ZO Min Paah Bang Hing Paallun E!

Tuma kum sawtnailo hun lai in ZO mi namte lah ah ZO in pahtat a na law sih a, ZO ihina na ki zumpi in, simmawna zong na ki thua hi. Tuhun cieng in Zomite in a hihna taangthu maan ang thei tah cieng un ZO a zumpi ten zumpi ngam nawn lo in, a simmaw ten’ zong simmawa ngam nawn lo in, pukhat hah, namkhat, cikhat ihi lam uh kitel in, taanga tuana pan a i minam min uh ZO pen paah bang in hing paal in hing namtui ta hi.

Tami ZO pen ZO tate a koima po in i Pu ZO hah leh suan te i hi zieh vua ZO te ki ci i hi uh ci pen pom ciet vai ci um ing. Tua hi ta leh tami ZO tawh kisai in pawlkhat in ki it na leh ki pum khat na in i khan to pi ma bang in pawlkhat te kia in khat leh khat ki simmawna leh ki kamtam na in i zang zel uh hi. Bang teng hi ta leh ZO mite in taangthu maan tel leh thei a ki it leh kipumkhat sem a i om na ding un tomkhat kikupna nei va ui.

Colonel H. Kam Pum(Rtd) in Kawlgam Sung CHIN mite Hihna (Identity of the Chins in Myanmar ) ci a at na ah CHIN a kici te in a ma uh le a ma uh CHIN ki ci lo in ZO or ZOMI ki ci zaw uh hi ci hi. ZO pen Chin Hill a teeng masa pa, Chin minam zo sie i pupa min a hi na ci hi.

P.S. Kham Do Nang in “Zo Suan Khang Tangthu” a na at na sung ah 1953 kum in khamtung bup Tapidaw teng kipawlna ding min a geel uh cieng in Rev. S.T. Hau Go in, “Tedim gam sung ah –ZO- kici minam om a, Tha Do mite in ko pen –ZO- ka hi uh ci a, Lusei te in ko pen MIZO ka hi uh ci a, Hakha gam ah ZO khua om thamlo in ZOTUNG kici minam om a, ZO PHEI ki ci minam zong om a, Matupi gam ah ZOTUNG minam om a, Mindat gam ah CHO ki ci minam om a, Falam gam ah LAIZO ki ci minam om a, Gangaw gam ah ZAW ki ci minam om a, Prome (Pyi) kiim ah ASHO ki ci minam khat om lai hi. Tuaban ah ei khamtung mi te sung ah ei leh ei CHIN mi ki ci ngei lo in, ZO ma ki ci zaw in, inn sung vanzat te leh kiim leh paam nate min ah zong ZO min na ki tam law pen hi” a ci cieng in khamtung bup tapidaw teng kipawlna min ding in ZOMI BAPTIST CONVENTION (Z.B.C) na kipsah uh hi.

Dr. Lalthanliana at “MiZo Chan Chin (kum 1900 Hma lam)” sung ah ZO ci pen mualdawn khuavot gam a teen zie a ZO te ci sang in a pienna uh pu min puo a ki hat na hi zaw ci hi. ZO suan minam neu tampi tah te in a pien na uh pu min puo tam ma ma hi. Gentena in, pu Cawngthu hah leh suan te Chawngthu te, pu Sailo hah leh suan te Sailo te, pu Hual Ngo hah leh suan te Hual Ngo te, pu Guite hah leh suan te Gute te, pu Tha Do hah leh suan te Tha Do te na ki ci a, tua ma bang in pu Zo hah leh suan te ZO te na ki ci hi.

Kam Khen Mang in “Zo Tangthu” a at na ah ZOMI te pen Tibeto-Burman pawl hi a, B.C 2000 in Sen gam, Kansuh ki ci mun, Thaung gun gei teng ah na teeng uh a, tu le kel na khawi in na cing uh a hi zieh un CHIANG te zong na ki ci uh hi. CHIANG leh ZO pen minam khat a hi hi. S. Thangkhangin in “Bang ding a ei te Zou mi ei ki ci lawm mawng a hei?” (Why Should We be Called Zou mi?) ci a at na ah ZOU mi ci pen ngaina ki bang ZOU minam te i taang lai min a hi na ci hi. Shan te khang tangthu bu sung ah ZO min pen YAW or JO or ZO ci in kikhum hi. ZO pen Zo minam tam tah te i pu hi ding a up a hi.

Dr. Lalthanliana in ZO pen minampi khat hi ci hi. Sen gam Communist makai pa Mao-tse-Tung sihnua in minam min ki at dan te nahpi tah in kikhel a, CHOU pen ZHOU in ki khel hi. Tuaban ah Roman lai teng (Roman manuscript) ah Z,Y, leh J tateng thum pen ki zang pol hi. Tua zie in CHOU pen ZHOU, ZHOU pen ZO, YO, JO cidan in ki at den hi. Tami ZOU or JO or CHOU in B.C 1027 pan 256 sung Sen gam ah kumpi nasem ngai a, ZO or JO or CHOU dynasty na ki ci in, tai 1500 a sau kulpi minthang (Great Wall) na lam hi. Zomi te kawlgam a lut hun pen A.D. 200 nualam pawl hi ding in ki ummaw hi. A.D 618-906 kikal in Sen sum bawl te leh ZO kumpi gam (Zo kingdom) na kizom uh hi. Tua hun lai a Sen gam a gam kizopna(diplomat) bawlpa Fan-Cho na ciemte na ah Irrawaddy leh Chindwin gun tuntua kikal zaang teng ah sing tawh kibawl a dung tai 30 a vai tai 20 a gol kulpi khat om a, a kumpi pa min pen ZO ki ci hi cin’ na ciem te hi. Tua kumpi pa ZO pen pu ZO hi dinga up maw a hi. A.D 835 in Nan-Chao Sen te in tua Zo khuopi hing sim in, mi tampi man in, a khuapi zong susie uh a hi zieh in Zo mite hing kikhen thaang uh hi.

Tamthu te i khaikhawm tah cieng un ZO ci pen khamtung i tun zaw uh A.D 1400 nualam Ciimnuai pan a Balzaang i ten zie vua ZOMI na ki hi pan pan lo in B.C 2000 lai peh a Tibet gam a kumpipa min JOU ki ci pen a lua suh suh tu in ZO ki ci te ihi uh hi. Mualdawn khuavot gam a i ten zie vua ZOMI te ki hi ta leh, minam dang tampi tah mualdawn khuavot gam ah teeng uh hi, koiman a ma uh te ZOMI te ci tuan lo hi. Sing Khua Khai at “Zomi te leh a Ngaina uh” (Zo People and Their Culture) na sung ah ei ZO te pen YO family in na at hi. A tunga ih gen sa ma bang in Z,Y,J tateng pen thumun khat ki banga na ki pol zat a hi. ZO,or YO, or JO ci dan hi. Mi nam dang te min minam dang khat in a ma uh laimal zat dan tawh a at pen kibang lo hi. Koi koi in bang bang gen ta leh zong ei pen ZO ma a ki ci ih hi uh hi.

Tedim gam ah Zolai simbu taan 4-cieng a ki bawl lai in Dr. Rev. J.H. Cope in Tedim mipilte ZO Tangthu a dot dot vangin koi man a ma dei bang in dawng thei lo hi. ZO tangthu ZO te beh in thei ding hi ci in, Lomzaang khua mi pu Tuang Za Go a dot cieng in a dot zosie pu Tuang Za Go in dawng thei kim hi. ZO suan, ZO hah te ih hi zie un, ZO te beh in ZO ngaina, ZO tangthu, leh ZO la te thei a a kem cinten te ih hi uh hi.

Pansia laibute (Reference books)

1. P.S. Kham Do Nang. Zo Suan Khang Tangthu. Yangon , Myanmar , 1997.
2. Dr. Cung Lian Hup, ed.Thinking About Christianity and the Chins in Myanmar . Yangon , Myanmar , 1999.
3. Sing Khaw Khai. Zo People and Their Culture. Lamka, Manipur , India , 1995.
4. Kam Khen Mang. Zo Tangthu.
5. Dr. Lalthanliana. Mizo Chanchin (kum 1900 Hma lam). Ai Zawl, Mizoram , India : Gilzom Offset Press, 2000.
6. Thangkhangin. Why Should We Be Called Zoumi? Imphal, Manipur , India : Kuki Baptist Convention Press, 1986.

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