The country was independent during the reign of Yalambarhang

 The country was independent during the reign of Yalambarhang

The origin of the Kirats is believed to be with the origin of the earth. The four races are considered Caucasian, Negro, Dravidian and Mongolian. But, not really Mongolian. This is Kirat breed. There was no investigation into this. Due to the backwardness of Mongolian living, Genghis Khan of Mongolia invaded and destroyed Europe twice. Later, when writing history, the question arose as to who Genghis Khan was. The word Mongolian came into use after Europe documented him as the emperor of Mongolia. From that, the word Mongolian seems to have become popular. In fact, that does not seem to be the case.

That truth is proved by the book 'Himavat Khand' written in Sanskrit. The book refers to the Kirats as people living in a snowy region. The area called the snowy section is very large. In ancient times, the area known as Nak Thepche or Mongolian was considered to be the area of ​​the Glacier or Kirat civilization. What can be proved from this is that the Kirat area was very large. Based on this fact, there must have been many Kirats in the period of history. Because this is civilization. To this day, there are only Limbu people in Nepal who claim to be Kirats, and they are at least trying to save their lives.

The story of Kirat's origin

According to Bahing Kirat Mundhum, the first human of Bahing Kirats was born from the union of earth and sky. She was the first human woman. His name was Ninirengma. She grew older. At the age of 16, she started menstruating. He had a kind of restlessness. She kept running around. The commotion did not stop. Then she reached a hill. The wind was blowing there. She warmed the air. He became cold. Then she became pregnant. She also gave birth to a woman. Her name is Marengma. Marengma also gradually increased. When he reached the age of 16. She asked me how I was born. The mother explained everything to her daughter. She told her daughter that she felt hot, cold, and then pregnant. As soon as she heard her mother's words, she went to the mountain to warm herself.

But, the wind did not come near him. Marengma came back and said to her mother, "I also went to warm the air like you. The wind did not blow beside me and I could not warm the air." He can't come with you. 'After discussing what to do next, his mother ordered him to find a boy and marry him. At that time no one was human because of the murmur of creation. Marengma looked up at the sky and saw Venus shining brightly. Marengma sent an eagle to the sky to convey the news that she would marry Venus. As the eagle flies away from the earth, Venus is too far away. And when the eagle reached there, he found Jupiter sitting there. Garuda proposed marriage to Jupiter sent by Marengma. Jupiter did not believe the eagle's news. And he said - I don't like it, Marengma is much prettier than me. I'm sorry I have a sore throat. However, Garuda insisted that it was you.

Jupiter said - I do not believe, if you say I will come. But Marengma cannot insult me. Remind him well and tell Garuda that I will come for one night only on the night of the full moon. After this promise was made, Jupiter sent a gift of gold kayo eagle to Marengma. When Jupiter said goodbye to Garuda, he told me to make good arrangements for Sirani when I came, so that Marengma would not insult me ​​at all. According to this advice, the eagle returned to earth. He told all the news to Marengma. On the night of the full moon, Venus comes, I have sent you this gift of gold. He told Marengma to make a good bed that night. The same Jupiter was waiting for Venus in Mareng, prepared according to the eagle's previous advice. But, Jupiter came, with a sore throat. Marengma ran away in a rage when she didn't see the boy she liked. Jupiter had already stipulated that I should not be insulted. It does not show the weakness of Jupiter and does not show the weakness of Marengma.

The reporter has not told the truth. After the agreement is violated, Jupiter and Garuda again consult and decide to punish Marengma. Their decision is to dry the water of the earth and make Marengma drink the urine of Jupiter to quench his thirst.

After drying up all the water on Earth, Jupiter urinated on the trunk of a tree in the forest and returned to its orbit in the sky. The water on the earth dried up. Marengma began to suffer from thirst. She walked looking for the cool shade of the forest. One day, while searching for a cool place, she found herself in the shade of a tree. A small fiesta bird came and danced on a branch of a tree. The name of that fiesta is Jhirkili in Bahing language. Marengma's water splashed on my body. I have been thirsty for many days. When I asked Fiesta where the water was, Fiesta showed that he was at the top of a tree. Jupiter had urinated on the same Todka. Marengma drank the same Jupiter's urine water. Then Marengma became pregnant.

Bahing Tumlo or Mundhum believes that this is the origin of Bahing Kirat. Marengma gives birth to a variety of species in nature during childbirth. Plants are born for the first time.

Among them, there is a kandejyar called 'Kadam Chu' in Bahing language, she gives birth. The mother cursed the mother-in-law for scratching her limbs when she was born. That you only grow in the rough. That thornbush is still found only in the rough. In the second stage, Marengma gave birth to animals. Marengma's first son is a tiger, his second son is a monkey and his third son is a man. She tried to marry Venus to give birth to a man who would take care of this world. Unbeknownst to her, Jupiter gave birth to a child. His goal was to give birth to people or Nininapcha. Not much difference between monkeys and humans. So as soon as the monkey is born, Marengma puts a gold garland on the monkey saying that this is the man. Which is called Chichimala. After the monkey was given a gold garland, a better person was born. The mother tricked the monkey and let the brother wear the garland. Later, he lied that he could get food for free from his farm. Even today, when monkeys are found, they shout. Bahing Kirats still believe that the Chichimala was demanded back.

According to Bahing Mundhum, this was the first family in the world to run a household of a mother and three sons. Since tigers and monkeys were lazy, people had to do all the work. One day when a man was going to pick fruit from a branch of a plant, he saw a tiger jumping in the shade. Seeing that he was about to kill himself, the man shot the tiger with his bow. In the evening, mother told people, is your brother a tiger? When I was about to kill him, my mother saved him by chanting. Mother told the three of them to stay together. The days were passing like this. One day, people left their mother, tiger and monkey at home and went to work. When he returned home in the evening, people did not see his mother. The man asked the tiger if he had lost his mother. The tiger said he had gone to fetch water. After the mother did not return for a long time, people went to the well to look for her. Mother was not there. Then the man looked at the tiger and asked him to open his mouth. He saw his mother's hair stuck in the tiger's teeth. It became clear to the people that the tiger had eaten the mother. After this incident, it was suggested that the three of them take a holiday. The advice contributed. There was forest on the part of tiger, neighborhood on the part of monkey and house on the part of man.

This is the first family event or civilization in Bahing Mundhum. Scientist Charles Darwin also linked monkeys to humans. According to him, a single-celled organism evolved from an amoeba to a dinosaur. And as it evolved, it turned into a monkey. The idea that Darwin evolved from apes into humans made Darwin world famous. It remains to be seen when the monkeys around Pashupatinath will transform into humans to prove Darwin's theory.

Judha Dhakre

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