May 2008 in Maryland ah om Pa Thawng te nupa in (Pa Ngo Cin Thawng leh Nu Kok) in ‘Memorial Day’ niin Washington DC ah Potomac River kantan in amau mawtaw tawh hong taipih vangvang khit ciangin Lincoln Memorial hong etpih in, tua khit ciang a khang ah Korean War Memorial leh Vietnam War Memorial hong etpih uh a, tua mun ah lai kigelh khat pen “Freedom Is not Free” cih ahi hi. I suahtakna pen a mawkna in a kingah hilo, a man kipia, sisan naisan leh hanciamna tawh a kingah hi; zahtak in, zangsiam in acihnopna hidingin ka tuat hi.
Zomi te zong suahtakna tampi tak i nei hi. A diak in gam thumna i tun ciangin suakta taka laigelh theihna, suakta taka lungsim pulak theihna, suakta taka hoih i sak, hoihlo i sakte gen theihna i nei hi. Tua gamte i tun ma in tua zahin a neilo zong kihi maithei, ahih kei leh i nei zongin internet leh thukizakna cihte deihbanga zat ding omlo hi mai thei hi. Thukizakna laidal akihawm ciangin zong laimai tamlo ahih manin mipi in kizang kha lo, siate leh makaite thu leh la tawh thukizakna laidal teng dimta hi mai ding hi. Mipi lam pan ngaihsutna khat peuh sun kik theihna a om hang laikung laidal tawh genkikna ding mun leh laimai kicinglo hi kha ding hi. Tuate, tu in hon khat gam thumna i tun ciangin hong kicinglua mahmahta, zat zawhloh in laitui laidal leh internet hong omta ahih manin i ngaihsutna neucik zong internet ah gelh in leitungbup i deng theita hi.
Tua suahtakna (freedom) i neih pen siamtak in i zat leh a hampha i hi dinga, i zat siam kei leh ameetna omlo hi ding hi. Tua ahih manin i suahtakna leh i hamphatna manpha takin zang in, zangsiam in, zangkhial kha kei ni.
Thupiang khat peuh ah a kilekkimlo lua ngaihsutna uanggenlua cih khawng pilvang huailo a, a kilawm a kilekkim a pulak siam, kuppih siam pen a thupi mahmah ahi hi. A diakdiak in makai leh mipi kikal ah thu kikupna a om ciang ekkha nam liang, bangmah suahlo zawzen phial a langkhatte gensia, ko, genmai dikdek cih pen tu hun adingin kilawmlo hi. Makaite khat peuh pen amau ngaihsutna i thukimpih kei leh zong ko bawl, gensiat dikdek pahpah ding kilawmlo hi. Makaite in zong mipi amau nungzui nuamlo khat peuh pen huai nuamlo, pua koih, nawlkhin cih bang kilawmlo hi. Mihing pen a ma dinmun thupi masalo a, mihing ahihna thupi masa pen hi. Mihing takpi ganno bang lel a kibawl cih pen zakdahhuai, mulkimhuai mahmah hi. Tua bang a ki ukcip, ki dictate cih zong tu hun ciang a kizang nawnlo ahi hi.
Makai te khialhna khat a om leh minsiat sak sawma engko dikdek, ekkha nam lianga gensia cih zong kilawmlo a, nang zong ni khat ni ciang makai hi ding na hi cih na kiphawk ding ahi hi. Makaite pen a nu a pa ka theih, a khua a tui ka theih hi cih manin zahpih, thusimlo, cih bangin om kha kei in. Makai ahihna zahtak bawl in (zahtak na piak nop kei leh zong zahtak bawl in). Makai hitah cih man tawh zong gensiat ding kipan heethaat pah tuan kei in.
Mihing in suakta taka i lungkimna, i lungdamna, i lungkhamna i gen theih a thupi mah bangin i lungkimlohna leh i hehna te i pulak theih zong a hoih mahmah hi a, ahi zongin a vallua leh a uanglua a midangte ko dikdek den cih pen suahtakna zangkhial ahih manin diklo hi. Gamtatzia ding hilo hi. “Lampam sikkhiallo omlo” ciin Zomi Paunak ah i nei hi. Makai in zong khial thei, mipi in zong khial thei, ahi zongin a kimaisak dingte, a kithumkik dingte, a kiho lem, a kikhawl kik dingte i hi hi. Khatvei khialhna hang tawh mite mukhial den, gensia den cih pen picing vailo hi.
Makai te tungah mi in zong mawhpuakna lianpi i nei hi. Makaite in mipi khentuam deidan neilo in a huai ding, a huamsak den ding ahih mah bangin mipi in zong makaite pen a nung a thuap den ding, a tawsawn den ding ahi hi. A gensia in panglo in, a bawlpha in i pan ding ahi hi. Na tuacih hi kei veh aw, na tuacih ding hizaw veh aw cizaw ding hi hang. Sem khawm, gen khawm kikum khawm ding hi hang. Na thukimpih ahih kei leh zong langbawl seselo in om zaw ding hi hang. Na tawsawn zawh kei leh kaipuk sese kei in. A lamto na hih kei leh a sawnpai hi kei in.
Kikholhna, kimakaihna, kimawlna leh mipi vai khat peuh ah makaite in zuih ding hih ding a cihte uh thukhun omsa mah bangin i sep ding ahi hi. Gentehna in bawhlung suihna ah khut tawh kilawng theilo a khe bek tawh kisui thei hi. Khut tawh khoih leng a khial (fault) ahih mah bangin a kim a kiangah gamtatzia, sepzia, omzia, kithapiakzia zong zuih ding zuihloh ding om ahi hi. Tuate i palsat leh a khial (fault) hi a, free kick ahi hi. Tua manin kimawlna hi in kikhopna hita leh a thukun omsa bangin sep a, tua thukhun zui a kalsuan ding ahi hi. Tua dingin makai bek hilo, mipi in zong i suahtakna i zatkhialhloh ding ahi hi.
I hehna, i lungkimlohna suahta taka i gen theih pen a lungdam huai hi a, ahi zongin a vallua a i gen khak leh a pil gamtatlo, a pilvanglo ahi hi. Tua manin mipi hi in, makai hita leh i suahtakna siamtak in zangin a vallua, a uanglua, mite nopmawhsak nading, mite kisungsiat nading, mite thadahsak nading cih bangin i suahtakna i zat khak hetloh ding thupi kasa hi. I kampau, i thugente in i lungsim kilangsak mahmah ahih manin i picinna leh picinlohna cih khawng zong kisel theilo hi. Mite hong muhna ah a pilvang, a thukhual, a huaisiam i hih theihna dingin pilvang tak, mite zahtakna tawh a hopih, kuamah a neu muh a neu bawl lo, a khialte nangawn a khialhna uh kosia gawp hilo a, a kilawm banga hilh siam, gen siam hi ding leh a pahtak huaite a kilawm cianga pakta siam hi dingin kisin tek leng hoih kasa hi. Kua mah a picingsa omlo, a siamsa omlo ihih manin kisin to tek in i hun paisa sang i mailam ah a pilvangzaw a gamtat siam dan hanciam toto leng thupi kasa hi.
Tua manin lau vet keng, thupi sim vet keng cih manin zawhthawh thu tawh mekcip, nuai gawp cihte pawl a omloh ding thupi hi. Mihing pen Khanglui te in “Kuamah singhawm suanghawm a piang omlo” cih mah bang un kidem ding ci leh a kilau ding kuamah omlo hi. Pasal ciatciat ciin a kiding a kipang ngam ciat ahi hi. Tua ahih manin kizahtak tuah, kithupi bawl tuah leng i kikholhna nuam hi. Suakta ta ing cih manin i suahtakna i zat khialh a kithusimlohna, kineumuhna, ki sikcip sawmna cih khawng a om ciang kitotna, kinialna, kinopmawhna pianga a thuak pen nang leh kei mah i hi hi.
A khangto minam leh a khangto gam te mah bangin Zomi te zong i suahtakna zangkhiallo in a manpha, a picing, a pilvanghuai takin zang siam dingin kisin toto ni.
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