Highest peak?
I came across in DS dated 5 January 2008 that a mountain named Tlangmoy Swapnachura is the highest peak in the country, claimed by a group of seven members of a mountaineering club named Extremist. According to them, the height of the peak is 3461 feet higher than Keakradong. However, it must be mentioned that the highest peak is not Keakradong but Tajingdong located at Ruma upazila under Bandarban district.
Those energetic young men who have discovered the mountain deserve applause. Nevertheless, I was a bit confused with the location of the mountain. Because, the names of union and upazila are not mentioned. Besides, the name of the mountain is given Tlangmoy Swapnachura i.e. half of the name is a local term, whereas the other half is Bangla! The word Tlangmoy seems to be a Bawm term. My point is that one must not try to corrupt or distort the original or indigenous or local name of any location or thing in the CHT. Because there are 11 ethnic groups living in Bandarban district. All of them have different socio-cultural values. The indigenous terms always carry the identity of these indigenous inhabitants.
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