Aizawl : Christianity is a strong force for the integration of all the Mizo tribes spreading in three countries, viz, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
This was echoed in a seminar on Mizo tribes integration held in a remote district of Mizoram on Friday.
The seminar was organized by Lunglei, Lawngtlai and Chhimtuipui Academy of Letters in Lunglei Art & Culture Auditorium on Friday, report reaching here said today.
Addressing the seminar, the Mizoram Art & Culture Minister, PC Zoramsangliana asked all the Mizo tribes to accept Mizo nomenclature for their unification. He asserted that the name Mizo coined by the forefathers is the most accurate collective name of Mizo tribes.
The Minister deplored the divide and rule policy applied by the British in 1890, by which Mizo tribes inhabiting the vast area had been divided and scattered in three countries, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. He also said, the present Mizoram is only one-fifth of the total area occupied by Mizo tribes. PC Zoramsangliana also described Christianity as the strongest force for reunification of Mizo tribes scattered in various part of the world.
In this seminar, the president of Lawngtlai Academy of Letters, Hrekunga presented his papers on Integration by traditional games and the president of Chimtuipui Academy of Letters, Dr. Chawngkhuma Chawngthu also presented a paper on Mizo Integration on folktales of the Mizos. The seminar was presided over by the president of Lunglei Mizo Academy of Letters, C.Hrangdula.