DUKABOR (Krem)
25.181900,91.812500
Description
NOTE 1: Dukabor near (±500 m) N25°10'45": E091°09'45" (Survey of India sheet 78-O/16 edition 1912). ba duk (Khasi, adjective), »poor; needy« (SINGH, N 1906: 73); »bare« (BLAH, E 2007: 26). ba ai bór (SINGH, N 1906: 2), "ba aibor" (SINGH, N 1920: 12), ”ba ai-bór” (SINGH, N 1906: 2) »accessary; accessory« (SINGH, N 1920: 4) ka bór (Khasi, noun), binomial: ”ka bór ka sór” (SINGH, N 1906: 14), »the power; an influence; an authority« (SINGH, N 1906: 14); »the ability; an agent; the comprehension; the potency« (SINGH, N 1920: 1, 12, 83, 391); »the power, the force« (OLDHAM, T 1854 / 1984 appendix C: lxvii); »a horn« (BLAH 2007: 136).
A horizontal cave near Nongjri lies at an unidentified spatial relation (not far from) to Krem –>Kurdrot and on the ridge opposite of Krem –>Lubon. ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for this cave called after the somewhat nearby village of Dukabor (note 1). CAVE DESCRIPTION: Having arrived at the cave entrance »… we immediately started to survey and actually found the three skeletons. The matter was a bit haunting. A few survey legs later the cave [survey] is finished« (Weidmann, Y1998.02.21 Mss). CULTURAL HISTORY - human use: Three bodies of executed insurgents are said to have been discarded in the cave in about 1993. A photography of their bones (Yvo Weidmann in ARBENZ & WEIDMANN 2003: 13) was executed on 21st February 1998.
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3 | KURDROT (Krem) | ||
| 0.3 | MAWKANONG, Wah Thyllong (Krem) | ||
| 0.6 | LUBON - LUM BNAI (Krem) | ||
| 0.6 | LUM BNAI (Krem) | ||
| 0.8 | WAH THYLLONG, Nongjri - Therria (Krem) | ||
| 0.9 | BHUBAN CAVE (Jones 1827) | ||
| 0.9 | BRAHMINES à Sylhet, Inde (Caverne des) | ||
| 1.5 | PRIANG, Nongjri - Therria (Krem) | ||
| 1.6 | KHRIANG (Krem) |