Following are the common dresses/shawls of the Hmar tribe.
Hmar Am is finely woven cloth for the aristocratic womenfolk
Tawn Lo Puon is a breast cloth never to be touched by a man.
Tharlaikawn is a body wrapper with coloured strips on the back for the women.
Ngo tlong is a white wrapper for women.
Thangsuo Puon is for the great hunters and heroes who have earned the title ‘Thangsuo” for valour.
Rukrak Puon is a long wrapper for village aristocrats.
Hmar Puon is a common cloth with black and white strips.
Daraki is a dhoti for the malefolk.
Paihar is a chaddar for men.
Lukawm is a soft cloth for man’s headgear.
Puondum is a chaddar for menfolk.
Puon Kernei is the finely woven breast wrapper for the village maidens.
Arasi Puon:
Thlanlam Puon is worn by women and young ladies on mourning day.
Puonlaisen:
Ngotekher:
(Last update on Feb 8, 2009. Inpui welcomes more information on each of the cloth/shawls and photos for this section)
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ReplyDeleteArasi Puon, Thlan Lam Puon, Puonlaisen, Ngoteker
A tha. Hung update pei ro. Thanks to Nelvin. Inpui suk buriptu chungah ei lawm. Update pei ning a tih.
ReplyDeleteKa thleirawl laia ka ngaizawngnu kha puondum tiin an ko hlaka, hmar puon a ni ve el naw maw haha....
ReplyDeletephuon ei lo hau baka, paite haiin "paite am" an lo nei ve sen hi chu poi a nih. A dang khawm a la um ka ring tlat. a limhai le hmu dan um lem sien chu tha biek awm!! inpui chu a pui ham ham ta khawp el, hming chu a phur zo khawp el lawm a um taluo..
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Ngotekher ti hi ka ngai pawimaw tlat chu tie.Asanchu, ka chin lai khan ka pi khan Ngoteker tiin a mi hril tlat, a ngaipawimaw ve tawpin ka hriet. Ngoteker a ni san khawm a suk zawnga a duma in ker thlak lei hin a nih thu a mi hrila. Sienkhawm, tu tieng tieng hin Ngotekher ti hi an tam lem hman hman in ka hrieta, HMAR tawng chun Ngoteker hi a ni lem naw maw..? Am Ngoteker le Ngotekher hi a hran in a um ve ve? Ei pi le pu han umzie nei taka thil hming an lo phuok ve hai dam hi'RO' nachang hrieng ei tieu.
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ReplyDeleteCamera nei hai khan Hnam puon hung hmet unla, chun a lim nei han hung mail unla, ei nei thei a nil. :) Direct a inpui.com a post nuom hai chn in email hung hril unla...lo add ka tih.
ReplyDeleteLater even Khamtang would be called Hmar Khamtang! Who knows when coz some people have the guts to even have named the Himalayas and Irrawadi.
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ReplyDelete@anonymous... Mr. (or Miss?) Anonymous of August 18, 2011 5:34 PM, unlike our brethren Kukis and Paites, we the Hmars are not in the habit of robbing others of their tradition, culture, and history. Neither are we in the habit of concocting non-existent history, or claiming other people's history as our own like you people do. We base our history, culture and tradition on genuine sources, evidences and data of our own (not extorted from others). So learn from us but don't take away what is ours. We don't have Khamtang and we will never take it from you. You can have it, it's all yours. We have countless genuine traditional shawls and dresses far better than your one and only shawl, the so called 'Khamtang'. Rest assured we r not like you.
ReplyDeleteAnd regarding history, why can't you guys research on your own, based on YOUR OWN past (not others'). You have no right to borrow our history, findings and terminologies unless you admit that your tribe is one among many tribes, sub-tribes, clans and sub-clans under the umbrella of the HMAR tribe.
If you need a longer explanation to enlighten you, I am always here to help.
And why being anonymous when you have the GUTS to give sarcastic comments?
iengleia Hmar eiti ta zing khawma Mizo hih ei la ti tawk tawk am ana??
ReplyDeleteNGOTEKHER: It is a loincloth for Hmar women with black and white stripes in vertical shape. The white stripes occupy greater space than the black. Both the borders are black. Against these vertical stripes, vague black stripes run horizontally at regular space. These horizontal stripes are not supposed to appear prominent. As these horizontal stripes are almost indistinct, the making process requires utmost care and deftness on the part of the weaver. Technically, this design is called kher. Besides this, there are two black very prominent embroidered designs of about 2 inch size each that horizontally divide the Puon into three parts. When worn, wearers take utmost care that anatomy is well placed between these two black embroideries. (Feedback le belsana, most welcome!)
ReplyDeleteNGOTEKHER: It is a loincloth for Hmar women with black and white stripes in vertical shape. The white stripes occupy greater space than the black. Both the borders are black. Against these vertical stripes, vague black stripes run horizontally at regular space. These horizontal stripes are not supposed to appear prominent. As these horizontal stripes are almost indistinct, the making process requires utmost care and deftness on the part of the weaver. Technically, this design is called kher. Besides this, there are two black very prominent embroidered designs of about 2 inch size each that horizontally divide the Puon into three parts. When worn, wearers take utmost care that anatomy is well placed between these two black embroideries. (Feedback le belsana, most welcome!)
ReplyDeleteVery helpful info. Thank you.
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ReplyDeletePu Admin, Informative khopel. Hi neka that thei dan dingin photos khom sie dan ding a um naw maw?
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Deleteva,tha de..
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