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MAYAYA The boy who did not show repugnance towards the old grandmother

Summary :

An old grandmother called Mayaya had such long hair, she couldn’t see the end of her pigtail. A young boy helps her put out a fire in her hair and she wishes him well. The boy meets an old grandmother and picks a grain of rice out of her hair, which fills a pot when boiled. A bone becomes a pot of meat. The grandmother pricks the boy and his friend at night, but the boy does not complain like his friend. She rewards him with a magic stick.
Theme Group: Good qualities rewarded
Character Hero: Boy
Source: Heritage Research Section, Informant: Borimenil Harrytiarene (Praslin), 75 yrs.
Origin: Unknown
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MAYAYA The boy who did not show repugnance towards the old grandmother

Summary :

An old grandmother called Mayaya had such long hair, she couldn’t see the end of her pigtail. A young boy helps her put out a fire in her hair and she wishes him well. The boy meets an old grandmother and picks a grain of rice out of her hair, which fills a pot when boiled. A bone becomes a pot of meat. The grandmother pricks the boy and his friend at night, but the boy does not complain like his friend. She rewards him with a magic stick.
Source: Heritage Research Section, Informant: Borimenil Harrytiarene (Praslin), 75 yrs.
Origin: Unknown
Character Hero: Boy
Theme Group: Good qualities rewarded
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MAYAYA

Borimenil HARRY HARRY ADRIENNE, 75 ANS. Bel Air (Lanmision Protestan) Praslin

Ti annan en bononm, ti annan en bonnfanm ti apel Mayaya. Son lake ti long long long, zistans isi pros Mahé. Be zot in met dife dan son labarb, pa ankor zwenn son lake. Ler I santi, I dir:

  • Zot! Zot bril Mayaya. Zot bril lake Mayaya.

Saler in pran dan son labarb tou. I lwen pour li vire. I santé:

  • A zot a touy Mayaya.

I annan en pti garson I vini. I koup sa lake Mayaya. I dir:

  • A wi, mon nwar, oun’n sov Mayaya dan gran maler.

Lake I konsonmen dan son labarb. Mayaya I dir ek li:

  • Ou ale, mon garson. Ou a ere, kot ou ale. Kot ou a pase, laport I a ouver.

I ale, sa pti garson I ale. I zwenn en bonnfanm. I dir ek li:

  • Mon piti, grat mon latet en kou.

I zwenn son kanmarad dan simen. Son kanmarad I dir ek li:

  • A ! Ou grat sa latet. Sa bonnfanm sa latet sal la.

Son kanmarad I ale. I war en pti gren diri, sa bonfanm I dir li:

  • Met marmit dan dife.

I mete, I lav sa pti gren diri. Ler I gete marmit in plen.

  • Mon piti met ater.

Sa enn I dir:

  • Mon piti tat la deryer.

I tate I war en pti lezo. I met son marmit. Ler I dekouver marmit in plen ek laviann. Sa enn I pa’n al tro lwen li. Apre I retournen. Kanmenm in fer tousala, son kanmarad, sa bonnfanm I dir:

  • Done li en pe manze.

Met li dormi dan en kalbas anpandan. Aswar bonnfanm I zoue ek li I pik pik li. I dir:

  • Ki dir mon nwar, ou ti bien dormi?

Sa enn I dir:

  • Wi, mon ti bien dormi tantin.

Lot I dir:

  • Ti dormi kote, zot in pik pik mwan aswar.

Apre lanmenm sa enn I ale ki pa bon. Sa bonnfanm I done li en pti baton mazik, I dir:

  • Kot ou ale, alor ou a pran sa pti baton tou sa ki ou a bezwen alor ou a pran sa pti baton alors tap sa.

Tou sa ki I bezwen kot I ale, I zwenn lakaz, tou zafer in aranze anndan, in asize I manze. I la. Apre I war en zoli fiy. Alor I kontan pour marye ek sa fiy. I aranze, maryaz bien. I ale apre sa en viey fe bliy sa fiy kot I ale. I la la.

I pa war ditou sa fiy, I ale I marse koumsa menm. Apre I marse marse dan en lot lavil I war en gran lakaz. I antre dan sa lakaz I war tou zafer in servi, I vini manze, bwar pa konnen lekel kine fer. Apre sa I antreprann sa fiy. Sa fiy pa kapab degize pour li ale, la I la I reste I marye I reste laba menm.