It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Zo (people). (Discuss) Zomi is the name of an ethnic group of people that occupy Northwest Burma, Northeast India, and Northeast Bangladesh, and normally known as Lushai, Chin and Kuki to the outsiders. The British divided the Zomis' inhabitance with three international boundaries into India, Burma and Bangladesh. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Meaning and definitions
The word "Zo" has many literal meanings such as "Win", "Respond", "Higher altitude", "conquer" etc. But, "Mi" means "People". Due to external dominance and influence, the Bangali called them Kuki, the Burmans called them Chin, the Indians called them Lushai but they never called themselves by those names. Zomi is the most commonly known identity regardless of their living in the plain, high altitude, South, North, East or West.
Professor F.K. Lehman (Anthropology and Linguistics, University of Illinois (USA)), in his unbiased research and findings, he concludes that despite the variation in the form of writing, it appears to have a single root of Zo, Yo, Ysou, Shou and the like.
According to Rev. S.T. Hau Go the first General Secretary of ZBC (Zomi Baptist Convention) and a former lecturer of Mandalay University, Burma, the usage of Zo is widespread throughout the inhabitance of Zomi from Burma to Bay of Bengal. For instance, they are known as, Yo in Thadous areas, Laizo in Falam areas, Zomi Tedim areas, Mizo in Lushais area, Zotung, Zophei, Zokhua in Haka areas, Bawmzo in Chittagong Hill Stracts, Yaw in Gangaw areas, Jo or Cho in Mindat, Khomi in Paletwa, A-Sho in Prome, Thayetmyo, Sandoway and Bassein areas. Thus, Zo or Zomi is the most widely used National Name.
However the names given by their neighbors such as Lushai, Kuki and Chin are not National names, additionally never able to cover the whole Nation. Only the name “Zo” is found to be the most common name among Chin-Kuki-Lushai. [[1]]
Zo Race It is considered to be a Tibeto-Burman race. There are many sub-tribes under Zo People who live in India, Burma and Bangladesh namely, Zomi, Mizo, Lai-Zo, Bawm-Zo, Cho, Asho, Khumi, Kuki, Lakher etc.
Religion Traditionally animism was considered to be the most widely practiced religion among Zomi, until the Swedish-American Baptist missionaries preached the good news to them, around 1899, for the first time. Today, we can witness so many different christian denominations across Chin State and among the Zomi. Approximately there are about 5 to 10 percent who are non-christians currently in Chin State, the rest, however confess to be Christians either by birth or conviction.
Demographics
Identities The simplification of term Zomi into English is Zo People. Zo people who occupied part of India, Burma and Bangladesh are considered to be indigenous people. Zomi settled down in large part of Churachanpur district of Manipur State, India. The brethren, Thado-Kuki especially in India adopted the name Kuki which means hill people in Bengali language. Similarly Zomi in Burma are called Chin initially by the Burmans around 700 AD for the first time, and subsequently by the British. Zomi who live in Mizoram State of India referred themselves as Mizo, although the two terms Zomi and Mizo simply mean "Zo People". Basically Zo people covered the whole Chin State of Burma, the whole Mizoram State of India, part of Manipur State of India called Lamka District, part of Sagaing Division in Burma, part of Chittagong Hill Tracts[[2]], Bangladesh, part of Rakhine State in Burma. The area of the Chittagong Hill Tracts is about 13,184 sq km, which is approximately one-tenth of the total area of Bangladesh. It is believed that there are about 1 million Zo people in Mizoram, 5-700 thousands in Chin State, 300 thousands in Lamka district or Churachanpur district, and 2 million in the plain areas of Sagaing Division, Magway Division, Chittagong Hill Tracts,[[3]],and Rakhine State. The numbers of Bawm Zo[[4]][[5]] in Bangladesh is believed to be around 6000. [[6]] Churachanpur is a district in the Indian state of Manipur. ...
Manipur State Manipur State is one of the north east Indian States, a neigbouring state to Burma. ...
The term Kuki refers to an ethnic entity that spreads out in a contiguous region in Northeast India, Northwest Burma (Myanmar), and the Chittagong Hill tracts in Bangladesh. ...
Chin may refer to: In the human anatomy, the chin is the lowermost part of the face. ...
Mizoram is one of the Seven Sister States in North-Eastern India on the border with Burma. ...
The Mizos are a scheduled tribe in northeastern India, primarily in the state of Mizoram, of which they are in the majority. ...
Chin State is a state of Myanmar. ...
Mizoram is one of the Seven Sister States in North-Eastern India on the border with Burma. ...
Manipur State Manipur State is one of the north east Indian States, a neigbouring state to Burma. ...
Lamka District It is also known as Churachanpur District under Manipur State of India. ...
Sagaing Division is a division of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30 north and longitude 94° 97 east. ...
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Rakhine State (Burmese: ; formerly Arakan) is a state of Myanmar. ...
Mizoram (Hindi: मिज़ोरम) is a state in northeastern India. ...
Churachanpur is a district in the Indian state of Manipur. ...
Sagaing Division is a division of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30 north and longitude 94° 97 east. ...
Magway Division (also spelled Magwe) is a division located in central Myanmar between north latitude 18° 50 and 22° 47 and east longitude between 93° 47 and 95° 55. It is bordered by Sagaing Division is to its north, Mandalay Division to its east, Bago Division to its south and...
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Rakhine State (Burmese: ; formerly Arakan) is a state of Myanmar. ...
Bawm Zo Bawm Zo is the name of a sub-tribe of Zomi who settled down in Bangadesh. ...
Zomi who settled down at the center part of Chin State are known to themselves as Lai Zo, because of the central location of their inhabitance. Additionally, the Lai Zo were fond of the idea of exclusiveness from the Zophei, Zokhua and Zotung people. Hence, the idea of dichotomisation was applied by using US-THEM method of segregation for centuries, in this segmentation. The LaiZo, later dismantled the word "Zo" from LaiZo and use only Laimi, however they are very much part of "Zo" or "Zomi". Nevertheless, the word "Laimi" only covers a small numbers of people at the center part of Chin State. On the other hand, the name "Zomi" or "Zo" covers people who called themselves Mizo, Zomi, Kuki, [Bawm] Zo and Chin as a whole.
The southern part of Chin State, Burma occupied by Asho, Cho people, nontheless, the words simply are the indication of their beings as sourhtern Zomi (Zo People).
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