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Zairema (/ zaɪˈrɛmə /; 4 May 1917 – 17 December 2008) was a Presbyterian minister, and a pioneer in theology and literature among the Mizo people of northeast India. He was the first Mizo to obtain the degrees of BSc and BD. [1] He died of cardiac problem on the morning of 17 December 2008 at his residence in Aizawl at the age of 91. [2]
Mizo people. (Chin people, Kuki people and Southern Naga people (Zo). The Mizo people, historically known as the Lushais[c], are an ethnic group native to the state of Mizoram in India and neighbouring states (such as Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya) of Northeast India. They speak the Tibeto-Burman language of Mizo, the official language and lingua ...
The solution came in the form of Christian missionaries. The pioneers were James Herbert Lorrain (He was given a Mizo name as Pu Buanga) and F.W Savidge (He was given the name Sap Upa), sent by the Arthington Aborigines Mission in London, who entered Lushai Hills in 1894, the year venerated in Mizoram as the "advent of the Gospel". [4]
Mizo is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Mizoram, where it is the official language and lingua franca. [5] It is the mother tongue of the Mizo people and some members of the Mizo diaspora. Other than Mizoram, it is also spoken in Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, and Assam states of India, Sagaing Region and Chin State ...
Mizo religion. Mizo religion, also known as Lushai animism, [1] is an indigenous polytheistic ethnic religion that was practiced by the majority of the Mizo people before conversions to Christianity which started with the British annexation of the region. [2] As of the 2001 census, 1,367 people practiced the Mizo religion. [3][4]
The culture of the Mizo people has been heavily influenced by Christianity during the colonial era of the British Raj and the rise of Mizo nationalism with the Mizo Insurgency of 1966-1986. Mizo culture is rooted in the arts and ways of life of Mizos in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Mizo culture has developed in plurality with historical ...
The Young Mizo Association built refugee towns and supplied the refugees with food, clothes and money donated by people from all over Mizoram. [80] On the request of Young Mizo Association, Mizoram allocated money for the refugees, which included lawmakers and even the chief minister of Chin state, Salai Lian Luai .
Pialral. Pialrâl ( / ˌpiːəlˈrɑːl /) is the ultimate heaven according to the folk myth of the Mizo tribes of Northeast India. The Mizo word literally means "beyond the world". Unlike most concepts of heaven, it is not the final resting place of the spirits of the good and the righteous, nor is there a role for god or any supernaturals; it ...