Chaura Khani is one of the eastern Myagdi villages where the Chhantyal language is still spoken, and one of the community’s larger traditional settlements.
Trace-back
The name ends in “-khani” — “mine” — and the village shares the great Chhantyal mining story. By tradition our miners worked the copper for seven months a year, from the full moon of Mangshir (Nov–Dec) to the full moon of Jestha (May–Jun), and were famed for finding ore by studying and tasting the soil and rock. In all there were said to be 44 mines across Baglung and Myagdi worked by the Chhantyal and Magar.
What people do
The village’s own figures are not yet recorded here. As across the hills, life rests on farming, livestock and income from abroad.
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Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhantyal
- Michael Noonan, 'The Chantyal Language' (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee) — lists Chaura Khani (Caura Khani) among the nine Chhantyal-speaking villages of eastern Myagdi.
- thechhantyal.blogspot.com/2008/12/introduction-to-chhantyal.html
- www.myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/myagdi-s-copper-mines-lying-unused-buried-in-forest
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