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English: This is a story of Chau Chau Kang Nilda the peak behind Langza village. Chau Chau means little girl or princess, Kang is a snow-capped mountain, Ni or Nima means sun and Da or Dawa means moon. So this is the princess mountain on which the sun & moonshine. Langza village gets its water from this mountain’s stream so every summer someone was sent to check the stream and remove any obstacles. They also had to watch over the stream through the season. One day Landup was sent to check the stream. He was a lazy man & rather enjoyed playing his lute. After he had checked the stream he sat down by it to play his lute and was soon lost in its music.

After he opened his eyes he saw a beautiful woman standing before him. The beauty told that she was the Chau Chau Kang Nilda fairy & she would like him to come often and play. From then on he kept trying to get the job to check the stream. Over the season they fell in love.

A few years later a drunk Landup was lazing about. His wife saw this and reminded him of some work he had to do. Drunken Landup got upset and shouted back that he rather be with the Chau Chau Kang Nilda fairy who didn’t ask him to work. In the morning Landup woke up covered in boils & pain. He then remembered that the fairy had asked him never to mention her.

As soon as summer came & he was no longer housebound he ran to the stream. He played his lute, called out, cried & even screamed but the fairy didn’t come. He never saw her again. And every time he went near the mountain the weather turned nasty & he had to turn back