PHLANGWANBROI (SYIEMLIEH 2001) (Cave at)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified, relatively quite spacious cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access not only to a cave chamber calcite formations (speleothems) but also to a maze of caves passages (SYIEMLIEH 2001a, 2001b; Kharpran Daly 2001.03.02, 2007.03.22 personal communication). ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for this cave named (SYIEMLIEH 2001a, 2001b) after the village of Phlangwanbroi (Phlang Wanbroi, Phlangooanbroi). The Khasi noun -u phlang- signifies the grass (SINGH, N 1906: 157), the verb -wan- means to come (SINGH, N 1906: 245) and -u [soh] broi- is a kind of sour fruit (SINGH, N 1906: 14). SITUATION: At an unspecified location somewhere the vicinity of the village of Phlangwanbroi, Phlang Wanbroi or Phlangooanbroi (note 1), which lies south-west of the village of Mawsynram (N25°17'50”: E091°35'10”: 1401.5 m asl WGS84) in the -hima- (couny) of Malaisohmat or Malai Sohmat (note 2). CAVE DESCRIPTION: SYIEMLIEH (2001a) reported an anonymous cave near Phlangwanbroi in the newspaper U Nongsain Hima (in Khasi language) and SYIEMLIEH (2001b = 2001.04.17) in the English newspaper Apphira (Shillong), according to which U Nongsain Hima reports of the discovery of yet another cave in Ri Hynniewtrep [note 3], at Phlangwanbroi in Hima Malai Sohmat. An expedition inside the cave was conducted by Bah Dennis S. Syiemlieh of Mawsynram, on April 10 last [2001], along with some enthusiasts. According to the initial reports, the team had found the entrance of the cave quite spacious, but immediately encountered a maze of ways well inside the cave. The stones inside the cave were naturally carved in various forms and shapes, resembling animals, shining in the light, reflected into the cave. CAVE LIFE: Bats (Chiroptera).An unspecified, relatively quite spacious cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access not only to a cave chamber calcite formations (speleothems) but also to a maze of caves passages (SYIEMLIEH 2001a, 2001b; Kharpran Daly 2001.03.02, 2007.03.22 personal communication). ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for this cave named (SYIEMLIEH 2001a, 2001b) after the village of Phlangwanbroi (Phlang Wanbroi, Phlangooanbroi). The Khasi noun -u phlang- signifies the grass (SINGH, N 1906: 157), the verb -wan- means to come (SINGH, N 1906: 245) and -u [soh] broi- is a kind of sour fruit (SINGH, N 1906: 14). SITUATION: At an unspecified location somewhere the vicinity of the village of Phlangwanbroi, Phlang Wanbroi or Phlangooanbroi (note 1), which lies south-west of the village of Mawsynram (N25°17'50”: E091°35'10”: 1401.5 m asl WGS84) in the -hima- (couny) of Malaisohmat or Malai Sohmat (note 2). CAVE DESCRIPTION: SYIEMLIEH (2001a) reported an anonymous cave near Phlangwanbroi in the newspaper U Nongsain Hima (in Khasi language) and SYIEMLIEH (2001b = 2001.04.17) in the English newspaper Apphira (Shillong), according to which U Nongsain Hima reports of the discovery of yet another cave in Ri Hynniewtrep [note 3], at Phlangwanbroi in Hima Malai Sohmat. An expedition inside the cave was conducted by Bah Dennis S. Syiemlieh of Mawsynram, on April 10 last [2001], along with some enthusiasts. According to the initial reports, the team had found the entrance of the cave quite spacious, but immediately encountered a maze of ways well inside the cave. The stones inside the cave were naturally carved in various forms and shapes, resembling animals, shining in the light, reflected into the cave. CAVE LIFE: Bats (Chiroptera).