Nobmey – Origin of the name of the Phong people

One recording in which Mr Nobmey Songthing talks about the origin of the name of the Phong people. This consists of one sound file: nst-pho_20121029_07_SM_T_Nobmey_NameOfPhongPeople The details of this recording are as follows: nst-pho_20121029_07_SM_T_Nobmey_NameOfPhongPeople_Duration 2’44”, Name of the Ponthai people. The correct name of the people is Phong. The word nukta is used to mean ‘our people’. This recording also dealt with the origin of the word Ponthai. This was explained as follows: “Long ago the Zamindar at Margherita who did not know the correct name. There was a dispute about damage to crops by the buffalo between two people, and the Zamindar justified awarding the judgement to the Ponthai person, saying that they had the right point. So the people who say the correct words, are called point thik (they have a right point), hence Ponthai. The correct name is phong.The political officer at that time was Bipin Borgohain.