WAH PAUPAU (Krem)

(Saipung - IN)
25.344400,92.512500
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A collapsed, 10 mto 15 m deep closed depression, which resembles in ground plan a boomerang with two 30 m long wings, lies in a bamboo grove in the jungle of the Krang area on the eastern side of the Shnongrim ridge. The impenetrable sink down there is said to drain to –>Wah Ralo (Mulda Rupon 2001.02.18, personal communication). ETYMOLOGY: The Synteng -Krem Wah Paupau- possibly means Cave [on the] Seeming / Apparent Stream as the Khasi verb -páw- means to seem, to appear, to be evident (SINGH, N 1906: 152). U Soni Riang Ksiar (also: Sni Riang Ksiar) is a god of the Synteng people located in a plantain tree or shrub near a dwelling house (SINGH, N 1906: 206). The noun -ka 'nier- is an abbreviation of -ka snier- and means the entrails (SINGH, N 1906: 143), and the verb -ang- means to open, to crack (SINGH, N 1906: 1). The Khasi -u soh niangriang- is a fruit of the lemon kind and of sweetish taste (SINGH, N 1906: 208) but -ka ñiangriang- is a water beetle (SINGH, N 1906: 142). PROSPECT: Lots of boulders. Possibly enterable via Krem –>Syoi nos. 1 and 2, Krem –>Syllei / Shylle (Ware, Fiona J. & Bayley, Nicola -Nicky-: 2002.02.23 Mss -Krem Wah Pau Pau- dated 23/2/2).

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2001.02.18: U Mulda Rupon, Shnongrim village headman, indicated the collapsed sink of Krem Wah Paupau to Brian D. Kharpran Daly, H. Daniel Gebauer, Anthony 'Tony' R Jarratt, Neil Sootinck, Betsy 'Betty' Chhakchhuak and followers. 2002.02.23: U Carlyn Phyrngap and Paheb 'Respected Father' Shor Pajuh, assisted by Babha Kupar 'Dale' Mawlong, guided Fiona J. Ware and Nicola 'Nicky' Bayley to the bouldery site. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.1SYOI 4 (Raplang Shangpliang 2008)
0.2SOH SYLLE (Gebauer 2002) (Krem)
0.2SYOI 1 (Larsing Sukhlain 2002) (Krem)
0.2MUL DOLOI (Krem U)
0.2SYOI 2 (Larsing Sukhlain 2002) (Krem)
0.2SYNRANG MU (Krem)
0.2SYNRANG MU - WAH SHYNGKTAT (Krem)
0.2AA CAVE K (Sheen 2002.02.23)
0.2SYOI 3 (Raplang Shangpliang 2008) (Krem)