Dagon Khin Khin Lay - Shwe Pahol and Short Stories

In the future....Dai.., it is far from the sound of the Pahor Si that is usually played peacefully, and the sound of the chicken is the only time for Pahor. In a small village where the village is kept in time by the sound of the chicken, under a large banyan tree full of shade and aura, children will be seen playing happily and happily in accordance with religion at the same time as this story begins. Among those children, a beautiful and pure young girl and a boy were a little girl named Shin Min Swe and a boy named Maung Yaw.

Shin Min Swe and Maung Yaw were different from other children, but they were similar in appearance and personality. They were not from the same family. Maung Yaw was raised by the monk U Peya, who lived in the monastery at the top of the village, from the age of three. He has been teaching him literature and scriptures to this day, and he has become a disciple of the monk U Nyeya. Shin Min Swe was the daughter of a poor widow in the village.

Among the children who were playing happily, a dark-skinned boy with wide eyes and a wide forehead called Nyo Gyi said, “Hey, Min Swe, let’s go to Dwey Lay Nyein and listen to what he has to say about the town.” He turned to Maung Yaw, who was studying with him, and asked, “Do you want to come with me?” The boy named Nyo Gyi was the only son of U Yan Naing, the village headman who could be called a king in that area, and he was being taught by the monk U Saya. Hearing Nyo Gyi’s question, Maung Yaw, Shin Min Swe, and the other children agreed and ran under the banyan tree to the village gate.

This young lady, Nyein, was the mother of King Min Swe and his cousin, Nyein Aung. Nyein Aung did not live here permanently. In the Golden City, she lived in the house of a maidservant of the King Min Dhamma, the daughter of the King, and she always accompanied the maidservant to the palace. She was also fond of telling funny stories to the maidservants and entertaining them. She was especially loved by all the maidservants in the palace of the King. Daw Nyein Aung became very close to the entire palace of Salin.

Every two or three years, she would return to the village for a short time to see her sister and her nephew, Shin Min Swe. It had been more than two months since Daw Nyein Aung had returned to this village. When they heard that Daw Nyein Aung had returned, everyone, young and old, men and women, who were far from the Golden City, came to ask about things they had never seen or heard before. They listened to what Shin Nyein Aung said as if they were listening to the Dhamma, and praised her greatly. They gave her food and drink, and the villagers of Shatu took special care of Daw Nyein Aung.

When they first arrived from the city, the elders would not stop visiting, but if they stayed for more than a month, they would go to Daw Nyein Aung and ask her about the city. However, the children in the village would often come in large groups and ask her about the events in the city. Daw Nyein Aung would tell them about the 'Rama Jatka', the 'Enaung Jatka', the dances in the palace, the 'Simi Myin Mo' festival held during Thadingyut, the 'Tanaung Daing' festival held during the month of Tanaung Mone, the 'Matho Shinkan' weaving by the palace people at night during the Tanaung Daing, the water festival, and the beautiful stories of the Pahor Si that played at regular intervals on the Pahor Si. The children would listen to her quietly and quietly, as if they were listening to ancient fairy tales. Some mothers even thanked Daw Nyein Aung for taking care of their children.

Among the children who listened to this, Shin Min Swe, in everything Daw Nyein Aung told him, what stuck in his heart was the desire to hear the sweet and cool sound of the Pahor Si Dawgyi, and to see the Pahor Si Dawgyi. Therefore, he made a childish resolution that when he grew up, he would go to the Golden City and listen to the sound of the Pahor Si Dawgyi.