Rev. Dr. Kam Khaw Thang,"GLIMPSES OF CHIN BAPTIST HISTORY " (Zomi Baptist Convention,

 

GLIMPSES OF CHIN BAPTIST HISTORY ZBC and ZTC in Falam by Kam Khaw Thang (Yangon) Introduction The Chin Christian Centenary of the first Converts among the Chins (CCCC) namely Thuam Hang and wife, Pau Suan and wife of Khuasak village, Tedim, Chin State who were converted in 1904 by the preaching of American Baptist Missionaries and baptized on May 11, 1905 by Dr. East is to be celebrated in a grand scale at Khuasak village by the Zomi Baptist Convention during March 20-21, 2004. The Centenary Magazine Committee asked me to contribute an article for the magazine. I was born on October 17, 1927 and baptized on September 11,1938. I began my Christian activity after the Second World War by attending the first Baptist General Meeting of the Tedim Subdivision at Keizang village in 1945. Attending the Tedim Bible School opened by the Nelsons during 1947-1950 I was paid a generous full-time pay by the Nelsons from March 1949 at the beginning of my third year to do office work for them in addition to my studies. Since that time I became a full-time worker up to now and my participation in Baptist work is over half a century. Therefore I decided to write on the History of the Chin Baptists as I might be the lone person living to participate over half a century in the Chin Baptist work. To write a full story will require a big book, but what I am writing will be mostly in what I have had participated in the progress and problems of the Chin Baptists.

Minam khat sungah!!

2001 Kum a ZONET a ka lai gelh hi in, tu hun in sim kik leng cih deihsakna tawh ka hong khak kik a hihi.

TKS

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Minam khat sungah!

Tual Khan Suan

 Nov 16, 2001

Tuhun a Zomi (Chin) a kici minam sunga om namphung (tribe) tuamtuam te in, minam (nation) khat sung pan piang hina pi'n a beisa hun in Kumpi (King) khat or vaihawmna (govenment) khat i ukna nuai ah a luang khawm ngeilo minam ihihi. Beh (clan), namphung (tribe), kampau (dialect)te bulphuh luatna hang in minam (nation) bulphuh in ukna (administration ) huangkhat sung a kalsuan khawmding ki thanem kha hi. Nidang in i pu i pa ten gam hing, tui hoihna gam a zonna uah khua a sat uh ciangin tua khua sat makai pa in "Hausa" sempah a, siah leh tang kai in,khua leh tui vaihawm zia ding thukhun leh dante a kipan pusa pasa biakna, dawi leh kau biaknate leh ngeina pawite ciang dong a ma deihna bang in gel hi. Tuahun lai in "hausa" te vanglian mahmah uh a hihmanin hausa sem in siah leh tang kaih theihna dingin mun tuamtuam ah khua kisat kawikawi hi.

Tua bangin khua thak zong in sim leh mal, sak leh khang ah kithekzak uh a; pawlkhat te mualtung lam ah, pawlkhat te zanggam ah, pawlkhatte sih tamna zang ah, pawlkhatte tei tamna zang ah cih bang in mun tuamtuam ah na teng kawi kawi uh hi.Muntuam mualtuam ah a teng uh ciang in khua khat leh khua khat kikawm zo mengmeng lo uh a, a sawt ciang in "sanggam melmak" bangin ki-en kha uhhi.Kikawm kiveh lo in muntuam mualtuam ah tang ten suak uh ahihman in a sawt ciangin pau leh ham, awkaih kilamdang tektek hi. Adeihna kibang zong a awkaih tuam, awkaih kibangzong a deihna tuamin khua khat leh khua khat pen pau leh ham ki el puak hi. Tua bang in tenna mun leh mual,khua leh tui tuam a teng sanggamte kampau pen ei tenna mun a kizang kampau tawh kibatlohnate pansan in "hih tua mun a te kampau" "hih tua khuate kam pau"ci'n minvawh uhhi.Pau paipi kibang tek hi napi'n tu hun ciangin tua bang minvawh kampaute pansan in "minam pau"a i lak man in kipumkhat ding tha pia lozaw in kikhenkhapna tha pia zaw hi.

                Tua banah Zomite pen inn dongta leh tanau vai a thupi sak minam i hi a, nopna dahna ah inn dongta leh tanau neilote pen thawmhau/khua-hal mahmah in mite nuaisiahna thuak uhhi. Beh leh phung haute gualtung tuangin vang nei kisa uhhi. Beh leh phung thupi sak minam ihih bangin khangthu kan in i sut theihna ciang a pan "pu khawm" minpeuh, "pupi "minpeuh, "beh min" ding in kila a "tua pa suan leh khak teng tua te beh" cin kituam zial pah uh hi. Beh (clan) bulphuh in vaihawmna ngah dingna hanciam uh a, beh khat leh khat pen na ki-en khial kha uh hi.Beh masuan in vaihawmna a neih uh ciangin tua vaihawm khum na nuai a om mite pen tua beh min bulphuh in minam min ding in mite'n hong phuah sak uh hi. "Sukte" beh a lal lai a vaihawmna nuai a om mite pen mite'n "Sukte"minam cin hong minvawh uh a, "Zahau "beh te vaihawmna nuai a om minamte pen "zahau "minam cin mite'n hongna minvawh sak uhhi.

                Tuabang in mun leh mual khua leh tui i tenna a tuam manin kampau awkaih kibanglo a ,tua awkaih zui a kibawl lai zong kibang lohi. Beh leh phung tuamna bulphuh in vaihawmzia zong kibanglo hi. Khua khat leh khuakhat zong thusia thupha om leh thukhenzia kilam danghi.Kampau awsuak zui in lai kineitek a lai gelh zia zong tuamtek pah hi.Beh leh phung tek in paizia kituam neih ciat pah hi.Tua ahih manin ukpi te khat leh khat

vaihawmna kileh bulhin huangkhat sung ah luang khawmkha lohi. Tedim ukpi,Tlaisun ukpi,Zahau ukpi,Lumbang ukpi,Haka ukp leh a dang ukpi te'n a mau leitang gam ciat ah vaihawmna tuamneih ciat uh hi. Tua a hih manin tuhun Zomi/Chin a kici minam huam sungah namphung (tribe) te pen (1) Mun leh mual tuam manin kibat lohna, (2) Kampau tuammanin kibat lohna,(3) Beh leh phung tuam manin kibat lohna, (4)gam leh nam vaihawmna

tuammanin kibatlohna ci'n kimu thei hi. Hih a tung a kikbat lohna te pen khang khak Zomite sungah zong zung kha lai in beisiang nai lo hi.Tua hi a minam bup huam (nation level) nasepna hih kibat lohna te pen mit sin khumtheih a hihlohna tawh kiton in, a om thu pen i san leh zuih siam ding hi a, minam bup hoih zawk na ding thu ah hih thute i kikhak tan sak loh ding kisam hi.

Koi zaw: Presidential Democracy maw, Parliamentary Democracy?

By Tual Khan Suan

A masa in hih thulu tawh kisai in Zomi tampi tenna a hi, Kawlgam thu bulphuh in ki gelh ahihi. Kawlgam sunga om Zomi te'n 1948 kum in gamkeek mangkangte ukna pan suahtakna i ngah hun pan in Democracy i gah tamlo i ne kha man hi. Tua hi a, Kawlgam mi tampi takin Democracy i pak leh gah a hoihna tampi kitheih khin a hih manin Democracy tawh ki-uk ding pen lung-gulh pen in i nei hi. Democracy i cih pen mi a tam zaw in i theih sa bangin Demo (mipi), leh cracy (ukna) kigawm hi a, mipi deihna bang a ki-ukna a hih kei leh, mipi vaihawmna ci'n kigen thei hi.

1988 kum a kipan Kawlgam sung buaina tuamtuamte a beina dingin Kawlgam galkap makaihna tawh kigelh thukhunpi (constitution) zui in tulai tak President a sem Thein Sein leh Democracy deihna hang tawh hatsatna tampi a thuak Aung San Suu Kyi in kihona a hong neih khit uh ciangin, kipawl khawm a sepkhop ding hong thukim uh, tua pen gam mipite'n Kawlgam in Democracy kingahta ci'n i nuam tek hi. Mipi a tam zaw in i gam kilam khiatzia ( structure of the states) leh kumpi kiphuhzia ( formation of government/executives) ki enlo in lampi man tawn mah i sa hi. Ahi zongin mipite kidop huai thu khat om lai a, tua in, " mipi deih makaite kitel maw? or Thunei mite deih makaite kitel hi zaw maw?" cih a hihi. Tua ban ah, Democracy mantak i ngahna dingin " i gam kilam zia" leh " kumpi kiphuh zia" in hong sai lai ding hi.

Milim (puppet) tawh kibang CNF te Supreme Council (Supreme Council is just a puppet of CNF)

Milim (puppet) tawh kibang CNF te Supreme Council

(Supreme Council is just a puppet of CNF)

Tual Khan Suan

Chin National Front (CNF) te'n a thakiamna pan un tha lak kikna ding'n bang ci bangin panla ding, bang lampi zui in bangci sep ding cih pen a makaite uh khuak keuna thupi pen ahihi. Banghang hiam cih leh, CNF a kiphuh cillai in Chin State buppi sunga minam khempeuh a huam ding ngimna tawh kiphuh a hihna zui in, Chin State sunga om kampau tuamtuam a zang minam tampi in zong tha pia uha, panpih tek hi. Tawlkhat khit ciangin Haka kampau minamte i kellu phum a hi angsung bek etna a neih det uh pen hong kilang khia a, CNF pen a mau a bek suahsak utna leh Chin State pen a mau bek uk ding cih lungsim hangin CNF sung mahmah ah Falam kampau minam leh Haka kampau minamte sungah kitel khialhna lianpi om ngei hi. Khangno makai thakte in Chin State pen Haka mite a ding leh minam kiliatsakna lungsim neih luatna hangin CNF pen kua mah in tha pia nawnlo in bei dekdek phial hi.

Zomi cih Minam om mah ei!!

Zomi cih minam ommah ei!!

1. 2012 May kha sungin Chin National Front (CNF) leh Kawlgam vaihawmte kihona thu i za a lungdamna pihna tawh i lungnop mahmah laitak in, Kawlgam sungah mi tampi theih Zomi National Congress (ZNC) in Kawlgam thu neite phalna ngah zo lo cih i zak kik ciangin dah huai mahmah hi. Khat lam a te adingin nuam mahmah laitak in khat lam a te dingin dah huai mahmah thu khat hong suak hi. Hih thu nihte pen a kituak kha mawkmawk zong hi thei a, zong a kigel khol sa zong hi thei hi.
2. Kawl gam sungah galkap makaihna leh deihna tawh kituak a kibawl thukhunpi zui in kitelna ah kidem thei ding party din theihna ding Zomi National Congress (ZNC) phalna kipia lo cih thu a za khempeuh in lamdang i satek hi. ZNC party in phalna a ngahlohna hang Kawlgam kumpi thuneihte paulap pen " Kawlgam sungah Zomi cih minam omlo hi cih" a hih tak ciangin party khat kikhak tan hinawnlo a, minam khat ki maimang sak nuam a hi gige hi. ZNC party kideihlohna hang hiam, kikhak tan nopna hang hiam tawh Zomi cih minam omlo cih pen a hang kician omlo a kipaulak thu leh kinialna a hihi.
   

“Loneliness in the Midst of Curfews”: The Mizo Insurgency Movement and Terror Lore*

“Loneliness in the Midst of Curfews”: The Mizo Insurgency Movement and Terror Lore*                                                                                                                   

TERROR LORE1 IS PARTICULARLY apt when applied to the north eastern states of India, where such struggles constitute part of each of their very recent histories, and where, as a result, stories, songs and various lores have emerged, reflecting the experiences of entire generations of people who have grown up under the shadow of such terror. This fear, in most cases may be a consequence of the reign of terror inflicted upon a nation or society by the dominant political group or a militant group fighting for various causes, with violence being the main force behind their actions in both cases. Terror lore may be a component or variation of what is commonly known as the urban legend, although, of course, the reason for the birth of the terror lore is more specific, and all terror lore may not achieve the status of an urban legend in contemporary culture as it deals with a specific area with the possibility that it may have relevance for only a specific percentage of the population, notably, those who have actually undergone and experienced the trauma.

Zomi (or) I Minam minzatna in a tangzai lo minam lungsim neihna maw leh?

Zomi (or) I Minam minzatna in a tangzai lo minam lungsim neihna maw leh?

Eimi (ei mi ka cihteh, hih lai/pau zang/tel teng) sungah ei leh ei i ki minlawhna sangin midangte hong min vawh khong i zat ciangin lungsim tangzaina kisa zel hi. "Chin"- (Kawlte hong piak min) peuh, "Kuki"- (Bangali te hong piak minpeuh) zangin minam vai sem leng, nampi lungsim in i koih hi. Ei tualsuak min leh ei ma pianpih min zangte pen lungsim tangzang zolo mite in i koih lai hi. Minam a ding nasepna tektek hi napi'n, min zatna zui in namneu lungsim, nampi lungsim cih tawh min i vawh mawkmawk thei hi.

Kawlgam vai Democrarcy movement sung a kipawlna tuamtuamte ( a diakin Kawlmi a tamzaw tawh kiphuan kipawlna) in zong a mau (Kawl minam)te in Kawlgam bup huam a na sem hi a, ko pen National politics siksan a nasem hi ung, ci'n a tangko den uhhi. Tua bek hilo in, minam tuamtuam ( Kawl mi a hilo Kawlgam sung minamte) kipawlna pen a tangzailo minam lungsim ( Kyinmyiagdeh amyotayi wada) ci'n min vawh den uhhi. A taktak in cileng, Kawlgam sungah minam tampi om hi a, Kawl minam leh Kawl minam a hilo minam dangte kibang lo a hihna pen en lo ban-ah, a mau minamte (Kawlmi a hilote) a ding na sem a hihna uh theihpih lo in, a mau minam a ding a sepna uh pen a tangzai lo minam lungsim ci'n min vawh in ko bawl den mawk thei uh hi. Tua mah bangin eimi sungah zong, i tualsuak min zanga minam vai a sem kipawlna pen a tangzailo lungsim neihna in kimu a, minam dangte hong piak min (Chin/Kuki) peuh tawh kipawl a nasep khop pen lungsim tangzaina/picinna peuh in kigen in, mipite tung kitang ko den thei hi.