Zomi people
Zomi is a collective identity adopted some of the
Etymology
The term "Zomi" combines the ancestral name "Zo" with "mi," meaning people in Zopau, their spoken language.[citation needed]
Historically, the term Zo or Jo has been documented in various contexts, such as by
Evolution of the identity
The
With these antecedents, seven
During 1997–1998, serious
Diaspora
As of 2018[update], the Zomi are the second-largest ethnic group in the Burmese diaspora in the United States.[14] Between 7000 and 9000 Zomi live in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which is referred to as "Zomi Town" within the Burmese diaspora.[15] The concentration of Zomi in Tulsa is related to the fact that the Zomi are a largely Christian ethnic group and faced persecution in Myanmar under the military dictatorship.[16] The resettlement of Zomi refugees to Tulsa was in part catalyzed by Dr. Chin Do Kham, who moved to Tulsa in the 1970s to study at Oral Roberts University, a Christian institution in southern Tulsa.[17]
Popular culture
The first Zomi-language movie to receive a full-length theatrical debut was a 2021 English-Zomi bilingual film, written and directed by Burmese refugee Thang Mung, called Thorn in the Center of the Heart. The film first premiered in Michigan, where Mung was resettled by U.S. refugee services as a teenager.[18]
See also
Notes
- ^ Zomi Nam Ni is translated as "Zomi national day". Its celebration started in the Churachandpur town around 1994–1995.[8] However, it was already being celebrated in Chin State to mark the day when Chins switched to a democratic system of administration on 20 February 1948, dispensing with traditional chieftancies. Starting out as "Chin National Day", the event is said to have been renamed as "Zomi National Day" in 1950.[9]
References
- ^ Suantak, Vumson (1 January 1986). Zo history: With an introduction to Zo culture, economy, religion and their status as an ethnic minority in India, Burma, and Bangladesh. Vumson. p. 1-7.
- ^ Suan, Rethinking 'tribe' identities (2011), p. 176.
- ^ Go, Zo Chronicles (2008), pp. 185–187.
- ^ Zou, A Historical Study of the 'Zo' Struggle (2010), p. 61.
- ^ Suan, Rethinking 'tribe' identities (2011), p. 180.
- ^ a b c Haokip, The Kuki-Paite Conflict (2007), p. 191.
- ^ Suan, Rethinking 'tribe' identities (2011), pp. 180–181.
- ^ Zou, Emergent Micro-National Communities (2012), p. 322.
- ^ Zomi National Day: 20th February, Zogam.com, retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ Rammohan, Blueprint for Counterinsurgency in Manipur (2002).
- ^
Choudhury, Sanghamitra (2016), Women and Conflict in India, Routledge, pp. 38–39, ISBN 9781317553625
- ^ Rodger, Alison J; Mike Toole; Baby Lalnuntluangi; V. Muana; Peter Deutschmann (2002). "DOTS-based tuberculosis treatment and control during civil conflict and an HIV epidemic, Churachandpur District, India". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 80 (6).
- ^ Haokip, The Kuki-Paite Conflict (2007), p. 205.
- ^ Mung, Daniel (2018). The promised land : Zomi diaspora in Tulsa (Thesis).
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Zomi USA: How a city in Oklahoma became home to an ethnic group from Southeast Asia". NBC News. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Writer, TIM STANLEY World Staff (16 October 2013). "Former ORU professor, Myanmar native Chin Do Kham dies at 54". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Shields, Lauren (30 August 2021). ""Thorn in the Center of the Heart" will be Grand Ledge Sun Theatre's first showing since COVID". Fox 47 News. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
Bibliography
- Go, Khup Za (2008), Zo Chronicles: A Documentary Study of History and Culture of the Kuki-Chin-Lushai Tribe, Mittal Publications, ISBN 9788183242103
- Haokip, Rebecca C. (2007). "The Kuki-Paite Conflict in the Churachandpur District of Manipur". In Lazar Jeyaseelan (ed.). Conflict Mapping and Peace Processes in North East India (PDF). North Eastern Social Research Centre. pp. 185–207.
- Haokip, T. S. Letkhosei (2018), Ethnicity and Insurgency in Myanmar/Burma: A Comparative Study of the Kuki-Chin and Karen Insurgencies, Educreation Publishing
- Rammohan, E. N. (April–June 2002), "Blueprint for Counterinsurgency in Manipur", The Journal of the United Services Institution of India, CXXXII
- Suan, H. Kham Khan (2011), "Rethinking 'tribe' identities: The politics of recognition among the Zo in north-east India", Contributions to Indian Sociology, 45 (2): 157–187,
- Zou, David Vumlallian (3–9 April 2010), "A Historical Study of the 'Zo' Struggle", Economic and Political Weekly, 45 (14): 56–63, JSTOR 25664306
- Zou, S. Thangboi (2012), "Emergent Micro-National Communities: The Logic of Kuki-Chin Armed Struggle in Manipur", Strategic Analysis, 36 (2): 315–327,
Further reading
- George, Sam (15 January 2019). Diaspora Christianities: Global Scattering and Gathering of South Asian Christians. Fortress Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-5064-4706-3.