Enid H. Lalrammuani
Assistant Professor
Department of Mizo
Pachhunga UniversityCollege
Thlahtu
thuhmun leh tobul hmunkhatte hi ‘hnam’ tia sawi an ni a, pianpui thil
leh inthlahchhawnnain a ken tel a nih avangin danglama hloh mai theih
niin a lang lem lo. Hnam nunphung leh zia (culture) te, tawng te erawh
hi chu pianpui leh inthlahchhawn thil ni lovin kan zir chawp leh neih
chawp, kan chhehvela kan chenpuite atanga kan zir leh kan thanlenpui a
ni ve thung. Chung culture leh tawng hrang hrangte chu hnam hrang
hrangte humhalh a, phuar khawmtu leh tipumkhattu an ni a, vawn hima
chhawm nun zel ngai leh inzirtira inhlanchhawn zel thin a ni.
Culture hi a inthlak danglam reng a, eng hnam leh ram culture mah
hi pawlhsawp loh leh danglam lo tak tak a awm ta lo. Zirna, thiamna
leh hmasawnna chi hrang hrangin mihring khawsak leh nunphung a tidanglam
a, chung finna leh hriatna kan chhar belh zelte avang chuan kan culture pawh a inher danglam ve zel thin a ni. Hmanlai kan pi leh pute hun laia Mizo culture
kha tunlai mite tana chhawm zel theih loh thil tam tak a awm thei ang
a, chutih rual chuan chhawm nuna inzirtir ngei ngei tur Mizo nunphung
leh ze tha tam tak a awm bawk. Pasaltha ngaihsanna kan la chhawm zel a,
pasaltha leh huaisen kan tehna erawh a danglam ta hle thung a,
tlawmngaihna kan la vawng nung zel a, a lan chhuahna hmun leh lan
chhuahtir dan erawh a inang vek thei ta lo. Kan nun khaw chhuah theih
nana kan mamawh leh kan hmanrua azir zelin kan nunphung leh mizia
(culture) a inher danglam thin niin a lang.
Tu hnam
leh eng ram mah hi mahni chauhva mal din thei kan awm ta lo. Mahni hnam
dan leh nunphung la thlak danglam lo leh khawvel hmasawnna hrang hrang
laka la inthiarfihlim theite pawh hi engtik hunah emaw chuan loh theih
loha an insiam rem a tul hun a lo la thleng ngeiin a rinawm. Khawvel
hian culture intawm (global culture) a pawm tan mek a, hei hi
hmasawnna hrang hrangin min luh chhuah tak avang te, kan inmamawh tawn
avang te leh thiamna leh finnain min hrut rual chhoh mek avang te a ni. Global culture chuan khawvel pum huap tawng (global language - english) a rawn hring chhhuak bawk a. Thiamna leh hmasawnna dodal zawnga culture humhalh
tum chu thil finthlak loh leh tihchi loh tak a nih bawk si avangin
engtia lo hmachhawn tur nge ni tih hriat thiam a har hle thin.
Mihring hi hmasawn zel thei leh hmasawn zel tum tlat kan nih avangin global culture
hi lo hnualsuat ngawt tur niin a lang lo. Amaherawhchu hnam anga kan
din khaw chhuah theihna tur kawng erawh kan ngaihtuah a tul ta hle mai.
Hmanlai Mizo culture leh tunlai Mizo culture chu kawng tam
takah a danglam tawh hle a, khawvel tukverhah dakin hnam dang nun dan
leh hawiher pawh kan tawmpui thiam ta deuh vek mai. Kan culture danglam
mek hi hmasawnna vang ni bawk mah sela, Mizo hnam zia leh nunphung chi
hrang hrangte vawng him tura theihtawp kan chhuah loh chuan keini aia
fing leh kan ngaihsante nunphungin a siam global culture hian kan
thalaite min lem zawhsak ang a, ze bil leh ze nghet (culture) nei lo
Mizo hnam dinhmun tur chu chhut ngam pawh a ni lo ang. Kan ram leilung
hi kan humhalh a ngai a, hnam dangin min chimral mai loh nan kan inven a
tul a, kan hnam zia leh nunphung pawh chhawm nun zel a ngai bawk. Culture hloh tawh hnam tan inpumkhatna a awm tak tak thei lo va, nunphung leh ngaih dan hlawm khat a awm theih nan culture vawn nun a ngai a, chutianga culture humhalh theitu pawimawh tak chu tawng (language) hi a ni.
Hnam
min phuar khawmtu ber chu tawng hi a ni a. Hming te, ram te, hnam dan
te leh thil dang dangte pawh hi an pawimawh hle nachungin, min phuar
khawmtu ropui ber chu tawng hi a ni.[1] Hnam
fing zawk leh chak zawkte kara kan nun khaw chhuah ve theihna awmchhun
chu hnam thinlung nghet tak kan neih hi a ni. Chumi siam theitu pawimawh
tak chu tawng hi a ni. Mizote pawh hian hnam rilru kan put tak nachhan
pawimawh tak pakhat chu tawng khat – tawng inhman tawm theih (lingua
franca) kan neih tak vang niin a ngaih theih. Khawvelah hian hnam tenau
leh chak lo zawk tam tak awpbeha chimral an lo ni fo tawh a, a chhan ber
pawh anmahni aia culture chak leh hmasawn tawhten an luhchilh a,
chu chuan an hnam nunphung leh khawsak dan a her danglam zo va, an
tawng a fan chhuah hnuah phei chuan inpumkhat leh tura beih let a lo har
tawh a, a chak leh lian zawk culture-ah an inchhunglut zo ta thin a ni.
Culture tih hian a huam zauvin mihring nunphung chi hrang hrang, tawng thleng hian culture huang chhunga khung luh vek theih a nih avangin tawng hi culture ze peng pakhat ni maiin a ngaih theih a. Tawng pawh hi culture thuhmun neite inbiak pawh tawnna a nih bawk si avangin culture
hian tawng a hring chhuak nia ngai an awm a, chutih laiin tawng khat
hmangte hian nunphung leh ze inang an nei ta zawka ngai pawh an awm ve
bawk. Heng ngaih dan hrang hrang atanga chiang taka lo lang ta chu culture
leh tawng hi a inkungkaih tlat tih hi a ni. Tawng hi mihringte inbiak
pawh tawnna a nih mai piah lamah hian hnam zia leh nunphung tam tak a
keng tel a, kan ngaihtuahna pawh thui tak a tarlangin a kaihruai bawk a
ni. Tawng phenah hian culture a awm zel a ni.
Hnam ral mai loh nan culture vawn nun a ngai a, culture a nun reng theih nan tawng humhalh a ngai bawk. Tawng hloh tawh hnam ding chhuak sawi tur an awm lo va, culture
leh tawng hi a inzawm tlat vang a ni. Tawng (language)-ah hian hnam
nunphung leh zia tam tak a inphum tlat a. Tawng danga leh chhuah theih
loh a awmzia hrilhfiah ngai thu kan nei nual mai. Entirnan –
'Tlawmngaihna' tih thumal hi Mizo thinlungah chuan hrilhfiah lehchuan
ngai lova chiang, Mizo ze chhuanawm tak a ni a, tawng danga lehlin dawn
erawh chuan a awmzia hrilhfiah fe a ngai tawh thin. 'Mizopa' han tih mai
pawh hian Mizo a nihna mai bakah a mizia leh rilru puthmang a tarlang
tel nghal bawk.
Culture inher danglam rualin tawng
pawh a danglam ve nghal zel a, hmasawnna chi hrang hrang avangin tawng
thar a lo piang zel a. Kristian sakhua avangin tawng thar tam tak kan
neih belh a, eizawnna leh hnathawh dan hmang (work culture) danglam
zelin tawng thar a hring chhuak zel bawk a. Kan in leh lo, hmanrua leh
thil neih hrang hrangte, zirna leh thiamna, hmasawnna chi hrang
hrangtein tawng nasa takin a her danglam a. Heng hian thumal thar tam
tak a hrin chhuah avang te, hnam dang tawng tam tak her rema Mizo tawnga
kan seng luh tak te avangin tawng tihausatu pawimawh tak an ni.
Kan tawng neih sa tichhe zawnga Mizo culture
inher mek pawh hi hmuh hmaih chi a ni lo vang. Khawthlang nun leh tawng
ngaihsannain min tuam nasa telh telh a, sap tawng thiam kan ngaisang a,
Mizo tawng thiam loh erawh intih theih nan kan hmang ta lek lek mai.
Pawl sawmpahnih zirlai lehkhathiam thei tak, Mizo subject a fail avanga compartment exam
ngai ta chanchin chu a laichin hnai tak pakhat chuan chhuang angreng
takin min hrilh a ni. College zirlaite zingah pawh Mizo tawng sipel ziah
dik loh pawi ti miah lo, thiam pawh tum chuang lo an tam hle bawk.
Mahni hnam thil ngaihnepna leh hnualsuatna hi hnam tenaute nuai chimittu
a ni fo. Mizo culture humhalh nana pawimawh tak mai chu mahni culture ngaihsanna
leh ngaihhlutna (ethnocentrism) leh mahni tawng (language) pawimawhzia
inzirtir hi a ni. Hmasawnna kawng zawh thei lo khawpa hnam bing rilru
put chu a tha hauh lo vang a, khawvel pum culture-a kan hnam a pil bo mai loh nan leh inpumkhat nan erawh thil tul tak a ni thung.
French linguist Claude Hagege-a chuan, “Tawng hi thumal awm khawm satliah ni mai lovin, nunna nei, culture siamtu thil hrang hrang suih zawmtu leh awi nungtu a ni a, tawng a thih rualin a chenna culture pawh a bo ve nghal thin,” tiin a sawi.[2] Tawng leh culture hi nunna nei, damkhaw chhuah nana inmamawh tawn leh inchawm tawn an lo ni tihna a ni thei ang. Tawng a thih chuan culture a boral ve nghal a, culture-in
a chakna a hloh chuan tawng pawh a pachhe tial tial dawn tihna a ni. US
linguist lar tak pakhat chuan kum 2100 a lo her chhuah meuh chuan
khawvel tawng zaa sawmkua hi chu hman an ni tawh dawn lo niin a lo sawi
ve bawk.[3]
Hnam rilru
siamtu lian tak chu tawng hi a ni. Pawn lama hmuh theiha lo lang chhuak
hnam nunphung leh zia zawng zawng hi thinlung lama intan a ni. Mi tupawh
hnam dang nena inchiahpiah lutuk vanga mahni hnam tawng hre lo khawpa a
awm chuan, hnam rilru a nei nep thin a, a hloh hlauh thei bawk.[4] Culture
hian rilru chhungril ber atanga pawn lam lang theia kan nunphung zawng
zawng a huam a, chumi humhalhna atana pawimawh tak chu tawng hi a ni.
Tawng pawimawhna leh hlutna hi chhungkua atanga kan inzirtir a ngai a,
mahni hnam tawng thlir dan dik lo – thing tihna leh ngaihnepna, tunlai
khawvela tangkai lo leh hlutna nei lo anga ngaihna hi a reh theih nan
theihtawp kan chhuah a ngai a. Nu leh pa, zirtirtu leh rual u zawkte
hian Mizo hnam hma lam hun thui tak thlir chungin kan tu leh fate hnenah
hian Mizo tawng hlutna kan zirtir a tul hle a, chu chu hnam anga kan
dam khaw chhuah theihna tura pawimawh tak a ni si a. Bible pawhin,
“Naupang chu a kalna awm kawngah chuan zirtir ula, a upat hun thleng
pawhin a thlah lo vang,”[5] a lo ti diam tawh a. Mizo hnam hmakhua chu vawiina puitlingte kutah hian thu itak a innghat tihna a ni thei ang.
[1] Chhangte, Ralluaii: Mizo tawng chikna, p-1.
[3] https://www.google.co.in/search?q=news.bbs.co.uk,BBs-Today-The+death+of +language
[4] Chhangte, Ralluaii: Mizo tawng chikna, p-1.
[4] Chhangte, Ralluaii: Mizo tawng chikna, p-1.
[5] Pathian Lehkhabu Thianghlim, Thufingte 22:6.
-The MIZO Vol.II No.2 (October, 2014)
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