Manipur state sung a Tedim-Chin Union a kiphut zawh kum sawnga cinna souvenir vaisai pawlin thului hong ngetna bangin ka lungsim a kavei, bawldik tuak ka sak thute kong lui khia hi. Hih thului pen minam itna leh a hoihzaw ding geelna a hong kigelh ahih manin a sang siam tek dingin khat-leh-khat kingen masa hang. Thulu a ka zat ‘Tualsuak Zomite’ ka cih pen English in ‘Indigenous Zo people’ ka cihna ahi hi.
Ei Zomite pen i pu-pa luahsa gam leh leitang teek a luah i hih manin pemta hi lo-in tualsuak minam i hi hi. Tua ahih manin i pemta lungsimte uh paikhia in i minam, ngeina, tawndan, gam, khua leh tui puahin zuun ding a thupi pen in ngaihsut huailua ta hi. Bang hangin eite in pemta lungsim nei danin hong gen ka hi hiam? Nautang kihonate khongah hih bangin thu kiza thei zel hi, ‘a gam nei te’, cih bang ahih kei leh, ‘gam nei lo minam’ cih bang te kiza thei zel hi. Ei Zomite history limhtak suut le hang, eite pen kuamah gamah teng ngeilo, bektham lo-in, Mikang kumpi in hong ukh ma-in, kumpi dang kuamah ukhna nuai-ah omkha ngei lo minam te ihi uh hi.
Ei-leh-ei a ki-ukh ngiat minam i hi uh hi. Mikang kumpi hong khangin Zogam bup hong ukh khit uh ciangin, vaihawmna a baihzawkna dingin Zogam pen mun tuamtuam panin hong ukh uh hi. Japan Gal a bei ciangin Mikang kumpi in gam tuamtuam a ukhna uh pan in kizuuk khia uh a, ei Zomite pen gam tuamtuam ukhna nuai-ah hong nusia uh ahih manin, tu ciang dong ei-leh-ei kivaihawm theihna ding hamphatna hong kipia lo hi. Hihte hangin tu ciangin Union of Burma, Union of India leh Bangladesh ah khenzak in i om uh hi.
Hih thului in Zo minam bup thu hong huap zo lo ding a, hih laigelh a telthei Zominam pawlkhat— Tedim Zomi i cih thu bek hong huap ding hi. A diak in Tedim-mi leh Paite tribe thu luikhiat ding ka ngaihsutna hi a, ba’mcihleh kei ngaihsutna pan in hih Tedimmi a kici te leh Paite a kici te pen Zo minam sung panin bawngkhat/pawlkhat bangin ka ngaihsun hi. Bang hangin hih bangin a tuam liuliau bangin hong om kha hi hiam cih pen thu lamdang lua hi lo-in, ei sunga laithei masate in history a etzia uh tawm bang dik zo lo deuh hi ding hi. History i suut ciangin hun (temporal aspect) pen poimawh mahmah in, a thupiangte zong a pianhun teek mah bangin gelh ding ahi hi. Mikang kumpi hong tun ma-in Chin Hills cih bang mual min zong na om lo a, kuamah Chin Hills pan zong na kipem zenzen lo hi.
Ciimnuai-geltui panin milip i khan tawh kituakin i luahna gam hong zai semsem hi lel hi. Mikang Kumpi hong tun hun ciangin tu a Guite kual i cih bang a kiteng khin thamta hi. I luahgam hong lian semsem in Meiteite bang tawh va kigamgi kha liang kihizaw hi. Ahih hangin eite in kuama gamgi kikan kha lo hi. Chin Hills pan paikhia cih bang ngaihsutna a nein a om kha ngei hi, tua bang ngaihsutna pen thudik in kisang thei lo ding hi. Hih bangin lai khong gelhin i tangko pih leh i gam hong etlahsak namdangte a ding panmun khawhsak i suak ding hi. Tua ahihmanin thudiklo tawh i gam zuakzuak kei ni. Namdangte in thudiklo nangawn tawh a gam uh venbit a sawm lai un, ei Zomite in thudiklo tawh i gam zuak kha ihih manin, i history a ciahkik in pemta lungsim nei kha i om leh manlangin paaikhia ding hi hang.
Lamka pan khangkhia khangnote in minam thu i theiloh zia pen a lungkham huai liang mah hi khong! Laisiam lah hi si, BA/MA bang hi lianluan ahih hang i history uh thei hetlo kilkel bang zong na om zen hi. Khat veivei bang Tedim kam a ka pau pawlkhatte in a zak ciangin. “Nang Chin te maw?” cih peuhin hong dong thei uh hi. “Bang hang maw?” ci-in ka dot kik ciang “Chin pau in na pau a” hong kici sawnsawn lai. Chin pau cih na om tuam vilvel hi leh bel Chin state ah common language ding buai lo mah ding hi ve un. Lamkhat pan leuleu in, ka pau pen Chin pau ahih leh, hong dong pen pau bang hi ding hiam? Nidang Pu Tun Khaw Pum hun lai in Paite National Council (PNC) makaihna tawh Chin Re-unification ding ngetna memorandum bang India Kumpi kiangah na khia ngei uh hi. Tua ahih leh kua teng Chin hi a, kua teng bang Chin hilo cih pen laisim khangno te in thu i kan ding uh kisam mahmah ta hi.
Nautaangte buaina tuamtuamte — Kuki bang hi a? Chin bang hi hiam? Hih ci kawmkal ah Zomi bang hi leuleu hiam? cih khong pen khangno laisiamte in theitel in mite kiangah i hilh ciat ding uh hun mahmah ta hi. Khangmasa laisiamte in history limhtak na suut mello ahih manin hih bang teng, unau kal kitheihsiamlohna na ngawn kituak kha hi. A maute pen minam itlo hilo in, buaipih dingte sang buaipih loh dingte ah na kin zaw kha uh hi lel hi. Hih minam min tawh kisai-in kei ngaihsutna hih bang hi ziau lel hi. Tualsuakmi ihih manin tualsuak min i ngeina, tawndan, sing-leh-lou, khanggui, gam (mual-leh-guam), leh adg., tawh kizopna a nei minam min pen a manphatzia hong kithei semsem ahih manin Zomi pen hong kilaam sang ahihna theih huai hi. Mikang kumpi hong tunma in zong eite in Zomi, Zophualva, Zolengthe, Zovawk, Zozu, Zozam, leh adg., te ah Zo cih pen na kilimzat mahmah hi. Tua ahih manin, Zomi i cih ciangin i tualsuak minam min hi cih pen i theihtel a i lapsang ding ahi hi.
Lai theimasate in history a etdan uh diklo kha ahi phial zongin, khangthak siamsin momnote in limhtak adik-aman bang hi hiam ci-in thu kan dingin tavuan lak hunta hi. Bang hangin i history etdan uh diklo hi ci ka hi hiam? Hih history etdan dikloh manin bang teng hamphatna kitaan hiam? Bangzah in a ki-it ding te ki-el den kha hi hiam? Tedim leh Paite entity tuam bang a hong kilatzia thu pan hih a tung a dawtnate suut ding hi hang. Tedim i cih khuamin na hi masa in, kum 1550 A.D. kiim pawl a Guite beh Pu Gui Mang in a sat hi, kici hi. Mikang Kumpi hong khangin, Zogam hong lak lai tak in Ukhpi Kamhau in vaihawmna phualpi in nei hi. Hih khua pen khualian mawhlo khat ahih man Zo pau cituamtuam a zang tampi na tengkhawm uh hi kici hi. Tua ahih manin, hih pau tuamtuam teng hong kigawm in kampau a tangzai zaw khat hong piangkhia hi. Hih pau pen Mikangkumpi in Kamhau ukhna sung a om teng in thei tek banah, amah ukhpi vaihawmna a pau kizang ahih manin kamhau dialect na ci uh hi. Mikang kumpi in Tedim khuapan a ukhzawhna ciangciang pen Tedim Township ci-in administrative division khatin na koih uh hi. Mikangte hong tun tawh Ukhpi Kamhau lutlai kituaklian hi.
Ukhpi Kamhau ukhna gam pen na zai mahmah a, hih bangin la na phuak hi, “Setang kaihna sak ciang Teimei ka hialna Lamtui” na cih hi. Alexander Makenzie in laibu sungah hih bangin kimu thei hi. Guite hausa Gou Kho Thang Meitei lengpa’n zekhemin a mat khit ciangin, Ukhpi Kamhau te pata in Mualbem panin palai Kai Khual (kikoul) Meitei lengpa kiangah sawl uh hi. Tua ahih manin, Kamhau ukhna pen Meitei gam dong na hi hi. Tua lai-in Meitei gam pen neu mahmah a, Meitei lengpa’n a mite khalna pia-in a gam pua-ah a hawlkhiat ciangin Kak-Ching ahih kei leh Kwakta lak khongah hawlkhia zel hi. Hih hunlai in Meitei gam leh ukhpi Kamhau ukhna a gamgi limhtak kikhung ahih loh hang, hih atung a thu-leh-la te in hong tel sak mahmah pah hi. Tua India leh Myanmar gamgi pen na hideksuai lo hi. Hih gamgi pen tua Guite kual i cih na mun khong ei Zomi ten i luahkhit zawh Mikang kumpi hong khan ciang bek hong kikhung pan hi.
Tua ahih manin PNC constitution, 1947 ah a kigelh Chin Hills pan Manipur/India lut i cih pen thudik hilo a, a lauhuai mahmah thu ahi hi. Hih constitution in Paite i cih minam min pen definition pia ngekngek hi. Paite cih min pen limhtak ngaihtuah phathak in, i history uh tawh taihtuah in hi leng kisam sa lo kha thei ding hi hang. A hangin hih history hmuhzia inn eite pemta hong suaksak thei khong a hih man in, aman lang in kikuphuai mahmah thu khat hong hi mawk hi. Mite in Kuki te pen nomad (pemta) hi uh, tribe min khat zong Paite hi, ci-in lai bang hong kigelh ciangin i zanuam het kei uh hi, tua ahih manin limhtak ngaihsut huai sa ing. Thu dengdel, sehnel bangin ut bangbang a khen lamdang theih, THU tungah i-minam, i-inn-leh-lou, i-khua-i-tui kingasak kei thei leng. Thutak, Suangpi bang a a-linglo, a-kip, kikhel ngeilo THU tungah i minam kingasak leng kuamahin ut bangbang in hong suksak theihlo ding hi.
Hih bangin kituam lak ding ngaihsutna tawh i minam min phuakkha i hih manin, thudik mello tungah i identity kingakha hong suak hi. Tua ahih manin mite in hong simmawhsakin hong philsuk-philto se uh hi-in ka ngaihsun hi. Khangnote in dawtna tampi nei-in, ahih hangin dawna kician mulo ahih manin, mailam kalsuan din zia gelkholhna a haksatna lianpi om hi. Khangno pawlkhatte in ka kiangah thu hong dong thei zel uh a, adiak in Paite leh Tedim i cih pen bang dingin hih bangin na kikhen kha hi mawk hiam? cih thu teltak thei nuam tampi om hi. Tua ahih manin, Tedim leh Paite ci-in a tuam dan a kihuaite pen ahi ci ding mah hiam. cih ngaihsunna lianpi ka neithei zel hi. Kei ngaihsutna panin khat hinapi i khen teitei uh hizaw hi ci ing.
Lam tuamtuam pan a malmal in suut leng:
1. Nampuan: Zou leh Tedim in nampuan kibang zang hi. Paite in nampuan tuam phuak lo bang hi leh bel a kibang ding mah hi. Kei ngaihsutna ah bel Ciimnuai-Geltui a suak tengin nampuan hih bang teng kinei hi: puanlaisan, puandum, Khephiau, Zoniik, mongkhak, tualpuan (angkhi) leh tangciin. Puanmongvom kici pen i sanggam Thadou lam ten tu ciangin na zang phadiak uh hi.
2. La: I Zolate un pumkhat hihna hong lak hi. Bang hang hiam cih leh “lamsai tawng e gual aw e, i sai thei dialdial na maw”. Hih bang pen Teizang pau lamte phuah hi ding in um ing, hih la bang pen Paite lamin na sa phadeuh se uh bang hi.
3. Laam: Laam pen i neih taang uh hi na pi-in, unau pasal teng pa go kihawm bang a, laam teng zong kihawm mawk. Minam tuam hih sawm teitei tentan.
4. Beh: Beh tawh kisai a bel kuamah a tuam om lo hi.
5. Pau: pau pen akaih bek kilamdang hi-in thei ing. Thelno khat-leh-nih pen a om koikoi ding mah hi ing ngaihsun ing. English tektek zong— American-english, Canadian-English, leh Australia-English ci-in na kibang khin sam lo hi. Ahih hang kilamdang liang zong hi tuanlo zel leuleu hi.
6. Pawi tuamtuamte: I pawi tuamtuamte—Khuado Pawi, Sialsawm Pawi, leh adg te pen nidanglai in a nei tuam om lo-in khuacih in zang ngeingai a, ahih hang tu hun ciang a neiphadiak bang kiomsak se. Pawlkhatte bang pupa ngeina pawite neikhangeilo mah bang zawzen. Hih pen i kituamlak nawp tek man hi ci lel ing.
Hih a tung a teng banah zong lamtampi-ah et theih lai ding hi. Hih pen Laithei khangmasate ngaihsutna tawh kibang lo kha ding a, tua ahih manin khangthak thutak kan te-in hih sang in i telzawkna ding un hanciam ding hi hang. Tualsuak minam khatin leitung bup dongah miten hong ciapteh thei na dingin i ngeinate, i pawite (festivals), ki-ukhzia, khangthu, tualsuak minam min, leh adg te kisam mahmah hi. Tuate i neihloh hi lo in, i zuun loh man bek hi. Hih i pupa pan i luahsuk—ngeina, tawndan, pau-leh-ham, gam-leh-lei, leh adg te i zuun ciang mite in hong zahtak in minam picing hong sang pan ding uh hi. I biak Pasian hoihna hangin, khanthakte in, i minam puahin zuun ding hongkipan ta hi. Tua ahihmanin kuapeuh in itna tawh semin, eima angsung bek khuallo-in, takhahna tawh takkheih! Ci-in hanciam in mailamnawt ding hi hang.
Phattuamna om hetlo-in eite kituam lakin vaituam bang i hawmhawm phial zongin, cikhat-namkhat i hihna pen telkhialh ding hi peuhmah lo a, i khangthudik leh history te ah i minam vai peuhmah nga-in hi le hang, thudik in hong gumkhia ding hi. Tu ciangin leitung khantohna sang mahmah ta in, tuamanin communication zong hong baih hiaihiai ahih manin i pau-leh-ham uh zong na kigawm hiaihiai ta hi. Tua ahih manin i pau-leh-ham te uh a luankhop hiaihiai bangin, a mite in zong Zotui bang luankhopna ding vai sawm thei dingin Pasian in i minam thupha hong pia ta hen.
Dr. L. Lam Khan Piang
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