याउँदै पच्छ्याउँदै आउँदा आउँदा डाँडा गाउँ आइपुगे पछि रात परेछ । बेलुका बास माग्नु एउटा घरमा पुगेछ । लौ साँझको पाहुना बास त दिनु हुन्थ्यो तर घरमा आमा छोरी मात्रै छौं । आज राती ओजेरेङ्गबाले खाने पालो हाम्रो परेको छ । राती अमा छोरीमा कस्लाई लान्छ । लु बरु अरुतिर बास बस्नुस पाहूना सहेब भनेछन् । अनि ति शिकारीले राम्रोसँग सोधी खोजी गरेछ । कसरी आउँछ ? कस्तो छ ? भनेर सोधखोज गरेछ । खै मान्छे जस्तै छ । लामो लामो कपाल भएको, ठूल्ठूलो दुधको थुन भएको छोरीमान्छे जस्तो छ भनेछन् । लु त्यसो भए भात खाएर आमा छोरी माथी हल्ला नगरी सुत्नु । म यो ढोकाको छेउमा सुत्छु । राती कति खेर, कसरी र कस्तो आउँदो रहेछ । म धनुकाँण ठिक गरेर बस्छु भनेछन् । शिकारीले भने बमोजिम् आमा, छोरी बेलैमा भात भान्सा सकेर माथी सुतेछन् । शिकारीलाई ढोका छेउमा भित्र ओछ्यान लगाइदिएछ । नभन्दै राती त “ओजेरेङ्गबा लोल्दाया”,“ओजेरेङ्गबा लोल्दाया” भन्दै भालु खोपबाट आयो रे । शिकारीको पालो चालमारेर भित्रबाट धनुकाँण तयार गरेर बसेछ । ओजेरेङ्गबा आयो भनेको सुन्ने वित्तिक्कै दैलो खोलेर तयार हुने मान्छेहरु आज दैलो नखोलेको देखेर ओजेरेङ्गबासँग नडराएको देखेर ओजेरेङ्गबालाई रीस उठेछ र दैलोमा कोतार्नु थालेछ । भित्रबाट धनुकाँण तयार गरेर बसेको शिकारीले दैलोको तालबाट (दूलो, प्वाल) धनुकाँण तन्नकाएर हानेको छातीमै लागेछ र ओजेरेङ्गबा आँगानमा लडेछ । एसो हेर्यो ठ्याक्कै मान्छे छ । लौ मान्छे पो मारीएछ । अब मार्ने भए गाउँले समाजले भनेर शिकारीको सातो गएछ । त्यो बेला ज्यानको बदला ज्यान निसाफ थियो रे । अनि ज्यान मारेकोमा अब मार्छ भनेर शिकारी त डरले राती नै भागेर मूलबाटो मुनी अहिले अचार(नेवार) गाउँ भएकोमा ठूलो सिस्नु घारी थियो रे त्यहाँ गएर लुकेर बसेछ । यता गाउँमा लु यस्तो राक्षस मारेर गाउँको रख्खे गर्ने महान शिकारी को हो कता छ भनेर खोजी गरेछन् । खोज्दै जाँदा तल सिस्नु घारीमा कुखुराको चल्ला लुके जस्तो लुकी रहेको रहेछ । डराएर बसिरहेको शिकारीलाई फकाई फुलाई ज्यान मारेको हैन । राक्षेस मारेर गाउँको रख्खे गरेकोमा मान सम्मान स्वरुव पगारी फेटा लगाइदिएर ति नै आमा छोरीकी छोरी दिएर ज्वाइँ बनाएर सम्मानले किपोट दिएर राखेछन् ।
(श्रोत : नरबहादुर लामा, Panchkhapan Municipality-5, Sankhuwasabha, Nepal)
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Folklore: A Tale of Ojerengba
Kishor Subba Limbu
Once upon a time, there was violence from Ojerengba (a cannibal monster) in Danda (a hill) village. Ojerengba was like a long-haired girl with long hair and a big milk jug. The head of the village society decided to give one person each day to the Ojerenba to minimise the disaster. In the evening, the Ojerenga would come to the village, saying "Ojerengba Loldaya" (some called it "Ojerengba Tayanau" in Yakha). The Ojerengba used to go to the victim's house after the village chief told him who would go with him this night.
One evening, a big hunter from Arun Pari (another side of the Arun river) shot the Badenl (the jungle pig). The injured Badenl crossed the river. The hunter kept chasing the Badenl until the evening. It was night when he reached Danda village. The hunter asked for evening accommodations in the house he had reached. "It would be their pleasure to welcome the guest in the evening," the house lady explained, "but there is a problem; we are only mother and daughter at home." There is Ojerengba's violence in the village, which takes one person each night. Today is our turn, so Ojerengba will take one of us to dinner tonight. "So, respected guest, please find the accommodation somewhere else in a safe place."
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The hunters asked the subject in detail. How did Ojerengba come? How does Ojerengba appear?The house lady explains the details of Ojerengba: "It looks like a girl with long hair and big breasts." It comes in the evening to the appointed house, calling Ojerengba Londayo (Ojerengba is coming). Then the hunter shares his plan with the house lady. You two finish your dinner and go to sleep upstairs without making any noise. I sleep next to this door. I'll see how much, how quickly, and what happens at night.I'll keep setting up my bow and arrow through the hole in the door.
According to the hunter, the mother and daughter finished their dinner and went upstairs. The hunter is placed in a bed by the door.At night, the bear-like animal came out in the courtyard, saying, "Ojerengba Loldaya." "Ojerengba Loldaya". The hunter set his bow and arrow from the inside. Generally, people came out as soon as they heard that Ojerengba had come. They would open the door and get ready. But the door was not opened today. Ojerengba got angry and started digging in the door. At the right time, the hunter, who had prepared a bow from the inside, stretched the bow from the lock hole of the door and hit it in the chest, and Ojerengba fell down in the courtyard.
The hunter investigated what made people human.The hunter got afraid and killed a human. If he were killed by a human, the village society would kill him. At that time, life versus life was justice. Then the hunter fled at night from the house where he had stayed for that night. The hunter hid in a Sisnu bush near the Achar gau (Newar village) under the main road.
In the village, the villagers were celebrating their happiness at killing such a cannibal monster, and they searched for the great hunter who guarded the village. Villagers searched all around, but they couldn't find him. At last, the hunter was found under the main road in a Sisnu bush, hiding like a chicken. They paid respect and honour to him for killing such a cannibal monster, and the house lady offered him to marry her daughter. Then the hunter started his family and lived in the village.
A Flower Necklace for the Storyteller!
(Source: Nara Bahadur Lama, Panchkhapan Municipality-5, Sankhuwasabha, Nepal)
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