Khudrang (Spade)

Khudrang (Spade) is used in Dimasa wedding in some rituals.  Khudrang is seen to be used in a Dimasa folk dance "Khrum jang mai duba"  as this dance is about cultivating paddy with drum beats. The demonstration of using spade as shown in the video is translated as follows.

Souvik: duha ebo khudarzang jang ang nishikhe ha jaoba phununang.

Gloss: Now I will show you how to plough land by using the spade.

Souvik: Ang ha jaoma naigo duha, naipalang nishi. Duha eraha ang ha jaoka duha ang baodu eraha ang khim bagan slamma, duha eraha ang line jang khim gaima jadi jadi khim dong danangha ang nishikhe phununang deka tikade. Duha ang ha jaoka ebo jakha ani demo. Ebo khudrangjang nu jing ha jaopudu gede gede ha jaodu noh dangbaha bo jaodu pillars pamane, buphang gede gede bo gaipudu ebojang ha jaohi hamsinu hambi ebo.