Mizo culture

Representative elements of Mizo culture
Top：Cheraw dance mural, Chief Zakapa, Vanhnuailiana's tomb
Second left：Mangkhaia's Monument
Second center：Mizo clothing at the Mizoram State Museum
Second right：Mizo and Lai on the way to their jhum
Third left: Memorial of Thomas Herbert Lewin at Demagiri
Third center：First Chiristian missionaries (left: Frederick William Savidge, right: James Herbert Lorrain)
Third right:Bombing of Aizawl during Mizo National Front uprising
Bottom left：Zawlbûk (traditional bachelor dormitary)
Bottom middle left:Sa Aih ceremony for a killed tiger
Bottom middle right:Mizo clothing in Myanmar (Chin State)
Bottom right: Mizo Hlakungpui Mual (Mizo Poets Square)

The culture of the Mizo people has been heavily influenced by Christianity during the colonial era of the British Raj and the rise of Mizo nationalism with the Mizo Insurgency of 1966-1986. Mizo culture is rooted in the arts and ways of life of Mizos in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Mizo culture has developed in plurality with historical settlements and migrations starting from Southern China to the Shan states of Burma, the Kabaw valley and the state of Mizoram under the British and Indian administrations.

Despite significant westernization of Mizo culture due to Christianity and British influence, efforts have been made to revive pre-missionary traditions such as Chapchâr kût.

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