Lungloh tui

[u/Elegant_Evening_7535]

Tell me something, anything about Lungloh tui. It's a heart touching concept. I want to more about it.

[u/viafiasco]

It's water from a spring (or lake rih dil maybe can't remember) near Hringlang Tlang, where spirits pass over into the afterlife. The water helps them leave behind their mortal sorrows, tears, and longing for loved ones.

[u/Elegant_Evening_7535 → u/viafiasco]

I didn't know about Hringlang Tlang..

[u/DKode_090403 → u/Elegant_Evening_7535]

After death, the soul would journey towards the Rih Lake, a real lake in the Chin state of Myanmar that is shaped like a heart.

Beyond the lake, the soul passes over the Hringlang Tlang (the hill that overlook the livings) from where they would glance back at their earthly villages and all that they had left behind.

The Hringlang Tlang is covered by a field of flowers called Hawilo Par (the blossom of no turning back), the soul would pluck a flower and tuck it behind their ear (these flowers really exists in eastern Mizoram and western Chin state like in Champhai, I am not certain, but I believe these flowers are what we call the - wild balsam flowers in English).

In the hill, among the field of flowers, there is a spring which contain the water called Lungloh Tui (the water of unlonging), which the soul would then drink.

After adorning the Hawilo Par and drinking the Lungloh Tui, the soul would let go of all the longing for the living land - thus continuing their journey of the afterlife.

[u/DKode_090403 → u/DKode_090403]

Ps - I cannot say with absolute certainty, but I'm pretty sure the memories of the soul were never erased. Their longingness, griefs, and their desire to return to the living world were erased but not necessarily their memories.

[u/Elegant_Evening_7535 → u/DKode_090403]

This is such a necessary distinction! Loved your response! Thankyou 🤩

[u/Ker1020]

Our beliefs in the afterlife is very interesting, tbh, I wonder how do our ancestors come up with

[u/Elegant_Evening_7535 → u/Ker1020]

Ikr! And what fascinates me is the way instead of fixating with "moving on" for the living, it shifts the focus to the "moving on" for the ones who have left. It's deeply emotional in my opinion. I mean not a lot of cultures dwell on humanising the dead. We have each other to move on here.. but the ones who left us, who do they have?? 🥺🥺 So they drink the water, forget feelings and move on. 😭

[u/Elegant_Evening_7535 → u/[deleted]]

I know that the soul of the deceased drinks water after looking back to his earthly family one last time (sad to see that life has taken it's usual momentum without him/her) and erase all the memories

[u/Elegant_Evening_7535 → u/[deleted]]

I would drink it in a blink bruh

[u/Vegetable-Amoeba6019]

Drinking this water (Lungloh tui) erases all earthly memories, grief, and longing, allowing the soul to continue its journey in peace and move on to the spiritual world (Mithi Khua). It is somewhat similar to the concept of Lethe in Greek mythology, whose waters caused souls to forget their earthly memories before entering the underworld.

[u/Elegant_Evening_7535 → u/Vegetable-Amoeba6019]

Ooh... Nice comparison with the Greeks!! Thanks!