Mopungchuket has a beautiful love story of Jina and Etiben which has been passed down through generations. There are two watchtowers serving as memorials built inside Mopungchuket village dedicated to Jina and Ediben and their eternal love, after they passed away.
Jina, a poor man, was attractive and a womaniser. He was dating Etiben’s friend. Etiben was a beautiful woman from a rich household. She did not like Jina at all and opposed his relationship with her friend. Jina used to make love-potions and one day to take revenge on Etiben, he fed her the love potion instead of her own girlfriend and said that the person she hates so much is the only person she will now dream of.
Although she resisted it at first, eventually Jina was the only person she could think of. They fell in love. The two lovers would meet in the mountains. But Etiben’s family did not approve of this relationship and forced her into marrying into a rich family. She tried to stop the marriage from happening. Etiben even pretended to be ill to postpone the marriage but failed. The two lovers were separated. They were determined to go to any extent to maintain their relationship. They would secretly meet each other in the fields and would spend time together. After some time, Etiben fell sick and returned to her native place to stay. Jina came to know about it and nursed Etiben. However, Etiben succumbed to her illness and passed away. Jina also died soon after due to the grief of permanent separation.
Before their death, the lovers had promised each other to meet again. When the villagers were burning their dead bodies, they saw that two smoke rings were formed from the two firebeds and rose high up in the sky circling each other as if Jina and Etiben were reuniting. After that incident, two memorials were constructed in their names