ˈeɪntʃənt dɪmˈɑːsə tɹɐdˈɪʃən meɪntˈeɪnz ðæt sˈɪksti θˈaʊzənd sˈɪksti,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ mˈuːn mˈʌnθs lˈuːnɚ mˈʌnθs ɐɡˈoʊ, ðeɪ lˈɛft ðɛɹ ænsˈɛstɹəl lˈænd wɛn ɪt sˈʌfɚd ɐ sᵻvˈɪɹ dɹˈaʊt.
Ancient Dimasa tradition maintains that sixty thousand (60,000) Moon months (Lunar months) ago, they left their ancestral land when it suffered a severe drought.