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My brother-in-law Pemba Sherpa sent me this story and I
think all of you would like to read an authentic
Himalayan legend. This story could be a true
story told by the villagers.
Many, many years ago there used to be Yetis
coming into the villages to destroy the harvest.
For your information, a Yeti is the Himalayan
equivalent of America's Bigfoot.
My brother-in-law originally didn't know which
village, but recently he discovered that the village
the Yetis ravaged is called Thame, not too far from
the Khumbu area.
During the yearly harvest, the Yetis would come
down to the villages and do a lot of harm to the
farming land and the harvest. Eventually, the
people got tired of this devastation and created
a simple method to get the Yetis to go away without
causing the villagers any harm.
When the Yetis started damaging more and more
crops, the village people made a batch of the local
chang and kept it in a bucket outside, near the crops.
They put several khurkuri knives around the bucket
and, when the Yeti got drunk on the chang, they started
fighting each other with the khurkuri knives.
The Yetis eventually learned that when they got drunk
and fought each other with the khurkuri knives they
would hurt themselves. They quit coming around the
villager's crops and the villagers lived their lives with
peace of mind.
There isn't any evidence to prove the Yeti still exist, or
ever did, in the Himalayan region. It could be a true story
or a good fairy tale.
I have the Yeti knife here and according to the legend it is
the same knife the villagers used to protect them from the Yeti.
You decide.
VILLAGER FIT AND FINISH YETI KNIFE BY TIRTHA KAMI
Overall length --18.5''
Weight --24 oz
Spine thickness --3/8''
Satisal wood handle
White metal bolster, buttcap and tip
Standard leather scabbard
Add to your ongoing collection at $145. *SOLD*
Email to himimp@aol.com to order
First come first served
think all of you would like to read an authentic
Himalayan legend. This story could be a true
story told by the villagers.
Many, many years ago there used to be Yetis
coming into the villages to destroy the harvest.
For your information, a Yeti is the Himalayan
equivalent of America's Bigfoot.
My brother-in-law originally didn't know which
village, but recently he discovered that the village
the Yetis ravaged is called Thame, not too far from
the Khumbu area.
During the yearly harvest, the Yetis would come
down to the villages and do a lot of harm to the
farming land and the harvest. Eventually, the
people got tired of this devastation and created
a simple method to get the Yetis to go away without
causing the villagers any harm.
When the Yetis started damaging more and more
crops, the village people made a batch of the local
chang and kept it in a bucket outside, near the crops.
They put several khurkuri knives around the bucket
and, when the Yeti got drunk on the chang, they started
fighting each other with the khurkuri knives.
The Yetis eventually learned that when they got drunk
and fought each other with the khurkuri knives they
would hurt themselves. They quit coming around the
villager's crops and the villagers lived their lives with
peace of mind.
There isn't any evidence to prove the Yeti still exist, or
ever did, in the Himalayan region. It could be a true story
or a good fairy tale.
I have the Yeti knife here and according to the legend it is
the same knife the villagers used to protect them from the Yeti.
You decide.
VILLAGER FIT AND FINISH YETI KNIFE BY TIRTHA KAMI
Overall length --18.5''
Weight --24 oz
Spine thickness --3/8''
Satisal wood handle
White metal bolster, buttcap and tip
Standard leather scabbard
Add to your ongoing collection at $145. *SOLD*
Email to himimp@aol.com to order
First come first served
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