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Zo Minam Ni bang thu ih sung tam

June 26, 2007 at 6:29 pm · Filed under Zou

Do K. Khup
KY, USA

Zomi National Congress (New Generation), USA pan “Zomi ka hihi a cite Zomi hipah hi”, “Zomi-te kipawlkhawm in ih minam maban ih pankhop hunta hi”, Guai aw, Zomi himah hang’in, ahi zong, Chin in hong kithei ahihteh Chin min pua a, Chin kicite tawh ih kipawl theih ding kisam hi”( Zomi Yahoo Group Message – 9512) cih te “Tuni Zomi te Dinmun” hi a cih mah bangin Zomi leh Chin ( Oct 2nd week, 2004 kim leh tu kim) ,

Lia leh Taang leh Salai leh Mai ( Dec 1st week, 2004 kim) cih tawh kisai Zomi Yahoogroup ah i dinmun, ngaihsutna tuamtuam ki kupna te ah ngaihsut hoih tuamtuam, dinmun tuamtuam te pholaak nate lungdam huai a, tha ngah huai mahmah ka sa hi. English Economist & Philosopher minthang John Stuart Mill in, “ The only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion and studying all modes in which it can be looked at by every character of mind. No wise man ever acquired his wisdom in any mode but this ( Bender, David. L. (1993).

Constructing a Life PHILOSOPHY: Opposing Viewpoint. GreenHaven Press, p.9 )” a cih mah bangin muh dan tuamtuam, pan san tuamtuam pan ngaihsut pholaak na te a simkha Zomi a kuamah peuh a tawm atam phattuam na om ding pelmawh ding lamen ingh. Zomi atamzaw te om na, Zogam ah hih bangin ngaihsut, pansan nate pholaak theih om hi leh a beisa buainate buai loh ding tam ding ka lam en hi. Ngaihsut hoih, pansan hoih tuamtuam te kawmkal pan kua ngaihsut, pansan thukim pih ding, pan pih ding, Zomi, Zogam a ding koi hoih zaw, cih khensat ding haksa mah mah a, tam ki at semsem, khensat dan ding hamsa sem sem tawh ki bang sa ingh. Mihing a tam zaw ngaihsutna ( opinion) te khangkhiatna mun leh hun zui( upbringing), ki hilhna zui ( peer pressure), ngeinate ( personal culture) leh nasepna pansanlaak nate ( professional bias) pan hong piang khia a hih man in, midang te in bang hang in hih bang in ngaihsutna nei thei, a ngaihsutna, pan san te thuman tawn ( logical consistency) maw, tawn lo, cih ngaih sun kak in a mau dinmun lampan en masa in, khinkhai kawikawi ding thupi ding a, ngaihsut, pansan tuamtuam te pan kannop na( inquiry) khang sem sem in, Zomi, Zogam khangtoh nang a hoih zaw lampi mu in, tawn in, kipum khat na tawh Zomi, Zogam a ding mapan kipatna, beh lapna te hong hi ding lamet na tampi ka nei hi. Zomi, Zogam ading“ hoih zaw”, “tulai dinmun tawh ki tuak zaw”” Tedim Zomi a tamzaw deih zawkna” “ Khangtoh ma nawh zaw” cih tawh tel zawk nei in, mapan khawm in a pi cing zaw in sep hun ta ding ka lam en hi. Kinial hun(Debate) om in, khensat hun (decision), sep hun ( Action) om sak ding thupi ding ka lamen hi.

Zomi leh Chin vai ngaihsut, pansan pholaak na ah pansan nih “ Only” leh “Both And” approaches lak ah, amasain, kibatna leh kilamdanna ( Similarities and Differences) en leng, ki batna ah akuama peuh in Zomi hi khang a ci om lo a, Zomi, Zogam khantoh nang a ngaihsun, tupna ( Goal) a nei vive hih na i laiat nate tungpan ki lang hi. Sau, taang zai zaw in ngaihsunzaw (Open-minded) cih ding om tuan ka sa kei hi. Zomi hi-ing cih na ah mimal deih na tawh Zomi hi-ing cih na leh a tamzaw Tedim mite (Zomi) in Zomi mah deih, Zomi mah hi-ing ki ci a hih teh Zomi mah hi-ing ci a, mipi nungzuih na tawh Zomi hi-ing cih na nam nih om ding in ka ngaihsun hi. A tamzaw Tedim mite (Zomi) in Zomi mah a deih, kici hi cih theih nang tam pi tak lak ah, etpak ding in i kipawlna min te Zomi mah i zat tangtang na pan ki mu thei hi. A nuai ah ki kup nate laak pan tawm en kik leng:

Both… And …Approach ( Both Chin And Zomi)

“ Chin leh Zomi pen ih zatdan ih tel siam ding ki sam. Sanggam Khalkha, Falam, Southern te tawh na ih sep khop ciang a mau tawh ih ki pawl theih ding min ih zat kul hi” (Zomi Message – 10195)

Zomi mah a ci tentan honkhat a om the, Zomi pen mangthang lo zaw ding in ken ka um hi. Minam dang te in Chin hong ci uh ahih the, Chin mah ki ci lel ni, Chin mah hi lel hang, ki ci tek hi le hang tu bang in Zomi cih kammal zong khang thak te in ki thei ki phawk lo phial ding hi ( Message 10212)

“Zomi the cih in Chin taang a i zat min a hi hi. Sanggam Haka, Falam ten, Laimi na ci a, Lushei ten Mizo na ci uh hi. Zogam a nuai lam a om sanggam ten Chomi kici uh hi. I deihna pen nam khat bek a hi hi … Democracy leh suahtakna ngah leng hi te pen mipi a tamzaw thu kim na hong hi lel ding hi ( Message 1295)

“…tu hun 21st century ah Zomi the cih ten tan leh sanggam dang te tawh a ki khen lai ding hi hang. Ei teng guak bek na sem ni, ki pawl ni na cih leh Zomi ci ten tan thei mah hi the. Cik mah hun in Zomi cih min tawh Haka, Falam te tawh na ki pawl khawm thei nawn kei ding hi… Zomi ih cih ten tan leh mi dang kua mah tawh ki pawl thei lo ding hi hang” (Message 10240)

“Tu lai tak aa Zomi bek aci vilvel tepen, 1940s khawng aa a pil vang vang nailo, tuhun khang no te bang aa ngaihsut na a tang zaizo nawn lo pawl, MI LAK LAWH PAWL hi lel in mu ing” (Message 10214)

Only – ( Only Zomi, not Chin)

“ Thu dang om lo hi. “Kei Zomi hi’ng”, a ci kuateng i kitheih ding leh, “Zomi hi’ng”, a cikiteng in I mailam thu the kikup ding bek hi. Chin leh Zomite thu kikum khawm thei lo ding hi.I kikup theih loh i theihsa hi. I bawl tawamtawm hang vahui muk puah bang den lel ding hi hang” (Message – 9722)

“Innkuan sung iit masa lo a, midang innkuan iit va kineih i tam luat man leh a kisam masa leh a kisam nunung ding leh, apiangthei ding leh a piangtheilo ding thu te a khenthei lo/khennuamlo mi i om man a Zomi te ki khangto theilo in ka mu hi…Ei Zomi kici pawlkhat Laimi kici te sung ah the va kicin lah bangin, Laimi kici mite, ei Zomi kici te sungah ong ki taaklah uh hia leh??? Cih ngaihsut huai hi. A mau amau mailam ding khuatkhaut uh a, en ei a ding khuat lopi in, mi a ding va khuat saksak kul hetlo hi ven mataw” ( Message9746)

“ Sihzangte’n Zomi mah in ka kingaihsun uh hi. Kei zong Sihzang mi ka hi-a Zomi mah in ka kithei hi. Sihzang khangnote’n Zomi kahihna uhtawh Lia lah Taang mah ka zang uh hi”( Message – 9842)

“ Zomi “ min pua nuam lo “ Chin “ min deih zaw te’n Politics lam ah ong pai san ta, tuam din ta, ei sang’ picing zaw ta uhhi. ” Zomi “ min pua khawm dingin ih zolzol ih ngaakngaak hang’ a nung
delhdelh ih hih lam phawk ni. “Mudah ni” cihna hi peuhmah kei. Ei “ Zomi “ min pua nuam teng ding khawm ni cihna hi zaw.” Chin “ “ Zomi “ “ Lia leh Taang “ “ Salai “ Mai “ tawh kisai leitung bei dong siang ngei ken teh” ( Message – 9760)

Kei Muh Zia:

1. Zomi or Chin i puak na muh dan tuamtuam hi a, ki nial nial hang a thu siang pak lo ding hi.

Chin min I Puak Na: ( By Rev. Gho Khan Dal)

Kum 221-207 BC huna Sen gam ukpi semte nam hi hang, ci-a upna, ( A pulak masa kei’ theih Sia Gin Za Twang), Sen pau-in mihing cihna Jin, yen kici pen Chin, cih hong suak hi, ci-a upna ( Carey&Tuck) Kawlpau-a “Tungechin” pan Chin min piang hi, ci-a upna ( professor Luce)
Zo’ ta Kip mang leh Cin Hill hi-a mikang khan ciangin Cin Hil pen Chin Hills kici pan Chin piang hi, ci-a upna ( Rev. Dr. J.H. Cope). Kawlte in bawm a cihna Chin tawh hong lawhna uh hi, ci-a upna (Kawlte kim khat in tua lungsim tawh hogn ci uh hi). Khyeng kici Sen-pau pan Chin min piang hi, ci-a upna ( Francis Masen in 1837 kumin Khyeng numei khat tui ka phum hi, a cihna Sangmang Johnson in Gelh). Hih thu tawh kisai-in Chittagong-a Semite Khyang kici hi. Shante leh Rakhine mite in Semite Khyang hong ci uh hi. Kachin in Khang, hong ci hi. Ch’iang kici pan Chin piang hi, ci-a upna. Hih thu tawh kisai-in 1993 kum-a Britstish Library ah ka sim khak DGE Hall’ gelh “ A History of South East Asia” kici laibu sung ah “ senate” laigelh masate’s gun ah, Sen gam nitumna lam ah tuu leh keel khawi Ch’ang minamte a teng uh hi. Kum 832 BC hun Nanchao kumpi in Pyu kumpi a suksiat ma deuhin Kalw gam ah lut uh-a Kyaukse kuam, Myitha kimteng ah busa uh-a khua 11 pha hi. Tua pan Irrawaddy kantan dingin kikhen uh-a kim khat Pondaung, Chin Hills leh Arakan gam Akyab dong a tung uh hi. Kim khat in Minbu ah a khuapi nihna phut dingin lal uh hi. Kim khat Taungdwingyi leh Prome a tung uh hi. Kim khat Chindwin kuam teng ah kua cih kithei nawn loin a om uh hi. Kim khat Mu kuam Shewbo, Tabayin, Myedu kuamte ah mi namdangte tawh a kihel zau uh hi, ci-in kigelh hi. Cambridge Encyclopedia of China kici laibu sung ah Sen gam-a minam tawmte’ sazian 1981 kum-a a lakna ka mu hi. Ei tawh kinai diakte ka ciaptehna ah:

1. Chingpo kici Kachinte Yunan kuam ah mimal 100,000 om hi.
2. Ch’iang kici Vietnamte Kwangtung ah mimal 5,400 om hi,
3. Yao mite Kwangsi, Kwangtung ah mimal 1,240,000 om hi, ci-in kigelh hi.

Kim khatte’ ciaptehna kigente ah kumzasim 7 BC hun lai-in Sengam ah mi nam 7 om-a tuate in Han, Chou, Wei, Chow, Yeu, Chi leh Chin a hi hi. Chinte thahatin kum 221 BC hunin Chin ukpi khatna piang sak hi. Tua hun bei ciangin Ch’iang minam sung pan Tao mite in Shensi leh Kansu nusuahna lam teng luah uh-a Chin ukpi Nihna piang sak hi, ci-in kigen hi.

Tua a hih ciangin Ch’iangte zong Chin mah na hi uh-a Yao-te zong Chin mah a na uh uh ci-in kimu hi. Ch’iang min tawh ahi-a Chin min tawh a hi zongin Kawl gam a zuan I hi ding hi, ci-in ka um hi.

Zomi I Kicihna ( By Rev. Gho Khan Dal)

1. Kum 1027-256 BC Huna Sen gam-a mang Chou Ukpi nam hi hang, ci-a upna ( Father Sangermano, F K Lehman leh U Thein Pe Myint in “ Chin mite pen Jou kumpi’ suante hi-a Zo a hi uh hi” ci uh hi).

2. Joseph’ min nophuahna “Jo” min pua hi hang, cia upna ( History and 20th Century Dictionary sung ah Joseph pen “Jo” ci-in kilo hi, ci-in ki gelh hi, cih thu India- ateng, Mr. Khamtuang Naulak in a gelh hi).

3. Chou-kou-tien kici khul min pua Zomi hi hang, ci-a upna. Hih thu tawh kisai-in Cambridge Encyclopedia of China laibu sung mah ah Sen gam sallam-a om khul tungnung kici Chou-kou-tien ah guhsia tampi kimu-a tuma kum 18,000 hun lai pek-a mite hi dingin ki-um hi. American Indiante’ guhsia sun hi. Tua mite pen kum 25000 leh 13000 kallak-a Beringia leitang tung tawna America tungin a kigen a hi hi. Tua leitang pen Alaska gam tuipi in a nek ma-a leigeek a hi hi. Tua mite Mongol minamin kiciamteh hi. Tua a hih leh eite zong hi loin i om ding hiam? Chou-kou-tien min pua Zo I hi ding hi. Tua Chou-kou-tien zong Zo-khaw-cin kici lo ding hima?

4. Yao kici min pua, Zomi hi hang, ci-a upna: Sen gam laizang ah Chung, Miao, Yao, Tung, Chou, Li, Kuolo, Ling, Lai, Maonan mite tengin, mitumna saklam ah Sala, Salon, Khalkha, leh Tung Shiang mite teng hi, kici hi. AD kumzasim 2 hun lai-in Tibetan Ch’iang minamte in Sen gam saklam nitumna mun teng luah hi. Tua Ch’iang sung pan Yao minamte’ min puaa-a Zomi a kici hi lo ding i hiam?

5. Zo kici mun min pua-a Zomi hi hang, ci-a upna. Semite sim leh zo i nei hi. Zo i cih pen mual dawn lam hi-a sim i cih pen lui nek lam a hi hi. Ciimnuai pan i kikhen ciangin Baalzang-a teng teng, Zote kici-a a dangte simte kici hi. Tu-in ahih leh Simte min pua leh Zote min pua iom tuam hi. Simte zong Zomi hi-a Zote zong Zomi a hi hi. Zote i cih tuamte zong Zomite pianna pupate a hi tuan kei hi. Kawlpi pan khamtung gam i zuat ciangin mual dawn-a teng Semite a kici zong ihi kha thei ding hi.

Gho Khan Dal. 1999. Zomi leh Zolai. Zolai Simbu. Kalaynyo: ZCLS, P.28-29.

Etbehding:

http://www.burma.no/nbk/bdf_jan04/liansakhong_chin.htm
http://www.chro.org/index.php/scholar_section/144
http://www.zogam.org/history.asp?article=history_11
http://www.zogam.org/history.asp?article=history_112
http://zomi.info/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=9

2. Tu hun ta dih in, Tedim Zomi te min khat nuai bek ah ki pumkhat ding kisam hi. Min nih Zomi leh Chin cih tawh nam nih in i ki khen leh i thahat na kiam mah mah ding hi. I thahatna zui in hong ki olmawh dinga, i thahat loh na zui in hong ki simmawh dinghi.

Sanggam dang te tawh ki zop na ah “Peace through Strength” “ Thahatna tawh ki lemna” “ Unity in Diversity” “ki batlohna kawmkal ah Ki pum khat na” “Power Sharing” “thuneihna hawmna”i zat ding thupi dinghi. Tua hi kei leh a hat zaw pek ,Haka, Falam, Tedim sungpan i om leh a tha hat zaw pek in athahat lo te deihna olmawh lo in despotism ( a thahatten a thahatlote olmawhlohna, simmawhna) hong suak dinghi.

§ CNF vai – CNF leh sangamnu Siamah Dim Sian Ciin leh a dang Tedim gamsung a sangamte kithah vai pan lessons tampi laak ding om ka sa hi. (We should study the past to illunminate the present. A study of the past contributes to a more logical, coherent picture of the present. Without knowledge of history, individuals have only their own limited experiences as a basic for thought and action).( A thu a cingin – Message 1805,1822, 1864, 2386, 2397,2428,2481, 2508 , 2282,1893, 1853,1718).

§ ZBC vai – ZBC pan ei Tedim Zomi te pawl khat i pai khiat na zong a taktak in a hang pi ( primary cause) zong tua hun lai in GS pa leh apawl te in despotism/ power abuse a zat hang mah hi pen ka sa hi. A ki zom to zel “Power sharing” ( Tedim, Haka, Falam, G.S panmun hawm zatna) olmawh lo in, “Vote” “me” zawh na ding thuman lo pi tawh kalsuanna a zat hang hi kasa hi (A kicing in, Message 9915, 9909, 9835 ah ).

3. Tedim Zomi te Chin cih min sungah sanggam dang Falam/Haka leh a dang te tawh ki pawl hun nai lo hi . Tedim Zomi te in Zomi cih min sungah sanggam dang Falam/Haka leh a dang te tawh ki pawl ni ci- a zawt ding in Tedim Zomi te ngaihsutna in pia nai lo hi. Tu hun in, Zomi cih min tawh Tedim Zomite kipawl in kalsuan ding hoih phot hi. A ki sam zui leh zat loh a phatmawhna mun ah Chin i zat pen kitel siam huai hi.

Tu ta dih in Chin deih te leh Chin organization nuai ah ki pawl khawm leng nungzui bek ki hi ding a, makaih na panmun lian ki ngah lo ding ka um hi. Tedim te Falam, Haka tawh ki bang in mitamna, pilna, hauhna ki kim hi in, zaneih thuneihna ki kim ngah ding, hawm zel khop ding thuman a hi hi.

Makai lui sung buai na

§ Chin Sate Council hun in,

Col. Son Khaw Lian in Chin Council office Kalemyo ah tuah,

Col. Kap Cung Nung in Capital town Hakha, Falam ah tuah sawm, Falam

§ Kalay University ( Khaikam College) min vai buai na

§ ZBC ( Zomi Baptist Convention) ah GS Falam, Haka in ngah peuh leh Zomi pan Chin ah laih ding hanciam den

§ ZBC cih khit ah CCOC min vawh na vai ,

§ Tedim lam ten Christian lailam ki pawl na – Zomi Christian Literature Society, Haka lam ten Chin Christian Literature Society

Tedim Zomi ten Zomi ai peng lakna: “ ZBC ei inntek na hi aa” leh Haka ten: “ CNF” Chin Forum” “ Chin State Constitution ”etc,

4. Gam ukna ki khel hun, new constitution at in, tua constitution ah minam ( Tedim, Haka, Falam leh a dangte) tuamtuam te thu neih theihna ( Rights) leh power sharing ( thu neihna hawmna) om ki ukna ( Federalism or Consociationalism) te om ban ah tua constitution a letkhia ding Judicial Institution a, Supreme Court judges te panmun minam tuamtuam te hawmna nei dinga, tua bangin hun pawl khat pai to khawmkawm in mipi te thuhawmna ( Civic education) neih khit ciang Minam min khat leh pau nam khat neih ding mipi in deih na a neih na zui in vai hawm na gel pan huai hi.

Gam khantotna tawh ki zui in, khua pi zuatna tam deuh deuh in, ki zop na tam deuh deuh leh ki pawl khop nopna khang in, ki lamdan na bei deuh deuh ding ka lamen hi.

“ The Contents of Modernity

Demographic Elements

1. Slow Growth Rates: Third stage of demographic transition
2. High Levels of Urbanization: Majority of population resides in cities
3. High Rates of Social and Geographical Mobility: People move regularly, often seeking to improve occupational status or income

Cultural Elements

4. Materialism: Material objects considered ultimate reality
5. Dominance of Capital as a Form of Wealth: Wealth is invested in industry
6. Consumerism: Planned obsolescence; status derived from possessions
7. rational-Legal Authority: Law and due process supercede tradition
8. Subcultural Diversity: A plurality of ethnic, occupational, and regional value systems and life styles
9. Positive Evaluation of Change: Novelty preferred over stability

Social Elements

10. Bureaucratization: Large-scale, impersonal organizations dominate
11. Contraction of Kinship Institution: Nuclear and stem-family households
12. Expansion of Communication Networks: Emergence of separate information institution
13. Acquired Statuses Replace Ascribed Status: Social position derived from performance rather than heredity
14. Proliferation of Interest Groups and Voluntary Associaitons: Specialized organizations pursue an ever-broader range of economic, political, and cultural goals”

( Weinstein, Jay. ( 1997 ). Social and Cultural Change: Social Science for a Dynamic World. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, p. 359)

5. Democracy ki ukna ngah nang hamciam ding lampi masa in, bang democracy nam ei a ding ki tuak pen leh tua democracy ki uk na i let cip zawh nang ki sam ngaihsutna leh gamtat na te kan in mapang in sep ding a hi hi.

“…once we get democracy, there will be people who misuse their democracy rights and use them just for their own pleasure or personal gain. Probably there will be people who use the right of association in order to found the kind of organizations that will be used to attack democracy itself. It happens all the time. Democracy is far from perfect. One always has to question…you have to question all the time whether by forbidding a certain speech, song or film, that you are protecting those who need to be protected. This is why I say life is a moral dilemma.” P203 Aungsan Suu Kyi, The Voice of Hope . New York: Seven Stories press,1997.

“The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development. Moreover, latecomers should be able to capitalize on the experiences of the pioneers and avoid the mistakes and obstacles that impeded early progress” ( Source: Click here)

“In Burma we have to avoid two extremes: on the one side “ Unitary Government” for the whole country which is what the current government in Burma is operating on, where Burmanization is the goal; and on the other, “ Fragmented Sovereign Independent States” for seven or eight considerable large ethnic groups in the country. These two extremes are not good or healthy for the country as a whole. Any attempt to carry out these extremes has landed us into endless civil wars for the last 50 years. We are only kidding ourselves if we believe that greater effort to carry out these extremes will take us to successful settlement. The earlier we realize it, the better.

Dr. Stephen Hre Kio – 53rd Chin National Day. EXODUS FROM BURMA. P. 50

Kawlgam Democracy kiuk na ( 1948-58) hun sung bang buai na om leh bang hang democracy lencip zo lo?

6. Tedim Zomite in Leitungbup huam in kipawlna nei hun hi.

Tedim Zomi tawh ki sai thu leh la te ah a taang zai zaw leh a thupi zaw in vaihawm theih nang

§ Mun tuamtuam a Tedim Zomi refugee vai tuamtuam

§ Ki pawl na dang tuamtuam te ah ki hel zawh nang leh thu sim na, makaihna ngah zawk nang – UN, CNF vai, Refugees Organizations tuamtuam, Humanitarian tawh ki sai kipawl na tuamtuam te

Tedim Zomi te ki pum khat na midang te in a tel sem sem nang
Tedim Zomi khangno te in gam ki uk na ( Politics) lam ah uuk na aneih zawk nang leh pan pih zawh nang –

§ Scholarship, Grant tuamtuam leh sang lut nang te ah “recommendation letter” pi cing piak theih nang

· ZNC, NLD nasep na a taangzai zaw in i panpih theih zawk nang

§ Non-violence means – by Aung San Suu Kyi – “I do not believe in an armed struggle because it will perpetrate the tradition that he, who is best at wielding arms, wields power. Even if the democracy movement were to succeed through force of arms, it would leave in the minds of the people the idea that whoever has the greater armed might wins in the end. That will not help democracy” “Non-violence means positive action. You have to work for whatever you want. You don’t just sit there doing nothing and hope to get what you want. It just means that the methods you use are not violent ones. Some people think that non-violence is passiveness. It’s not so.” – Aungsan Suu Kyi. The Voice of Hope . New York: Seven Stories press,1997, p. 25.

§ “Because I’m afraid that if we achieve democracy in this way (Violence means) we will never be able to get rid of the idea that you bring about necessary changes through violence. The very method would be threatening us all the time. Because there are always people who do not agree with democracy. And if we achieve it through violent means, there will be the hard core of those who have always been against the democracy movement who will think, “It was through violence that they changed the system and if we can develop our own methods of violence which are superior to theirs, we can get back the power.” ibid,P.152

§ “We have chosen the way of non-violence simply because we think it’s politically better for the country in the long run to establish that you can bring about change without the use of arms. This has been a clear NLD policy from the beginning”. “ We’ve chosen non-violence because it is the best way to protect the people, and in the long term assure the future stability of democracy”. Aungsan Suu Kyi. The Voice of Hope . New York: Seven Stories press,1997,P. 153.

§ “ When the Chin Peace Foundation approached the cease-fire department under General Khin Nyunt to negotiate a cease-fire, General Khin Nyunt told them “ We do not want to negotiate with the CNF.” The CNF has such a little army of 200 men that Khin Nyunt told them that there was no necessity to negotiate. They could do whatever they were doing”. – Dr. Vumson. Burmese – German Constitutional Dialogue.

http://www.chinforum.org/publications/art3.pdf

Biakna ah suakta tak in biak theih na neih nang hanciam theih zawk nang leh a ki sam zui in huh tuak na mun leh pau tuak sep tuak nate sep theih nang ( Freedom of Religion, not freedom from Religion)

§ Former US President Ronald Reagan in, “The truth is, politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality’s foundation is religion, religion and politics are necessarily related. We need religion as a guide; we need it because we are imperfect. And our Government needs the Church because only those humble enough to admit they are sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive….If you practice a religion – whether you are Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or guided by some other faith – then your private life will be influenced by a sense of moral obligation. So, too, will your public life. One, you see, affects the other….Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience; without God we are mired in the material, that flat world that tells us only what the senses perceive; without God there is a coarsening of the society; without God democracy will not and cannot long endure. And that, simply, is the heart of my message: IF we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under” – (Hewitt, Hugh. (1996). Searching for God in America. Word publishing, p.436).

§ “Because politics is about people, and you can’t separate people from their spiritual values” Aungsan Suu Kyi, The Voice of Hope . New York: Seven Stories press,1997,P. 39 .

§ “A young man in Myanmar (Burma) illustrated this point powerfully. This Youngman came from the north of the country and was part of the Karen ethnic minority. We were in a seminar together, and on Saturday morning we were all supposed to go into the capital city, Yangon, to participate in open-air outreach meetings. The young man refused to go. He explained to me through a translator, “Most of the people in this city are Burmese, and the Burmese have historically oppressed my people. If I witness to them, one of them might get saved, and I don’t want that to happen because I don’t want there to be any Burmese in heaven.” His words shocked me. I had never heard such a blatant statement of ethnic hostility. I appealed to him based on the sacrifice of Christ – that God so loved the world that he gave us Jesus. Thankfully, the young man changed his mind, realizing that his bias and cultural bitterness could not be maintained if he was submitted to the Lordship of Christ.”

(Borthwick, Paul.1996. Six Dangerous Questions to Transform Your View of the World. Illinois: InterVarsity Press, P.116.

· Lai lam khantohna leh lai uukna te a khangtoh theih zawk nang

§ Minam itna leh minam khantoh nang thu “ Articles” tuamtuam leh laibu tuamtuam

§ “… Zolai simbu kum85 cingta a, I laibu bawl bu 400 cing nailo hi.” – Job Thawngno. Ka Sih Ciangin Laikuang Tawh Hong Vui Un. P.67.

§ Laibu neih sa te kep cing na leh neih ki beh lap nang

Nang na bangcih ngaih sut hiam?

Zomi sungah,

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"ET IN LAWM SANG"

June 26, 2007 at 6:16 pm · Filed under Zou


Laphuahtu: Hang P“
Pupa satsa gam etlawm a
Sing le suong a phungching e
Zu le Va te’n lungtuoh zaila a awi
Et in lawmsang ipienna gam

Aw, a etlawm ka pienna gam
Ningzu Aisa a nienna gam
Tulpan kaita Tulzou ta e

Pupa satsa gam etlawmte
Single suong a phungchingte
Zu le Va lungtuohte thengzouta
Et in na sa’ng ipienna gam”.

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Zoukam a la kiphuah tam zawh in i gam mual-le-tang, sing-le-suangte en lawmdan a na awi uhi. Hinanleh tuhun in pen i gam leitang gaw velvul ta a, mualte lukiau siang ta a, achin-aha uh kimu phial hi. Pasian silsiam (nature) leh mihing silsiam/tawndan (culture) kizopna a kisiat chiang in i society ah buaina tampi piang thei hi.Etsahna din, singtang louhaw bang tulai a sialsiamte ngaikhohna (ecological concern) tawh kilem non lou ahilam i phoh hi. I la-teel in –
“Zu le va lungtuohte theng zouta
Et in na sa’ng i pianna gam”Singtang louhaw dan chi 2 om a, (1) Shifting/jhum cultivation, leh (2) Terrace cultivation, chite ahi uhi. “Jhum” sang in “terrace” chindan pen nature/culture selbuhna (balace) di’n deihuai zawh hi. India Mal-Suahlam leh Khamtung Gam a Zo/Zou kampaute teenna mun zousia singtang louhaw (jhuming) a neh suina mun ahi uhi. Nehsuidan hen hun ta a, tualeh louhawdan zong khel hing ngai ta hi. I pi-le-pute hun in singtang gam kining ching nalai a, mihing population zong tuni bang a tam nai lou hi. Tuaziah in nature/culture balance na om hamham a,”Pupa satsa gam etlawm a

Sing le suong a phungching e
Zu le Va te’n lungtuoh zaila a awi
Et in lawmsang ipienna gam”
chi la awi thei ding dinmun in na om hi.

I gam-le-lei a Pasian silsiamte zatdan siam a i zat leh a sung a teeng Zou tate hamphatna ding ahi. Pasian silsiamte pen ei a di’n “natural resources” ahia, a sung a mihingte pen “humanresources” ahi leuleu hi. Mihing hausatna leh Silsiam hausatnate kiselbuh tah a khantou sah ding i mawpuahna ahi.Laphuahtu muna pat in, tuni i Zou gamlei ah

tami silsiam-le-mihing (nature/culture) kitanauna kisia ta hi:
“Aw, a etlawm ka pienna gam
Ningzu Aisa a nienna gam
Tulpan kaita Tulzou ta e”

Minan khangtou i hi theina di’n Zou tate’n Zohui siang thou, tui-neh siangthou, tahsa damthei, lungsim damthei, i khang tawh kituah nehsuina, kipumkhatna, leh silsiam-le-mihing kipumkhatna kisam hi. Tuabang dinmun i tun ching in, mihingte gen lou, silsiam zu-le-vate nasan in”Et in lawmsang ipienna gam”

chi latha hing awi pi ding uhi.

David Vumlallian Zou

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Zo/Zou Spelling Zatdan Thu (Belapna)

June 26, 2007 at 3:51 pm · Filed under Zou

Kawlgam a ZO kizatdan leh India lam a ZOU kizatdan toh kisai ngaidan mi tampi’n a gen zou ta hi. I houlimnate ka sim a, kumpi ni nuai a hun sawtpi kikhenna in “communication gap” khenkhat piangsah ta hi,chi muthei ahi.India lam a Zo/Zou kampaute’n pen ZO chi spelling leh ZOU chi Kumpi theipina min zang khawm thei zel uhi.

Etsahna di’n “Zoveng” ahilouleh “Zomi Colony” ah ZOU kizang lou hi. Hinanleh Tribe Certificate leh min gelhna ah ZOU chi kizang gige hi. Manipur a Zou kampau tam zawh in Kawlgam a a-unaute un ZO chi spelling maimai azat lam, thei kha lou ding uhi. Kawlgam lam apat hing kipan te’n zong India a ZO leh ZOU kizang ton (khawm) ahidan a thei kha lou tampi ma om ding hi.

Communication Gap a om lam kithei chian deudeu hi. Kum sawtpi kihou nonlou a om sanggam ni a kihouleh bilbing leh bilbing kihou ma bang uhi.India a ZOU kampaute Schedule Tribe dinmun a muna pen Kawllam unaute khenkhat in Pu Gougin nasep hi din a gingta uhi.

Pu Gougin pen United Zomi Organisation (UZO) leh Zomi National Congress (ZNC)chite a pan analah hang in, ZOU “tribe recognition” a a-panlam kithei kha lou hi. Tribe recognition hun kihong laitah ahi chi thei in, 1953 apat India a Zou te’n tribe recognition na del ua, 1956 in lochinna a mu uhi. Tami toh kisai a Memorandum lai-atpa ahileh Khupkhosoi Tungnung ahia, Pu Semkhopau leh Pu Thonghang in ana thuap tou uhi.India a Scheduled Tribe dinmun minam zou sia leh a dei ta pouma kipe mawh hi lou hi.

ZOU chia kumpi theipina 1956 kum a kimu pen minam lochinna khat a kingaisun ahi. Etsahna din, unau Tedim Chin te’nIndia a “tribe” dinmun a ngetna uh sawtpi hi ta a, hinanleh tuni tan in recognise kibawl lou hi. Tualeh Manipur Kumpi in Taan 10 (class X) tan a sim din Zou Major Indian Language in pom a, Taan 12 tan a sin thei pai dia lamet ahi. Manipur ah singtangmi kampau 34 bang om thei a, hinanleh Manipur Kumpi in Taan 10 tan a sinthei dia phalna a piah tawm mama hi. Naga hamte sim lou in, Paite, Thadou, Hmar leh Zou maimai hina bou hi.Tualeh ZO chi min pen UNO ah Zo Re-Inification Organisation (ZORO)kitheipina min ahi. Champhai Convention (1955) in Kawlgam, Bangladesh leh India a Zomi, Kuki, Mizo leh khovel a Zo minam zousia in chikim-namkim tui bang kigawmna din ZO min na thukim zou ta uhi:

“Now, therefore, the Zo Re-Unification Organisation (ZORO) looks to the United Nations and appeal to world leaders to focus their attention to the less known but just struggle of Zo people …”[Memorandum submitted to the United Nations by ZORO, 20 May 1995]Tualeh India leh Burma a laibu kigel zousia in ZO chi min pen “Zou tribe” genna hilou in kipumkhatna min (generic term) in zang uhi:

1. Gougin, T., “DISCOVERY OF ZO LAND” (1980)

2. Khup Za Go,”BIBLE TRANSLATIONS AMONG THE ZO PEOPLE” (1996)

3. Kipgen, Mangkhosat,”CHRISTIANITY AND ZO CULTURE”

4. L. Keivom, “ZORAM KHOVEL” (1991)

5. Sing Khaw Khai, “ZO PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE” (1994)

6. Vumson, “ZO HISTORY” [n.d.]

Tami laigelh pumpi ah “Zo” chi min pen Zou “tribe” genna hilou in,Zo kichi Mizo,Zomi leh Chin-Kuki nam pumpi genna in kizang hi.Mikhen khat in Pu Zo min pen Zou hilou hi, chi’n khau pan mama uhi. Adihtah in, Pu Zo min geldan dih “original” khat om hi chi record kinei lou hi. Tedim Chin spelling system ah “O” pen “OU” bang in ging hi. B.S Carey in “The Chin Hills” (1896) Vol I sung ah Zo/Zou spelling pen “Yo” chin na gelh hi. “O” pen “OU” dan in ging sah a, Tedim Chin spelling system toh kithakhat hi. Carey in “Zo” chi spelling zang kha lou a, Cerey “Jo” pen a dih zawh china pen hi tuam lou hi: “Soltes, Yos, and Kanhows are practically one people …

These Yos as well as the Thados and Nwites are called by the Manipuris Kukis or Khongjais …” Carey in minam min Sukte leh Kamhau zong dihtah in spelling gelh tuan lou a, tua hun 1896 in spelling dih zong kibawl nai lou hi. Spelling dih leh dih lou a omsa Pu Zo in laibu sung a a-khum hi bai lou hi. O leh OU spelling Tedim system leh India a Zou kampaute OU spelling system a kikhia ahi lel hi.”Nou a dih lou, kou a dih” chi pen lungsim neu vai hi. Adih leh dih lou thu gen ding hi lou in, spelling kibang sah vai, chi ding ahi bou hi. A kibat ding zong dei huai a, zong kibat sah thei tham ahi. Thakhat in kithukim thei sih nanlei, awlawl in laigelh dan kibang bawl thei ahi. Kawlgam leh India a Zo/Zou kampau mi tampi in spelling kibang lou a i minam min kigelh a hilam thei lou ding hi. Amasa a i buaina (problem) theikhiatna pen khantouna khat ahi pai hi.

Yours sincerely,

David Vumlallian Zou

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School of Geography Queen’s University Belfast BT7 1NN, Belfast Northern Ireland, UK

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ZO Kam Pau Teng Leh Zo Spelling

June 26, 2007 at 3:45 pm · Filed under Zou


Ei ZO ta ten na zo sie ah ih ki thu tuak sih zong in ih mi nam minbek ta lawm ki thu tuak tak in “ZO” ci kam mal leh lai mal( Spealling)zangton thei leih hoih ma ma ding hi ven. Ta mi mun ah ih ki thu tuak thei sihleh na dang te ah gen na vet om sih va ci lel ing.

Bang hang a Sahlam(India) a om ih mi ten “ZOU” zang in, Kawl gamlam a om ih mi ten “ZO” zang ih hi a mah? Tam thu pen ka gen gen sa ma bangin “ZOU” ci lai mal sang “ZO” ci lai mal a na ki zang ma sa zaw hi. “ZO” cilai mal pen koi na phuak ahei ci pen koi ma gen thei sih, bang ziak amah cileh Mang Kang missionary te ei na bawl piak, phuak piak ahi ziak hi.

Tua leh “ZOU” ci lai mal(spelling) pen Sahlam a Pu Go Gin te pawlkhat in a na phuak hi lel tak hi. Tua ciang in Sahlam aom ih ZO ten “ZOU” cilai mal pen “ZO” ki ci mi nam lah ah mi nam neu khat a ki hal hi, ci in genuh hi. Tua bang a agen ten bang evidence tawh a gen uh amah ci pen theising. Tua mi ading evidence bang ma om sih va. Phuak tawm tawm thu hi lelhi. Ei ZO te mi namdang ten ei neu mu kawm kal ah ei ma leh ei ma ki neubawl lai lai leih bang ma ci in mi nam pi cing ih suak ngei sih ding hi. Minam dang te kung ah ki zua zua kul sih.

Sahlam a ih ZO ten “ZOU” ci lai mal pen India kum pi te eirecognize na uh hi ci hi. Tua ahi ciang in “ZOU” ci lai mal (spelling) penIndia kum pi ki khel ma sang sie ki khel thei lo ding hi ci uh hi.Tua leh Lusei ten a mi nam min uh “Lusei” pan a “Mizo” ci a akhel zawh sawtnai lo pi, kum 20 zong pha nai sih. Lusei ci kam mal leh lai mal pen ei”ZOU” ci lai mal sang in “LUSEI” ci lai mal pen INDIA kum pi ten a recognizema sak zawt tham tham hi. Tun amua ten “LUSEI” pan “MIZO” ci in a khel uhban ah a gam uh MIZO RAM ci in phuak lai uh hi. A mi nam min uh a phuak banuh ah a gam min uh “MIZO RAM” ci in phuak uh hi. MIZO RAM ci a aphuak masang in min dang khat nei hi.
Ni dang 1970 kim pawl in Kawl gam ah LUSEI rebel te INDIA lam panang pei uh a Kawl gam gal kap ten del mang in tu dong Kawl kum pi historysung ah Luisei tapong (Rebel)ci in ciam teh uh hi. Tua hum lai in MIZO cikam mal ki za kha nai lo hi. Tam te ih et ciang in ah mi nam min uh a khelzawh uh sawt nai lo ci thu ki mu thei hi.
Tua ciang in Thadoo ten zong KUKI ci in ami nam min uh khel leu leu uh hi. Akhel uh hun pen sawt nai lo hi. KUKI leh Naga te gal a aki neih zawh a kipat KUKI ci a aki thei siam pan pan ahi hi.

Mi nam min suak khel to khel nia nua ci pen mi nam pi cin vai lo hi. Tua ahiciang “ZO” ci lai mal a om sa kim lai pen “ZOU” ci lai mal zat nia nua dinghi vet sih. India a ih ZO khua pi ahi LAM KA khua pi ah zong ih ZO te tenna pen “ZOMI Colony” ki ci in ZO veng zong ki ci hi. Tua pen “ZO” ci lai malma ki zang lai ve ve hi.

Tua leh ei “ZO” ten bang ding a “ZOU” ci lai mal zangh lai laiding ih hi mah? “ZOU” ci pen mi nam dang ten ei deih gaw piak kil kel lo hi.Mawk piak lei zong adeih ding koi ma om sih. A hi hang “ZO” ci lai mal penkham tung mi zo sie a koih ma poh in ei dei gaw pie ciat hi. This is thesimple answer. “ZO” vs “ZOU”. Tam mi lai mal te gel lah ah koih zawh in vangnei zaw? ki deih ciat zaw? piang ma sa zaw? evidence neih zaw? pi cing zaw?ci pen gen gen kul lo in ih thei ciat lel hi. A thei gi ge pi, a thei lo teki pang sih vai.

Kei ma mu na ah “ZO” ci lai mal(spelling)zang lo a “ZOU” lai mal azang lailai te pen ahi leh ei “ZO” mi nam te ei zua zua te hi lel hi ci in mu ing.Bang hang a mah ci leh mi nam dang ten no ZO hi sih uh teh ZOU hi boh uhteh ei ci uh a ih “ZO” min len lai mal ei lah piak nuam ta uh hi.

Kum pi te ei recognize mi nam min ih zat ding ahi sih a, ih mi namin ih zat ih mi nam min pen kum pi ten ang recognize piak ding ahi zaw hi.Tam mi lai pen koi ma personal ading a ka gialh ahi sih a, taang pi ading kagialh ahi boh hi.Na sang gam, na lai zom pa uh

Khai Meng

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ZO e ZOU?

June 26, 2007 at 1:54 pm · Filed under Zou

SERIES – I

A. “I ZAW”ee? “ZO” ee?

Tam mi question tawh ki sai in mi nam dang te pawl khat in no “I ZAW” te angci kha thei ding hi.
(1) “IZAW” ci kam mal pen mi nam min hi lo hi.(2)”I ZAW” ci kam mal pen sang gam Kachin te zong “I ZAW” ci kam mal zang uha, akhiat na ( Meaning) leh ah aw (Pronunciation) ki bang lin lien hi. Tua ahi ciang inei “ZO” te pen ka chin te tawh U Nau ih hi na ki langh sak sem sem hi. Tuaban ah ham ki bak pi tam pi khat om lai hi. Tua ahi ciang in mi nam dang ten “I ZAW” te ang ci leh ko “ZO” te nang gen na amah? ahi sih leh “Kachin”te na gen na uh amah? ci suk ziau lel ding hi.B. “ZO” ee? “ZOTE”ee?

J.Thang Lian Pau in ah gen na ah no mi nam te pen ZO na hi sih uh a Zote nahi uh hi ci in gial ngei hi. Tua leh ZO mi nam te ZOTE ih ci leh Kachin mi nam te zong Kachinte ci kula, Kawl mi nam te zong Kawlte ci kul hi. Paihte, Vangte, Samte ci mi nam te leh ZO te ci pen ki bang lo hi. Bang hang amah ci leh ZOte ham(pau) ci bang om lo a, ZO ham(pau) ci om hi. Paihte ham (pau) om a, Paih ham (pau) ci bang om thei lo hi.Vangte ham(pau)ci om thei a, Vang ham (pau)ci bang om thei lo hi. Samte ham(pau) ci om a,Sam ham (pau) ci bang om thei lo hi. Kawl te kham(pau) cibang om lo a, Kawl ham(pau)ci om thei bek hi. Tam mi “te” ci kam mal leh lai mal pen a zat na, azat dan om hi.Tam bang a, a simple ma ma thu te ih tel theih sih leh kho tua huai mi ih hi lel hi.

Tua ahi ciang in “ZO” ci kam mal leh lai mal pen koi ma ang lak piak thei ding hi sih.”ZOTE” ih hi sih a, “ZO” te ih hi hi. ZO MI zong ci ding ahi sih a ZO ci ding ahi hi. Tam mi ZOMI ci pen minamdang ten ZO ci kam mal ang tu thei lo ciang a, ZOMI ci kam mal azat uh ahihi. Ei leh ei ZOMI ih ki ci leh Kawl, Kachin,ci te zong Kawlmi, Kachinmi cikul ding. Tua ahi ciang in, “ZOTE”,”ZOMI” ih hi sih a,”ZO” ih hi hi.C. “ZO” ee? “ZOU”ee?
Tam thu pen Sia Go Suan in zong a gen zo hi. Hoih sa ma ma ing. Mi nam dangtawh ih buai na ahi sih a, ei ma ZO sung a ih buai na ahi hi.Tua leh “ZO” ci kam mal leh lai mal en leih
“ZO” ci lai mal pen Mang Kang te ih kawl gam ang uk lai hum in Chin kici kham tung mi teng sung pan in mi nam tam pi om in tua lah ah “ZO” ci laimal pen mi nam khat in a gial in ciam teh uh hi. Tua pen tu dong LONDONLibrary ah om lai hi. Tua pen Mang Kang te ii ei ciap teh na ahi hi.

Kawl kum pi in 1998 kum May ha sung a abawl uh lai bu “Myanmar Today”Volume 1, No.2,page 23 na ah Chin National Truibes ci a ah ciap teh na uh ah Chin Tribes 53om hi. Tua sung pan “ZO” ci lai mal pen (21) na ah om hi. Tua ban ah ZO cipen Hla kha, Falam sung ah zong om hi.(19)Zotone (20)Zope (22)ZoHnyut(24)Tedim,(25)Tezan,(29)Dim,(27)Ta doo, (40)Lushi, (24)Lizo, (52)AshoChin ci bang in ki mu thei hi.Tam pen ih Kawl Kum pi te ii i ciap teh na (recognize) na ahi hi.

Tua ciang in ei Chin tribes leh biak na zo sia ten ei recognize na pen(ZBA) ZO BAPTIST ASSOCIATION ahi hi. Tedim ten zong (TBA) TEDIM BAPTISTASSOCIATION ci in nei uh a, adang ten zong a mau mi nam ciat uh tawhAssociation neih ciat uh hi.Adang “ZO” ci lai mal recognition teng en vai…1962 kum in ZBA ki phut hi.1965 kum in Sahlam a Pu Sem Kho Pau in ZO lai tawh New Testament nagial hi.1985 kum in Sahlam ih ZO RCM father Neh Kho Zang in ZO Bible withApocryphal na bawl hi.1992 kum in Rev Lien Cin Khup in Holy Bible in ZO MI na bawl hi.Tam teng ih et ciang in “ZO” lai mal pen a maan pen, aki zang pen, a om masa pen ahi hi.”ZOU” ci lai mal bang hun a ang piang, koi bawl, koi ang phuak, ci pen theising!zong thu pi sa sing.

“ZO” ci lai mal pen Mang Kang te ei na bawl piakahi a, ei son bawl tawm zong ahi sih hi. Tua ahi ziak in “ZO” ci lai malpen original amaan pen leh zak ding a hoih pen ahi hi.”ZO” ih ci lai mal leh kam mal pen ei ZO ta te a hi hi. Tu hun ciang a, eison khel thei ahi sih hi.Ni dang 1970-1980 ki kal hum sung in Tedim ah mi nam dang ten ei ZO te angsim mawh lua inZO maw ZO hai ang ci uh hi. Tu hun ciang in Tua “ZO” ci kam mal leh lai malte ang deih gawh piak uh hi.Ei leh ei ki en vai..

(a)Strong point ……Ei ZO ten tu dong ciang ma ih ZO min leh aaw(pronunciation) ih khel sih hi.(b)Weak point …….Ei ZO ten “ZO” ci kam mal pen lai mal in”ZO” aci tawh”ZOU” aci tawh ih om hi.tua pen ki thu tuak lo na (Unity) ih nei lo naki lak na hi hi.Mi nam dang te en kia vai…”TEDIM” ci mi nam pen ang pian zaw sawt nai lo hi.Ni dang in amau uh Sim ki ci in tua pan in TEDIM ci in khel uh hi.A khelzawh uh sawt nai lo hi.

(a) Strong point……Hei sung hei sung ah om ta uh leh ko TEDIM Chin ci ina kam mal hi leh a lai malhi ta leh ki bang sak uh hi.”MIZO”… ci mi nam pen ang pian zaw sawt nai lo hi.ni dang in LUSHI ki ci a, tun a mau un LUSHI pan MIZO in khel uh hi. Tua penkum 30 cing nai lo ding hi. Mi nam dang te khel piak hi sih. Anau leh amauun a khel uh ahi ciang in MIZO te ih ci kul hi.(a) Strong point……Hei sung hei sung ah om uh leh “MIZO” ci kam mal lehlai mal pen ki bang sak uhhi. Kawl gam,India gam a om teng MIZO ci in zanguh hi.”KUKI” ci mi nam pen ang pian zaw sawt nai lo hi.ni dang in KUKI te pen Thado ih ci uh hi. Thado pan in a mau un KUKI ci aminam min uh khel uh hi. Tua pen mi nam dang te khel piak a hi sih a, amauleh a mau un a khel uh ahi hi.

(a)Strong point…….Hei sung hei sung ah om uh leh KUKI ma ki ci uh hi.Kam mal leh Lai mal ki bang sak uh hi.Tua ahi ciang in tam thu te ih et ciang in ei ZO ta ten hei sung, hei sungKawl gam, India gam, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Japan, USA ah om ta leihzong “ZO” ci kam mal leh lai mal pen ki thu tuak tak a ih zat kim ciat dinghoih sa ing. Unity ih neih ding hoih sa ing.Tua ciang ei ZO ten ih min nam min “ZO” pan in min dang tawh khel lo ih hiciang in min dang khat po po tawh ei ki hat thei na ding a thu om lo hi.”ZO” ci lai mal zang lo in “ZOU” ci lai mal ih zat nak leh mi nam dang tenak nuam ma ma ding uh hi.Tun zong ang lak piak sawm nuam ma ma uh ahi hi.Tua ahi ciang in ei Pu ZO suan “ZO” ta te teng in ki thu tuak a, ih mi nammin “ZO” penali mal leh akam mal in “ZO” ih zat ciat ding tam za tawh ang thei ing.ang it na sang pa uhKhai Meng ( Singapore)

Series – III

Nang thu gen “ZO hi ee, ZOU hi zaw?” ci thu tawh kisai in, nang leh kei gen lo i Zo tate sunga tunidong a om thubaui (thutopna nei lo thukicien nai lo, kicien zo nai lo) thu ahi hi. Kei mudan leh kei theidan abah leh koihma a kicien in ang gen thei sih va ci ing. Bang jieh ahiei ci leh, tamthu pen History leh research thu tawh kisai a hi bou hi.

Tamthu te gen ding ci leih, thusaupi sut ding ngai vai ci ing. Ka thei khom khom in atom thei pen in ang gen vang:

1. 1965 kum a Sahlam (India) lam a i Zo tate Zo kam tawh N.T amasa pen anabawl na bu ah “Thuhuntha in Zo Kam” ci’n Pu Sem Kho Pau (B.A ngamasa pen) in ana giel hi.
2. 1985 Kum in India Zo R.C.M te ma in ” Zo Holy Bible with Apocryphal” Father Neh Kho Zang(Tungdim be) in a na giel a Zo Tate “Presbyterian pawl leh Zomi Christian Church pawl (ZCC) in ana kikeh/kikhen lo hi.
3. 1992 Kum in Rev. Lien Cin Khup in “Holy Bible in Zomi” ci Zo Laisiengtho ana giel na ah “feedback ka thei dan in “Zomi” sang in “Zoumi” ci zaw ding ahi cin akigen hi.
4. Tualeh, Unau Sahlam ate sungah Presbyterian pawlpi pen majority ahi ua, thu leh la lam zong asai deuh pen uh hi.

Atom in, Sahlam unau te lah ah, Presbyterian pawlpi te in “Zou” ci kammal a zang ua, ZCC pawlpi te in “Zomi” ci kammal azang ci thu tun laisiengthou leh labu te ka en leh ka thei cien pan hi. Hinanleh, Sahlam unau RCM pawlpi ten bang kammal azang uai thei sing.

Tun zong, India Manipur a Presbyterian pawlpi te bawl “Zou Christian Literature Society (ZCLS) leh ZCC te bawl “Zomi Christian Literature Society (ZCLS)” ci Literature committee ni a om a, tudong ciengin kilem thei leh pangkhawm thei nai lo uhhi.

Tualeh, i Zotate sung khawp lo, khamtungmi lah a a pil pen phiel ding a kigen Pu Gou Gin (Tungnung be) in “Zolai Sim Bu” (1970 pawl), “English Grammar in Zo kam (1975 pawl) ci bang in laibu anabawl nate ah “ZO” ma ana zang hi.

Ei Kawl gam lam a om Zotate teng (RCM, ZBA, AG, PCM leh pawl tuamtuam) in ZO ma i thupi sah uh hi. Tualeh, Unau ZBA te AD 2000 Magazine ah “ZO” ma a ci uh hi.

Tuahin, Minam dang tawh akithuah kha lo Zotate in i nam min in “ZO” Pu Zo Suan pangsa pieng, ma i deih ua, Presbyterian leh RCM ci bang a minam dang tawh kipawl khawm/kihal te in, a diehin Sahlam Presbyterian Pawlpi teng in “ZOU” (Zou pen ZOMI kici sung pansa nam neu min khat) ci in ana pom/sang uh hi. Tam sahlam Unau Presbyterian pawlpi te pen tun Synod status nga zo un population a tawm pen “tulsawm” tei tei om ding uh hi.

Tuahin, U Kap Pu leh Ka Zo mipi teng, bang i gen ta ding uai? Zou hi zaw ee Zo hi zaw? ci thu ah. Tamte i bangci khensat ding ua? Nang leh ken lah USA, Singapore, Korea leh Malaysia pen sa in khensan (thutuhna) siem zo lo ding i hi uhi. Tamthu kalung khamna leh ka veina pen tuma kum sawm val lai pi ahi ta a, ka thei khawm khawm in imipil deuh leh a athunei deuh te ka dong kawi kawi leh “ZBA mi lien leh thunei te ei dawn na khat ah “Tua Sahlam Zo i cite gamtuam mi, ki ukna atuam ngaidan pom dan atuam, i unaute hi non sih, Zo mi ci ding zong hinon sih, Tuate thu a gen gen ding hi sih, ama uh tawh lah bangma ci ciengin thu leh la (ngaidan leh lai lam ah) kipang khawm be sih va” ci ei dawnkia (reply) thu pen tuni dong ka tel thei lo leh, lamdang ka sah pen thu ahi hi. Tambang teng ma jieh a lah i Zo pen minam te lai ah, ei masung na ngawn a kizo lo te hi e, minam dang ten i min ei lahpieh ding hi ta i ci te a hiding, a pieng ding thu te mawng ahi hi. Sahlam Zo leh Kawlgam Zo te Pasien leh Minan khualna be in, khat vei tei tei kimai tuah in kihou thei lo uh ii? Pawlpi (Nang ZBA, Nang Presbyterian, Nang RCM leh Nang A.G) ki ci ci den ding e? Bang hoih pen e, Bang i bawl thei uai ei Khangtha ten, ngaituo huai hi lo maw?

Tam ka thu gente, keima mudan hi in, hinanleh i Zotate tampi te thei lo thu hi, Minam khat i khantou nop leh i minam sunga om “problem om pen mukhiet theikhiet phawt ding, tuah hi leh bangci bawl lei dam thei ding, tua hileh khantouna kipumkhat na ang om ding ci bang dan ding hi. Tamthu kagen ciengin koihma pawlpi ka gensietna, minal gemnopna ahisih hi.I Zo sung thu buai om dan te ka gen na hi.

Tuahin, Kei pomdan leh sandan ah, Sahlam leh Kawlgam a Zotate, ZBA, RCM, Presbyterian leh AG a Zotatengin kikum khawm a, lungkim tah leh kithutuah tah a akhensat min (e.g, i-zaw-te hi e) ci leh zong ka pom hi. Tualo i minam ZO amaw, Zou amaw i-zaw-te amaw, Zote amaw ci te bangma hi sih (official recognize) om sih.

Tuajiehin, U Kap Pu, khat vei lam a, Lawm Pau pi kung a Zolai giel dan tawh kisai ka gen dan in, nang leh kei ham ham/giel giel te pen mimal vai beh hi lel in, i giel dan dan leh i ham dan dan hi lel, ei ma mimal thu thu hi lel, bangjieh, nang leh nangmah( ei leh ei ma) zong thukim tak leh kithutuah tah a i gencien thei nai lo pi..aw!.

Genkhiel om leh ngaidam

Pasien leh Nam a dingin,
Go Suan.

Series – IV

Lawmte,

Na e-mail a “Zo hi ee, Zou hi zaw?” chi thulu na hing tahlat pen ngaidan tam lou ka hing kum ut hi. Kawlgam leh India a Zou kampaute’n i “tribe” min a sut dan uh kibang lou a, laigelh dan (spelling) zong kithakhat lou hi.

1. Inidan Constitution (SC/ST Ammendment 1956) in Manipur state sung a Zou kampaute theipina min ding in”ZOU” chi recognized na bawl hi. India gam sung a Zou hina certificate deite’n “Zou” chi’a lah ngai ahi, aziah pen India kumpi in “Zo” chi theipi lou hi.

2. Tualeh Manipur Kumpi in Taan 10 tan a “Zou” Major Indian Language (MIL) skul subject din pom zou ta a, tu’n Taan 11 leh 12 tan a din Zou MIL laibu ding Zou Lai Saipawl (ZLS) in a bawl lellel hi. India Kumpi in 1956 a “Zou” theipina a bawl apat, Zou Lai (literature) in khantouna khenkhat a nei ta hi. India gamsung a din “Zou” spelling pen “Zo” chia hen ding pen sil hamsa ahia, tu dinmun in sil hithei lou bang phial ahi ta hi. Aziahpen Indian Constitution siamphatna (amendment) leh Indian President phalna chite ban ah Manipur Kumpi phalna zong kisam a, thubaih hi lou hi.

3. I pianna i Pu min “Zo hi ee, Zou hi zaw?” chi thu pen lungbuai na ding om seng lou hi. I Pu Zo (Zou) in a min laimal a sun ngai lou a, historical record zong bangma et ding kinei mel lou hi. Min gelhdan kibang lou ahi bou a, mikhat ahi veve hi. India a Zou kampaute’n min gelhdan “Zou” pen a dih pen ahi achi sih ua, hinanleh Gamsung Kumpi tawh kisai a zum (office) nasepna di’n “Zou” a kichi teitei uh ngai zel hi.

4. Kawlgam kumpi tawh kisai a “Zo” (Zou) dinmun pen theichetna ka nei sih a, hing hilchian thei lechin lungdam huai ding hi. ZBA in “Zo” chi spelling zang a, “Zou” zang lou ahi chi pen India a Zou lamkai tampi in theitel ua, hinanleh tunitan in tami thu a Kawlgam leh Vaigam a Zo/Zou kampaute’n thukikupna consultation bang ma nei nai lou uhi. Ngaidan kibang nei thei pai sih nanlei, Kawlgam-Vaigam Kumpi nuai a Zou kampaute dinmun kithei tuah beh ding lunggul huai mama hi.

Sincerely yours,
David Vumlallian Zou

SERIES – V

ZHLC & ZO buppi,

ZO hi ee,ZOU hi zaw ci thu tawh kidung zuiin,Sie.Go Suen,Sie.Khai Meng te lai at na Print in lim tah in kasim aa,lungdam huai thu ka sah na ah ih ZO ading a kin dei doi ciet ihi na ka mu aa,Dahuai ka sah na ah ih “ZO”min pen mi namdang ten ei deigaw lai tahin ei ma na ngawn ibuai mawk hi,zong buai huai ma ma khat hi.

Ka hunnga lo leh ki cin lana tuam tuam te zieh in,tampi zong kang at man sih ding hi,Mangkang te na at na ah;
1. Burma leh India gamgi teng ah a mahaw ham leh ngeina tawh kip tah aa,a teng minam khat aom hi,a mahaw pen a uhha ma ma minam khat ahi aa,Sha(Pu Sha) a bia uh hi.a ma te pen Tanglai aa,Jou( ZO) kumpi suan leh hah te ahi uh hi.(Lehman F.K “Illinois Studies in Anthropology” No.3 The University of Illinois Press Urbans 1963,P-179)
2. Khamtung mi te pen Sihzang,Sukte,Kamhau,Thado,Yo(ZO),Guite in na ciemte uh hi,Sukte ma in Yo(ZO) te in tua gam teng na uh hi,Sukte in ZO sangin bul (U zaw ) vung ci lo hi,ZO sung ah Manlun abul (U zaw )hi,( Cary,B.S and H.N.Tuck:The Chin Hills,Volume-1,P-140)

A tung a teng ban ah adang teng hing nua at at vang in ZO,YO,Jou,Zou,Zomi a hi ,i zah dan ki bang ta nia nua sih ta leh zong mai lam ah iki bah na ding a ki gel gel a hi hi,mai ang tung ding December ciangin Manipur ah United Zomi Organization Kum (50 ) cin na pawi pi ki bawl ding ahia,tuami son ah a diah diah in,ih ZO Khangtangthu bu Kipsah na leh,”ZO” ci kam mal ngen tang zah ding zong nakpi tahin ki kup na om ding hi,tammi tawh ki saiin Ngaih sut na hoih no no a nei te in,ZHLC Secretary Pa.Kam Khen Mang dalpu@… tawh na zom vun len,ken zong tam son panin na ha kat ma ma vang,a hoih pen pen ding leh a dih pen pen ahi “ZO” ci lien ma i zang suah na ding hi lung hi maw sih vun. Khris it na leh ZO sisan itna sung ah,

Dalpu (Bangalore)

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ZOPAU ADING KA LAMETNA

June 26, 2007 at 1:37 pm · Filed under Zou


Leitungah minam tampi i om hi. Tua tawh kizui-in pau leh lai zong tampi mah om a, tua lak ah ZOPAU zong khat a hi hi. Tua a hih man in hi lai ah mailam hun ah Zopau ading ka lametna kong taangko khia nuam a, a sim kha leh a thei khate in bangci ngaihsut na hi uh hiam, cih dawnna zong zak kal ding a ngaklah huai khat a hih manin ka na lamen ding hi.

Leitung minam tuamtuamte pau tuamtuam tampi i neih hangin nampi nih bekin kikhen a, tuate in: LUAHSUK PAU (Traditional language) cih leh PIANG TAWM PAU (Borning language) cihte a hi uh hi. A nuai bangin en le hang.

LUAHSUK PAU (TRADITIONAL LANGUAGE):

Hi pau pen minam khat a gui zui-in a neih kampaute a hi hi. Hi paute pen bang hun in hong kipan hiam cih kitheikhia zolo hi. A hih hangin Khristiante in Babel tausang panin hong kipan hi ci-in ki-um hi. Tua luahsuk paute pen minam hatna zui-in a mun leh a gam ciatah zattaangpau (Common language) suak tawntung hi. Tua luahsuk pau pen minam vai tawh kisai khanlawhna a om ciangin mainawt ding haksa mahmah den hi. Tua a hih manin hih luahsuk paute pen tampi mangthang khin a, a mangthang ding zong tampi mah om lai hi. Tua paute tangthu tawm cik khat en pak lehang:

a). Dead language (A si khin pau): Hi paute pen a kizang ngei tu hun ciangin a kizang nawn kiuhkeuh lo paute a hi hi.
b). Dying language (A laitat paute): Hi paute pen I puahpuah I zuunzuun hangin mai lam hun a ding lametna a om nawnlo paute a hi hi. Tua paute pen gentehna in misi paakkual piak tawh kibang a hi hi.
c). Unburriedable language (A nusiat theih loh paute): Hi paute pen taanglai-in kilim zat mahmah a, a hih hangin tu hun ciangin a kizang nawnlo, lam khat leuleu pan in pilna siamna a kisin ciangin sin kik et kik loh a phamawhte a hi hi.
d). Using language (A kizang lai paute): Hi paute pen Luahsuk pau a hih hangin bei nailo-in a kilim zat mahmah lai paute a hi hi. A hih hangin i theih ding khat in hi luahsuk paute pen cik mah hun in minam tuamtuam’ zattaang (Common) pau suak ngei lo hi. Gentehna in: Tu laitakin leitung ah Sen minamte (Chines) a tam pen hi uh a, a hih hangin a pau uh pen luahsuk pau a hih manin leitung bup a dingin zattaang suak zo lo hi.

Zomi a kici sungah kampau kibanglo tuamtuam om hi hang cih i tel ciat hi. Tua sungah i theih ding ka deih thu in; Luahsuk paute peuh mah pen cik mah hun in zattaang pau (Common language) suak ngeilo ding cih lametna lianpi ka nei hi. Tu lai taka Zomite sung a kilim zat pen a kingaihsun Lusei kam pen Luahsuk pau nam khat hi-in, Duhlian pau kici hi-in AD 1700 kim pan zat kipan in kum 600 bangin upa ta hi. Tua a hih manin mailam hunah minam tuamtuam khanlawhna lianpi Zomite lakah hong tung ding a, tua hun ciangin, Zomite a mau nam min leh pau ciatah hong ciah ding uh a, tua hun ciangin hi pau (Mizo/Duhlian) pen hong mang hiaihiai lel ding hi. Bang hangin hi thu gen khol thei na hi hiam ci-in nong dot uh leh, Luahsuk pau a zang khinte: Germany, France, Spans, Grik, Roman, Latin etc. cih pau tuamtuamte i et kik ciangin a kum 100 lom a sim tampi mah a na kizat khit ngei hangin luahsuk pau a hih manun tu hun ciangin zattaang pau (Common language) taktak dingin hi thei nawn lo hi. Tua a hih manin Luahsuk paute (Traditional languages) peuh mah zattaang ding taktak in thu suak khin zolo hi ci lehang kikhial lo ding hi.

PIANGTAWM PAU ( Borning language):

Hi paute pen minam tuamtuam pau kibanglote a teenkhop leh a khawlkhopna uh pan in hong piang tawm paute a hi hi. Pau nam tampi kan lo-in tu lai tak a leitung bup in I zattaang pau (Common language) a hi “MIKANG PAU” etkikna nei pak le hang: Mikang pau pen tuma AD kum 600 kim lai in tu laitak a England gam nisuahna pan leilu lam a teeng mi nam tuamtuam leh pau kibang lo tuamtuamte a ten khopna uh pan in hong piangkhia tawm pau a hi hi. Tua bangin a tenkhopuh ciangin a tu leh a tate uh zi leh ta in hong kiman uh a, a suan leh khakte sung panin pau nam khat hong piangkhia in tua pen English i cih pau hong piang khia tawm hi. A maute pen a cil in “ENG” kici uh ah a leitanguh pen Eng & Land hong gawmuh ciangin “ENGLAND” ci-in hong lo uh hi. Tua banah hong piangkhia tawm pau leh a mite pen “ENGLISH” kici-in, tua tawh kizui-in Roman alphabet hong zanguh a, a gelh zia leh a luan zia tawh kisai-in, Grik-mite lai luanzia hong zui toto in tu hun ciangin leitung minam khempeuh in zattaang pau (Common language) hong suak ta hi. A zat tungun mi 3000 kim bek pha uh a, a hih hangin minam tuamtuam; pau kibang lote hong tenkhopna uh pan in hong piangkhia a hih manin kampau mainawt leh mite lunglut hong suak hi. Tua bek tham loin, a lai gelhzia leh luanzia zong nuam in, alphabet zong tawm in baih lamtakin kisin thei a hih manin tua hangin zong mainawt hanhan hi.

Zomite sungah zong pau tuamtuamte i et ciangin Tedim khua pan in hong piang i ZOPAU pen piangtawm pau (Borning language) cih loh a phamawh a hi hi. A upatna pen kum 100 kim bang hi pan hi. Zomi sunga pau tuamtuamte lakah a naupang pen hong suak hi. Pau tuamtuam: Sihzang, Saizang, Teizang, Guite, Daapzaal, Lusei, Thahdo, Zote, Simte, Gangte, Marte, Zahau, Vaiphei, etc. cih tuamtuamte pen Luahsuk pau a hih manin, zattaang taktak dingin thusuak zolo ding hi ci-in ka um hi. A tung a pua tuamtuamte khat leh khat kitel a theih ding haksa pian mah leh Tedim khua pan in hong piang khia Zopau i zat ciangin mikim tel baih kisa in, i lung zong hong nuam sak hi. Tedim khua pan in hong piangkhia I ZOPAU” pen, a tungin Zomi sunga minam tuamtuamte i ten khopna pan hong piangkhia a hih manin a lunglut huai pen Zomi nam bup in mailamah zattaang pau a suak thei pen dingin lamet huai sa ingh. Tua a hih manin, a tunga Zomite sunga pau tuamtuamte lakah pau naupang pen a hih hangin tu hun ciangin a kilm zat pen pau hong suak ta hi. Tua banah i lai pen Roman alphabet kizangin, leitung mipilte in a bawluh siktawlaikhetna pen Zopau khetna dingin a ol banah tu hun a mikim in I zat a hi Computer I zat ciangin zong bangmah haksatna i tuak kei hi.

Tua a hih manin I Zopau pen Zomite pau nam tuamtuamte lak ah a naupang pen a hih banah tuma kum 100 lai mi 300 kim in na zang bek uh hi. Tu hun ciangin gam tuamtuam leh mun tuamtuam ah kizangin tu ma kum 15 lai a kizat lohna mun Aizawl khuapi na ngawnah tu hun ciangin Zopau tawh mun thum kikhop leh biakpiakna in kizang ziahziah in, khuapi na ngawnah kilim zat mahmah ta in, zong kilunglut mahmah ta hi. Tua ahih manin I Zolai a zuun khempeuh English Grammar pangbelin zuun ciat ding zong hoih ka sa hi.

Hi a tung a thute a tom a kong gelh hi a, Zopau a ding ka lametna pen laibu picing deuh khatin gelh huai zong ka sa mahmah hi. Bangbang a hi zongin hi a tunga thute na sim ciangin Zopau ading ka lametna tel dingin kong lamen hi. Nang e leh! “Zopau a ding na lametna hong gen dih ve. Theih ding: Hih thului tawh kisai eimau muhna leh saan dan tek ZONET ah kikupkhop theih hi.

Rev. Dr. Khen Za Sian
Camp: Aizawl
Khawlzang veeng
Pinlong 13, Kalemyo.
Sangaing Div. Myanmar Dated 08/11/2004

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