A long time ago, in the village of Dungtlang, there lived a beautiful young
damsel, by the name of Lianchhiari. She was the daughter of the village
chief. Lianchhiari was deeply in love with Chawngfianga, a young
man from their village. Chawngfianga, however could not reciprocate her love
for him because he was a mere commoner. For, though Lianchhiari was
inherently very attractive, many eligible young men did not have the courage to woo
her because she was the daughter of the village chief and so she did not have
many young men paying court to her.
And it so happened, that in the jhum cultivated by her father, there was
a wide spreading banyan tree, whose branches had grown rather wild. |
