This is a dark and tragic tale about three inseparable friends U KWAI,U TYMPEW, KA SHUN
who never wanted to hurt each other. But unfortunately poverty led the three friends to kill
themselves tragically just to preserve their dignity and Honour. This Incident had taught the
Khasi race to find better means of entertaining friends, relatives or visitors whenever they
come for a visit.
Then came the idea of introducing Betle nut, Betle Leave and Slake Lime as an offering to
visitors in order preserve the honour despite of being poor.

This is a dark and tragic tale about three inseparable friends U KWAI,U TYMPEW, KA SHUN who never wanted to hurt each other. But unfortunately poverty led the three friends to kill themselves tragically just to preserve their dignity and Honour. This Incident had taught the Khasi race to find better means of entertaining friends, relatives or visitors whenever they come for a visit. Then came the idea of introducing Betle nut, Betle Leave and Slake Lime as an offering to visitors in order preserve the honour despite of being poor.

In order to revive the Audio Drama Culture and to also retell the Popular Khasi Folk Tales, Red FM Shillong is all set to launch the 1st Ever Khasi Podcast that can bring about awareness and education to the mass and especially the New Generation about the Popular Khasi Folk Tales that have got a lot of grace, humour, moral, history and integrity.

In order to revive the Audio Drama Culture and to also retell the Popular Khasi Folk Tales, Red FM Shillong is all set to launch the 1st Ever Khasi Podcast that can bring about awareness and education to the mass and especially the New Generation about the Popular Khasi Folk Tales that have got a lot of grace, humour, moral, history and integrity.

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EP-1  U KWAI, TYMPEW BAD U DUMASLA - DARK STORY OF A BETEL NUT, BETEL LEAF AND TOBACCO

Two birds KA SOHLYNGEM and U RYNNIAW were madly in love with each other. But sadly
their beautiful love story tragically ended due to the disapproval by their parents. The
reason being that KA SOHLYNGEM comes from a poor family whereas U RYNNIAW comes
from a Rich and wealthy Family that has already arranged a girl for his Marriage but
ironically he rejects the idea.

Two birds KA SOHLYNGEM and U RYNNIAW were madly in love with each other. But sadly their beautiful love story tragically ended due to the disapproval by their parents. The reason being that KA SOHLYNGEM comes from a poor family whereas U RYNNIAW comes from a Rich and wealthy Family that has already arranged a girl for his Marriage but ironically he rejects the idea.

EP-9 KA SOHLYNGEM - A TRAGIC LOVE STORY OF KA SOHLYNGEM

This tale can be described as a Horror with a twist. We often hear monsters killing their
victims in a gruesome manner but in this case, this mythical creature of a Monster told in
this tale has his funny side meaning, he does the opposite that is, he tickles and harasses
people instead till they lose consciousness. They say that people could hear his shrieks and
monstrous noises whenever they pass by and he also has a tendency to annoy, tease and
tickle people.
In this story two young girls were caught in this frightful situation but one of the sisters was
brave enough to stand her ground against the monster by poking him with a hot iron rod
that made him disappear and turn into a vine tree which is similar to a trivet.

This tale can be described as a Horror with a twist. We often hear monsters killing their victims in a gruesome manner but in this case, this mythical creature of a Monster told in this tale has his funny side meaning, he does the opposite that is, he tickles and harasses people instead till they lose consciousness. They say that people could hear his shrieks and monstrous noises whenever they pass by and he also has a tendency to annoy, tease and tickle people. In this story two young girls were caught in this frightful situation but one of the sisters was brave enough to stand her ground against the monster by poking him with a hot iron rod that made him disappear and turn into a vine tree which is similar to a trivet.

EP-10 U SUIDTYNJANG - MYTHICAL BOOGIE MAN

Back in the olden days when animals could speak to each other, they would often meet up
for commercial purposes at a rendezvous “KA IEW LURI LURA” (Market of Chaos). Legend
has it that the animals had trampled on fermented beans which was sold by a dog who was
allegedly accused of selling excretion. The remaining paste of the fermented beans lingered
on the animals’ feet which they believe that it has helped the dogs to easily track the
animals during hunting because of the smell.
Due to this unfortunate event, the dog was eventually despised by his fellow animals which
forced him to beg from a human to allow him to live with him forever.

Back in the olden days when animals could speak to each other, they would often meet up for commercial purposes at a rendezvous “KA IEW LURI LURA” (Market of Chaos). Legend has it that the animals had trampled on fermented beans which was sold by a dog who was allegedly accused of selling excretion. The remaining paste of the fermented beans lingered on the animals’ feet which they believe that it has helped the dogs to easily track the animals during hunting because of the smell. Due to this unfortunate event, the dog was eventually despised by his fellow animals which forced him to beg from a human to allow him to live with him forever.

EP-1 U KWAI, TYMPEW BAD U DUMASLA - DARK STORY OF A BETEL NUT, BETEL LEAF AND TOBACCO

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