Mizo: MOTHER’S day

“A silhfen chu chakna leh ropuina a ni a,

            Hun lo la thleng tûr atân pawh a nui a.

            Finnain a ka a ang a,

            A kaah chuan ngilneihna thu a awm.

            An chhûng khawsak dan a en tha a,

            Dawngdahna chhâng a ei lo.

            A fate chu an tho a, ‘Engthawli’ an ti a,

            A pasal pawhin a fak a.

            ‘Hmeichhe tam tak khawsak tha an awm a.

            Mahse nang chuan i khum vek a ni,’ tiin.

            Duhsakna hi bumna a ni a, hmêl thâtna chu engmah lo a ni.

            LALPA tihtu hmeichhia erawh chu fak a ni ang.

            A kutkawih chhuah chu pe la,

            A thiltihin kulh kawngkaah chuan fak rawh se.” – Thufingte 31:25-31

            “Mi, a nuin a thlamuan angin ka thlamuan ang che u; tichuan Jerusalem-ah chuan thlamuanin in awm dawn nia,” tia Pathianin Isaia hnena a lo sawi (Is 66:13) hian nute pawimawhzia a lan chhuah tir chiang khawpin a hriat. “Engati nge tahna ruamah ka nu hi a liam fo a, tullo deuh deuha min ngaihsak ni! Chakna na nei ve tawk tawh a lawm,” tiin thingnawi fawm rual naupang i nih chhoh vel laiin zawhna mawlmang tak i lo siam thin a ni mai thei. I thiante lah chuan, “Nute hi chu awmze nei loin an mangang fo a lawm,” tiin an lo chhâng thin che pawh a ni mial mai thei. I lo upat hnu thleng pawhin i hrethiam lo pawh a ni thei e; mahse Pathian hnenah zawt theiin duhai sâm han hlawhtlin tir thei ta la, tihian a lo chhâng mai thei che a ni:

“Nute hi danglam bik tura ka duan an ni, an dârte chu khawvel lungngaihna rit phur zo turin ka ti chak a, chutih laiin an bân te chu beram hmul ianga nemin ka siam lawi si; thlamuang taka a pawm chea, lungkham nei miah loa mutmu i tuah theihna’n. Chhungril chakna ka pe a, fa neih vanga natna leh hrehawmna tuar zo tur leh mite endawngna leh hmuhsitna do zo turin; a ni, a fate ngei hnen atang pawha enhranna chu. Amahah chuan chakna chi ka tuh a, nitin a thang duang a; a hmangaihna leh lainatna te chu nitin chhem alh zual a nih theihna’n thinlung mei anga lum zaidam leh nel ka pe bawk, thenrual thate leh chhûngkhat lainate duat leh enkawl theihna tur lungril chu. Damlohna leh manganna tawp pawha sawisel loa thihna hlim kawr ruam chu zawh tlang theihna khawp tumruhna chuan a tuam si a.

 “Thinnel taka zawldawh zawka tan zel theihna, enganga hawisan pawha fate hmangaih zual zel zawk theihna rilru chu ka hlan a ni. Kawppui a neih theihna’na a nak ruh ngei ka lak chhuahna mipa rilru chapo ngaihthiam theihnate, finna leh remhriatna nena ro a relpui theihna’n te hriatthiamna nunmawi ka hlan si a; rilru nat vanglai ber pawha a kianga din tlat duh theihna thinlung chu. Chuti anga a hahna zawng zawng atan chuan lawmman mawlmang tak mai: a hrehawmte hrîkthlakna tur ‘mittui’ ka pe a ni. Chu chu a duh anga a hmana a pek chhuah tur a ni ve thung. A chaklohna awm chhun pawh a ni mai thei e. A tap lai i hmuh chuan i hmangaihzia i hrilh dawn nia. I thlamuanna aw kâ dawn chu beiseina a nei lem lo ang, i hlaimna hi a tan chuan lawmna ber a lo ni si a; amaherawhchu lungngaih vanga mittui far chu lâwm vanga bianga mittui luangah i chan tir thei zawk a sin. Tichuan lehkhabu thianghlima thu inziak hi i lo ngaihsak thin bawk dawn nia: 
‘Ka fapa, i pa thupêk chu zawm la,i nu zirtirna chu hawisan suh. 
I thinlungah thlung reng la, i nghawngah awrh rawh.
I vah velin a hruai ang chia,i mut hunin a veng ang chi
I thawh hunin a bia ang che.’-  Thufingte 6:20-22”

            Mother’s day hi a intanna a lo rei tawh khawp mai. He ni hi khawvel pum huapa nute hnena lawmthu sawi ni leh zahder nia hman a ni. Hmakhawsâng mi fing hmasa Greek leh Roman ho hunlai atang daih tawh khan lo hman tawh ni awm a ni. He ni hi Greece ho annual spring festival, Pathian tam tak nu Rhea-i chawimawina hun an hman atanga intan ni awma sawi a ni.^[2] Roman ho pawhin chute ang kutpui, Hilaria (March thla laihawl vel), chu Cybele, Pathiannu chawimawina’n an lo hmang ve thin bawk, 250 BC vel khan. ^[2]  UK-ah chuan Kristian kut pakhat Mothering Sunday [A Christian festival celebrated throughout Europe that falls on the 4th Sunday in Lent (Easter hmaa ni 40-na)] tih hi kum zabi 17 vel khan an lo hmang tawh a,^{[1] [5]}  Greek leh Roman kutpui kan sawi tak kal zel kha a ni e, tiin thenkhat chuan an sawi bawk. Chu ni chuan rethei fate chu mi hausate inah inhlawhfain an vak chhuak thin. Tichuan an thawh zawh hnuah, 'Mother Church' an tih emaw an venga Cathedral (biakin) emaw chu an tlawh a, an nute chu biakin tlawh zawhah chuan pangpar leh cake te an pe ta thin a ni. Industrial Revolution chuan a rawn khawih buai a, Indopui pahnihna a lo chhuah khan American sipai hoin an rawn thar thawh leh a ni.^[6]

            USA-ah ve thung chuan thuziak thiam tak Julia Ward Howe- in 1872 kuma a hmalakna atanga rawn in mûng chho a ni. "Mother's Day Proclamation" chu Boston-ah kum 1870 khan a ziak a, official taka chawlh leh lawmna nia puang turin, mi ngaihsak a hlawh viau a mahse hman a ni zui ta lem lo. Mother’s day hmuchhuaktu tak nia sawi theih tak chu Anna Jarvis, West Virginia mi a ni. A nuin, engtik niah emaw nute hi an phu tawh chawimawina leh hriatna pek ve a beisei thu chu a nunchhuahpui ta ni awm a ni. A nuin 1905 kuma a boral san hnuah Mother’s day hi official holiday-a puan anih theihna’n a nu pangpar ngainat ber chu an biakinah mite tawn turin a sem thin, an nute chawimawina’n. Chu chuan ngaihven a hlawh hle a, 1910-ah chuan West Virginia chu chawlh puang hmasa ber state a lo ni ta hial.^[6] A hnu, May 8, 1914-ah chuan US President Woodrow Wilson-a chuan Joint Resolution chu a sign ta a, May thlaa chawlhni vawihnihna chu Mother's Day anga hman turin a puang  ta a ni.^[3][4] Tichuan hman chhoh zel a lo ni ta a nih hi. Tunah chuan ram 46 aia tamin May thlaa chawlhni vawihnihnaah hian an hmang ve, keini ram telin. Kan calendar (Gregorian) hman ang hmang ve lo ram thenkhat chuan an hman hun hi a dang hret, heti angin:

1.      Israel: Shevat 30 [Between January 30 and March 1]

2.      Nepal: Baisakh Amavasya (Mata Tirtha Aunsi) [Between 19 April and 29 April ]

3.      Iran: 20 Jumada al-thani  [14 June 2009 ]

            Nang leh kei hian eng nge kan tih ve dawn le? Kan nute hi kan hmangaihin kan chunga an thiltha tih zawng zawng vang hian kan lawm a ni tih hi kan hrilh ve tawh em le? Nute la neia vannei kan nih chuan tlai lua a awm lo a nia. Pathian hnena lawmthu sawi chungin kan nute hi i chawimawi ang u.

                                    “Nute u, kan tan hian in va hlu teh lul em.”

References:

[1] BBC web

 [2] Cybele, Attis and related cults: essays in memory of M.J. Vermaseren, 1996- Maarten Jozef Vermaseren, Eugene Lan,

[3] House Vote #274 (May 7, 2008) H. Res. 1113: Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day (Vote On Passage)

[4] House Vote #275 (May 7, 2008) Table Motion to Reconsider: H RES 1113 Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother’s Day

[5]American Journal of Psychiatry - James Grold (April 1968),

[6] Society for the Confluence of Festivals in India (SCFI)

[He article hi Bangalore Mizo Association official newspaper, BMA AW Vol.XVII Issue no.5, May 8^th 2011, a tihchhuah a ni, Mother’s day a nih angin Editor sawmna angin nu te tana special deuhin ka han ziak a ni. Eng nge i nu tan i tih ve tawh ka unau? – Samuel Lalrozâma Hmar]