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Tokhu Festival Khen/song

Details

Singer / Performer

Mrs. Thungsheni Lotha, Mrs. Abeni Ovung, Mrs. Mhabeni Ovung, Mrs. Nzangbeni.

Tribe

Lotha

Date & Place of Recording

31st May 2025

Recorded By

Mr. L. D. Miller Pou

Occasion of Performance

Festival

Lyric Transliteration

OLE... HO... (3 TIMES) 1.TO... KVULO E... ROE... (2 TIMES) TOPVU TO THÜ... NGI... MONKHÜM TEPIA... LA... OLE... HO... (2 TIMES) We give honor/salute ...to all who came for the feast 2. E... TE TOPVÜ... NA... (2 TIMES) OH, TSÜNGON SHI... JO... YIKRACHIV NA... LIA... OLE... HO... (2 TIMES) We should all give homage / respect to this day. 3. CHOPÜK TSÜNGON... SHI... (2 TIMES) TOKHVÜ TSÜNGON... TO... OH... EYIKA... YICHO... OLE... HO... (2 TIMES) This November day, we called it the day of feast. 4. N... CHÜNG TSÜNGON... LE (2 TIMES) TSOTA - YUTA TO... KHÜ... NLAN SÜTA TO... KHVÜ... OLE... HO... (2 TIMES) Today is a day of merry making, a feast, a feast of forgiving.. 5. PYIMTSÜ-MOTSÜ JIANG ... JO... (2 TIMES) LÜMBÜM MOTSÜNGA...TSOE... LONGSHITA RO... CHO... OLE... HO... (2 TIMES) 6. ETE KYON YO... LO... (2 TIMES) PVÜCHÜ PORAN... JIANG HARISHIA VANTOK... LE... OLE... HO... (2 TIMES) Bless the elderly people in our midst with long life… 7. OH, O KHAO TO... TSOA... (2 TIMES) TOPÜ TO THÜ...NGI... MONTSO NTE PIALA... OLE... HO... (2 TIMES) Lastly, we give thanks to all.