As the morning sun rays shone through the pine trees beneath the clear blue sky people in colourful attire, girls and boys in brown kho* gathered in Enchey ground to celebrate the centenary occasion.Enchey school was established in 1909 by the 10th maharaja of Sikkim.my husband is one of the ex students of this school so we accompanied him to this historic occasion.it was a good learning experience for my kids as they witnessed the various traditional dances,exhibition stalls(this morning only my daughter asked me what exhibition meant),felicitations and for the first time they saw their dad address a public audience.the occasion was also marked by felicitations to the ex teachers and ex students for their contribution to the school and society.Achu* was one of them and i feel proud of him.it was indeed a historic occasion and i am happy to have been a part of it.
p.s. kho* is the traditional attire of the Bhutia community which happens to be the school uniform of Enchey school.
Achu* means elder brother in tibetan.In Sikkim its common that bhutia ladies address their husband with this term.generally they don't address their husband by their name.another term used for addressing husband is Agya* which also means elder brother in Bhutia language.Another interesting way of addressing one's husband is e.g. karma appa(karma refers to child's name and appa means father in bhutia language).the latter way of addressing husband is also common in the other communities like nepali and lepcha.other ways of addressing are darling,love,sweetheart,sweetie,handsome,doll,motti,mottu,etc.Generally speaking some couples address each other in different ways depending on the situation for e.g.in private they will use very cosy terms for each other and public they will use more formal terms.for me on all occasions i call him achu.hey guys! how do u address your better half? do share.it could be interesting.
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Man..You sound so poetic. I mean its beautiful to go through it..it gives me feeling that I am witnessing the Centenery in person.
Congratulations to Astola.
it was a nice reading,i enjoyed it.n well once i get maried i will let you know how i address my other half ha ha.
i remember my mother in law advising me to call my husband "he-o" which means elder brother when i was newly married. calling your husband "elder brother" seems so incestous,na? but i think thats how most of the women addresses their husbands amongst the tribes in India. at least we do though i dont.
there must be surely some reason why we use elder brother for the husband.why dont you find out the sociological cause of such practice?
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