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‘ए थिबेउ!’- 'नेपाली' नाटक किराँत समुदायको एउटा बिरहपूर्ण र आशाले भरिएको कथा ‘थिबिया’ मिथकबाट प्रेरित छ, जसले कहिल्यै नसकिने आमाको प्रेम र खोजलाई मार्मिक रूपमा चित्रण गर्छ।
किराँत समुदायमा विश्वास गरिन्छ कि थिबिया भनिने चरा—जसलाई सुबिउ (Subiu), सिबि (Sibi), सिमिक्वा (Simikwa), थ्युबिम्या (Thyubimya), थिबिक्मा (Thibikma) आदि नामले पनि चिनिन्छ—कुनै समय एक महिला थिइन्।
उनको नाम थिबिया थियो।
उनको एकमात्र छोरा थिबे लाई एक दिन नदीले बगाएर लग्यो।
छोरालाई खोज्दै उनी वन, जंगल र खोलाहरूमा डुलिरहिन्, निरन्तर उसको नाम पुकार्दै—
“थिबेउ… थिबेउ…”
तर उनले कहिल्यै आफ्नो छोरा भेटिनन्।
असह्य पीडाले भरिएको त्यो मातृत्वको वेदनामा उनी अन्ततः चरामा रूपान्तरित भइन्, ताकि उनी सधैं आफ्ना छोरा खोजिरहन सकून्।
आज पनि विश्वास गरिन्छ कि जंगल, पहाड र खोलाहरूमा सुनिने थिबिया चराको करुण क्रन्दन कुनै साधारण आवाज होइन।
त्यो त अझै पनि प्रकृतिभरि भौँतारिँदै, आफ्नो हराएको सन्तान खोजिरहेकी एक आमाको आवाज हो।
यो नाटकले कहिल्यै नसकिने खोज, मातृत्व प्रेम, आशा, र विशेषगरी प्रकृति र मानवबीचको सम्बन्धलाई खुलेर प्रस्तुत गर्छ।
‘आफ्नो अस्तित्व जोगाउन अरूको अस्तित्वमा लात हान्दै त छैनौँ ?’ भन्ने प्रश्न नाटकले समाज, समुदाय र सम्पूर्ण मानवताका अगाडि गम्भीर रूपमा तेर्स्याउँछ।
साथै, नाटकले पितृसत्ता (patriarchy) र त्यसले पारेका असरहरू कसरी समाजको चेपचापमा लुकेर बसेका छन्, र तिनका रङहरूको छिटा आज पनि हाम्रो समाजको अनुहारमा देखिन्छन् कि देखिँदैनन् भन्ने विषयलाई पुनः बहसमा ल्याउँछ।

“Ye Thibeu!” is a 'Nepali' play inspired by the deeply poignant and hope-filled Kirant myth of Thibiya, a story that powerfully portrays a mother’s eternal love and unending search.
In the Kirant community, it is believed that the bird known as Thibiya, also called Subiu, Sibi, Simikwa, Thyubimya, Thibikma, and by other names, was once a human woman. Her name was Thibiya.
One day, her only son, Thibe, was swept away by a river.
In search of her child, she wandered through forests, jungles, hills, and streams, endlessly calling his name:
“Thibeu… Thibeu…”
But she never found her son.
Consumed by unbearable grief and maternal pain, she eventually transformed into a bird so that she could continue searching for her child forever. Even today, it is believed that the sorrowful cry of the Thibiya bird echoing through forests, mountains, and rivers is not merely a sound. It is the voice of a mother still roaming through nature in search of her lost child.
The play explores themes of an endless search, maternal love, hope, and, above all, the profound relationship between nature and humanity, along with human responsibility toward nature. It raises a haunting question before society, communities, and all humankind:
“In our attempt to protect our own existence, are we destroying the existence of others?”
Additionally, the play brings patriarchy and its deeply rooted impacts into discussion, examining how it remains concealed within social structures and questioning whether its traces are still visible on the face of our society today.

Director : Bedana Kheresungma Rai 
Writer: Geelu Ratos