by, Suanpi
Zomi le Pasian
Ngeina le Biakna Atomno Etkakna
I. Thupatna
1. Zomi ih cih kua te hiam?
Zomi le Pasian pen akikhen thei lo de facto thu khat ahi hi. Zomite in a om na na uh ah a Pasian’ min lo kei le uh nungta zo lo ding uh a, Pasian biakna lo tawh Zomite om thei lo ding uh hi. Zomite pen nuntakna haksa minamte hi uh a, simlei vannuaiah anuntak zawh nading un a Pasian uh a pummuan ngam minam khat ahi hi. Nidang hun in Khamtung Zogam, Kawlgam le Vaigam mun tuamtuam te ah Zomite suakta takin aom uh hi a, kuama khutnuai ah om ngei lo uh hi. Socio-political system ngeina tuam neih uh a biakna zongh Zo ngeina sungah animism biakna tuam (kuamah tawh kibang lo) nei uh hi. ( Zo khangsimna nei uh a, Zo akici pupi khat i suan le khak te hi in ki um uh hi. Zomi cih pen Zo namte cihnopna hi a, Zo pen mihing min maw, ninam min hi zaw maw cih bel kitel cianlo hi. Zomite’ min pen mal nih, mal thum tawh kiphuakin mal kigawm hamtang a, Khiatna nei hi. Zo cih bek pen mihing min hi loin, minam min, beh min khawng hi zaw le kilawm hi).
Zomite in hausa le ukpi nei uh a, amau le amau aki-uk minamte ahi uh hi. Kumpi cih kammal aneih uh hangin Zo kumpi tatak a om ngeina tangthu sungah kimu ngei lo hi. Pawl khat te in Sengam China ah Chin dynasty khawng, Zou dynasty khawng pen Zo kumpi te hi thei ding aci zong om a, ahita zongh in ahihtheih tatak nading thu om lo zaw hi. Britishte’ khutnuai ah (Kawlgam sungah 1889 kum nungsiah Mikangte’ ukna nuai ah Chin Hills Zogam hong om ta hi—Vum Ko Hau, Profile of a Burma Frontier Man,1963:163-76) hong om tak uh ciangin agam uh pen colonial ki-ukna nuai ah mun tuamtuam in kikhen uh a: Chin Hills, Manipur, Tripura, Arakan, Chittagong Hill Tracts le North Cachar Hills gamke te ahi hi (Khup Za Go, Chronicle, 2008:164-65). Chin minamte ci in midangte in a theih zawk uh, Zomite pianna tatak pen Southeastern Asian minam te lak pan Tibeto-Burmese suan sungah minam neu citawm te hi uh a, India le Kawlgam gamgi dung tengah teng in, a tampen uh leh population mimal 1.5 million bang pha thei ding uh hi. British colonialist gamkeekte’ nungah American missionary te hong tun’ 1899 kum nunglam ciangin angeina upna traditional animistic beliefs te panin Christian upna ah hong kikhel uh hi (Martin Smith, Ethnic Groups of Burma, 1994:36).
Tu hun Kawlgam ah galkap kumpi hun hong tun’ tak ciangin Zomite in Kawlte’ khutnuai Zogam Khamtung bek ah om nawnlo in simlei mun tuamtuam tung kawi kawi khin ta uh a, atun tun na uh ah a Pasian uh bulphuhna le biakna; tua pan in lungdamna thu tangkona ci in a Pasian’ thu genna hanciam nuam hamtang uh hi. Khamangthang veina ci in, Pasian’ gupnathu asangnailo peuhmah “Hell-meikuanggam” tung ding cih lung hihmawhna tawh mi khempeuh kiangah akua akua peuhin gupna thu tang gen sawm den uh hi. Tua in tu hun Zomite’ pianzia icon lim khat hi ci leeng ki khiallo ding hi.
Tua ahihleh, Zomi ih cih te kua te hi a, a Pasian uh pen kua ahi tam? A Pasian uh pen Christian missionary sangmangte’ hong puak hong ken’ Christian God pen mah maw? Ahih kei a le amau’ tanglai ngeina animism sung a, a up uh Pasian pen mah hiam? Tua hi leh Pasian pen bang acihnopna ahitam? Pasian cih min pen asiangtho Pa cihnopna ahihleh Nusian cih bang khawng aom thei diam? Missionary sangmangte in bang hang in amau’ Christian God pen Zomite’ Pasian tawh akibang in lek- transliterate ahi tam? Tua hun laitak in Zomite in a Pasian uh bia thei khin ta ahi maw le? Zinmang khawng, Zinleeng khwng, Khuazing khawng te hi zaw lo maw le, abiak uh? Pasian pen Pau Cin Hau in Laipian biakna hong kipat tak teh Zomite in abiak kipan pan hi lo ahia le? Tua hi leh Pau Cin Hau’ Pasian le missionary sangmangte’ Pasian pen akibang mah maw? Pau Cin Hau’ kalsuanna movement le Christianity koi ci kizop thei ahi tam?...etc. etc., cih thu te tu hun Zomite in angaihsun kha ding uh hiam?
2. Zomite’ Pasian koi pan hong piang khia ahitam?
(Zom lai ni e maw...!)
Zomite tawh,
Suanpi
