TUIKHAAL ZO IDOL 2015

TUIKHAAL tangval Mo Suan leh Khampat nungah Mary in Mr Zo Idol leh Miss Zo Idol 2015 title tang uhi. Tami Zo Idol ahileh Kawlgam (Myanmar) sung adia a khatveina ahi. 

Zo Minam Ni 2015 Fashion Show kidemna ah Lia Vung Khom Niang (Kale University) leh Tv Hang Suan Khup te’n Miss Queen leh Mr Queen title la uhi. 

Mipite deina bangin Peoples’ Choice ah Tuikhaal ngahnu melhoi Saan Nu leh Moreh tangval feltah mai Francis Thangpi telching uhi. Tam melhoih duangching duang etlawm taang leh lie te kidemna khu phalbi vawt khiukheu, 18 Feb 2015 zan, nuai ah Tuikhaal vangkhuo lentuol ah om hi.

Tukum Zo Minam Ni, Tuikhaal ah 18-20 Feb 2015 sung thupitah mai in Sial (mithun) 02 leh Lawi 06 kigou in hun kizangh hi. Sahlam (India) lam apat mi bangzat hiei khat zong va kitel hi. 

Khampat ah ZO Pawi om di, Tuikhaal ZO Khawmpi 2015 REPORT

~ Bruce K. Thangkhal, Joint Editor, Zogam Today @ Tuikhaal

KHAMPAT SINGZABUANG (Khampat Banyan Tree)

This is the renowned Banyan Tree of the ZO peoples, situated in Khampat village, approximately a two-hour drive from Tamu, Myanmar, near the Moreh border in Chandel District, Manipur, India.

Khampat is a ZO TOWN that includes communities such as the Chin, Zomi, Kuki, Mizo, Falam, Haka, etc. The Tamu-Kalaymo highway runs through this village.

The tree is located near a Burmese village, about half a kilometre from Khampat.

Literally, Khampat can be translated as “the beginning of the mountain or hilly regions”, where “Kham” refers to a hill or mountainous range, and “pat” signifies the start or beginning.

Prophecy: In ancient times, a priest sat beneath this banyan tree and declared:
“The branches of the banyan tree will grow longer and longer until they eventually reach the ground. On the day the branches touch the ground, the ZO peoples will unite and reclaim dominion over their ancestral land.”

My friend, who accompanied me, explained, “Some Burmese chopped off the branches before they could touch the ground. A few years ago, lightning struck the tree, splitting it in two.”

Today, the ZO peoples — comprising Chin, Kuki, Mizo, Zomi, Kachin, and others — reside across Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts), Myanmar, and India.

Khampat Buangpui (in Mizo), Khampat Buongthing (in Kuki), and Khampat Buangkung or Singzabuang (in ZO).

This writer visited Khampat Buangkung on February 19, 2015.

~ Bruce K. Thangkhal, Joint Editor, Zogam Today

5th MELC Delhi Anniversary 2015