ZoFest hi iem a na?
By L.Keivom
Chhinlung chhung khat Zofa kan nih hre rengin, Insuihkhawm leh zai i rêl ang u. -Capt. L.Z.Sailo
ZoFest 2002
Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) huoihot Zo Festival (Zo Kûtpui), a tawi zawnga ZoFest (ZoKût) thupui chu Zo hnathlakhai insuikhawmna a nih. ZoFest-2002 nei hmasakna tak chu Churachandpur-ah May 28-30, 2002 khan Young Paite Association (YPA) Hall, Lamka-ah hmang a ni a, thupuiah ‘Unity is our Strength’ (Insuikhawm hi Hratna) ti chu nei a ni a, hlapuia hmang chu Capt. L.Z.Sailo phuok ‘Insuihkhawm leh zai i rêl ang u’ ti a ni a, palai aiawhaiin inpumkhatna thutiem ‘Bond of Unity’ an ziek bok. Aizawla inthokin palai 140 an fe a. Hi trum hin unau Kom hnam, kum 1886 laia Manipur Gazette-a hnam pakhata lo chuong tah le an sa himna dinga Naga hnama lo inziek lut hiel tah hai khomin an nina tak hung suklangin palai an hung tir bakah an lam mawi tak an hung inentir bok a nih.
ZoFest 2004
ZoFest-2004 chu December 15-16, 2004 khan Aizawl Lammuol-ah hmang a ni a. Hi trum hin Zo hnathlak hnam le chi peng hrang hrang Bawm, Chin, Gangte, Hmar, Hrangkhol, Kuki, Kom, Lai, Mara, Maring, Paite, Ranglong (Langrong), Sakechep le Vaiphei hai chu mani hnam hminga hung thrangin an hla le lamhai an inentir a. A rambung zawnga palai hung chu Assam 43, Tripura 40, Manipur 283 le Mizoram 275, an rengin 641 an nih. Mani hnam kutsuok thuom inbelin (costume parade), lam le hla mawi tak tak an inentir a, Zo hnathlakhai hi pum khat le thla khat an nizie le hnam changkang lem an chengpuihai zie le rong an lak rawn dan zira an trong, hoiher le lam a chim chin le an tla fâl pei chun chim pilin an la um ding a nih ti khom a suklang chieng hle.
Chun, teknawlawzi insang pei hmanga boruok zaia inrunna hmangruo hmangin, hi truma thilthaw po po chu LPS le Skylink Cable TV-in ‘LIVE’-in an pek suok zing a, a hmuna thrang nawhai khomin mani insunga inthokin en thei a nih.
Zofest 2006
ZoFest-2006 chu Guwahati-ah December 13-14, 2006 khan hmang a ni a. Hi trum khom hin palai le lam pawl thrahnem tak an thrang a. Chuonghai chu Manipura inthokin Aimol, Kom,Tarau, Vaiphei le Zomi hai; Tripuraa inthokin Darlong, Hrangkhol, Kaipeng, Muolsom, Ranglong le Sakechep hai; Assama inthokin Biete le Chawrai hai; Mizorama inthokin Bawm, Lai le Mara hai an ni a, an rengin palai chu 460 vel an nih. Hnam thuom inbela costume parade dam, lam chi hrang hrang dam inentirna a um bakah hla sak thiemhaiin hla chi hrang hrang sakin, rimawi rem thiem beat group chi hrang hrang- Patch Work Neurology hai, Fakes hai, MALTA hai, Tribal Power haiin an inawi mup mup bakah khawvel huopa Zo hnathlakhai sukhmingthangtu boxer hmingthang Mary Kom le Jenny R.Lalremliani hai chu ropui takin chawimawina an inhlan. Chun, ni danga la thaw ngai lo, ZOFEST 2006 SOUVENIR insuo a ni bakah Mizo Writers Association (MWA) le thrang ruolin Zo hnathlakhai inpumkhatna tieng ngha tienami inzieksiekna nei a ni a, lawmman thra tak siem a ni bok.
ZoFest 2009
Zo Fest kum hni dan peia nei chu remchang nawna threnkhat leiin kum 2009 October 2-3 khan Vanapa Hall, Aizawl-ah hmang a ni lem a. Hi trum hin insuikhawmna thu ki dang danga hril dingin kei le mi pahni dang- Dr. H. Lallungmuana le Rev.(Dr) Vanlalchhuanawma-hai an mi fiel leiin Delhi-a inthokin ka hang thrang a, fe man a um takzet. States hrang hrang Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram le Tripuraa inthok le ram dang Bangladesh le Myanmar-a inthok chenin palai thrahnem tak an hung a, an hnam lam chi hrang hrang an inentir a, mit a tlai hle. Hnam dang chep de kara khawsahai inchei dan le lam dan chu a sie a thrain hnam dang zie-in a triel nasa ta hle a, chim pilin an um mek a nih ti inhmai ruol a ni nawh.
Chuonghai laia a tam tak chu Old Kuki ti hnuoia G.A.Grierson-in Linguistic Survey of India Vol III Part III a a khum khawm tawl, tuta mi threnkhatin Hmar hnathlak hnamhai laia an jel khawm, hnam hrang anga insâl tah hai hi an nih. Hienghai hi Tripura sorkarin Hallam ti hming hnuoiah khum khawm a tuma chuh kha hmaa lo nuomhai khom khah nuom nawk ta lo an um leiin an khuongruol ta nawh. Manipur phaiah Khul Union sunga khum khawm tuma hma an lo lakna khom a zik suok zo naw a, tam tak chu Naga hnamah an inziek lut tah. Anni rawi threnkhat inkona tlanglawn nuhnung tak ‘Hmar’ ti hnuoia insung khawm tuma hmalakna chu a fê mek a nih.
Hi a chunga ei hril taha inthoka banga kut ziek tiem thei lo amanih tiem thiem lo ei la um chun dam khawsuokna lampui tieng kir nekin bohmangna lampui ei hraw zui pei tum tina ning a tih. Khawvel hmun tina hnam hung insiem tung dan ei thlir chun, chitereka intekêm tumna lungril kholbinga inthoka suoka lien lem le hrat lema insung khawm nuomhai chauh an dingchang hlak niin a’n lang. Chuleiin, thupuia ka hmang chu inchimral dan chi hrang hrang le chu laka inthoka him theina chu interekna lungril bansana inthuruol taka lien lema insung khawm a nih.
Zo hnathlakhai hi hnam dangin an mi kona hming tlanglawn pahnih- Chin & Kuki-a hriet ei ni hmasa tak a. Kawl rama chenghai chu Chin tia ko an ni a, a hung thlangtla hmasahai chu Bengalihaiin an kona ‘Kuki’ tia hriet ei ni vong a. Lusei hnam, abikin Thrangura thlaa mi Sailohai inlalna hnuoia tuta Mizoram po po deuthaw a lut hnung le British-haiin a ram an hung opa inthoka Lushai Hills District a hung pieng khan, a sunga chenghai khom Lusei hnama ngai an hung ni pei leiin ‘Lusei’ ti chuh Chin le Kuki anga inkona hming tlanglawn a hung ni tah pei a. Sienkhom, ‘Lusei’ chu Zo hnathlak hnam laia pakhat a ni leiin, hnam danghai khom inhuoptir chu thil fel nia an hriet naw leiin ‘Mizo’ tia thlak a hung ni a. Chuleiin, ei umna hmun le hun zirin hnampui (nation) hming Chin, Kuki, Mizo ti-a ko ei nih. Chu hming hnuoia chi-hnam hrang hranga inkohai hi Zo hnathlak tia hriethai chu ei nih. Thing lien taka a zâr, a kâupui le kâute, a hna le a zîkpui laia pakhat amanih le an saphuntu amanih ei ni naw chun hieng hming ei hrilhai hnuoia mi hi ei ni nawh tina a nih.
ZoFest 2012
Chuonga Zo hnathlakhai laia hnam dang hnawchepna hnuoia chim rala um mekhai invoina thlarau paitu laia pakhat MZP chun hmathlir hla tak neiin, ZoFest-2012 chu December 11-12, 2012 khan Darchawi-ah hmang dingin a hung rel a. Anni sunga buoina inkhang leiin a kal pawl an um a. Thuhriltu ding le Chief Guest-a ruot chu Pu Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhol le keima kan ni a. Delhi tienga Sikpui Kut leh an inbichil bakah prokram duong sa iemani zat ka nei leiin fe lo dinga ka ti zet hnung kha Darchawi boruok lum chap dei trûla ka hriet leiin Sikpui Kut trumtriek tuka suok dingin ka’n siem thut a. Remchangah, hla sak thiem, Sikpui Kut hmanga hung Lalpanliani (Pante-i) thruoiin ka vuong tung a. Darchawia unauhai khomin lungril lien tak putin ZoFest chu an lo intlung a, inhoi tak le hlawk takin kan hmang tah a nih.
Zofest 2014
ZoFest-2014 tlungna dinga MZP thruoituhaiin Muolhoi an thlang hi Pathienin varna a pek tawl lei niin ka ngai a, lawmum ka ti takzet. Thuhriltu dinga an mi ruot hi lawmum ka ti zuol a, fe ngei ka tum bok. Ei unauhai, ei hnam chanpui pil mekhai sansuokna dinga hmangruo poimaw-ah ka ngai a, a hre thiem phak lo ei um a ni khomin, ei hriet thiem hun la um a tih ti ka ring tlat. Lien lema insung khawm hin ei hnam nina bo nekin a suknghet lem a, a him lem bok. Kum 2003 buoina le 2005 laia siet ei tuok truma thrangpuitu ding le bel ding ei zong lai ngirhmun khan thu tam tak a hril. Theinghil nawng ei tiu. Kholbing lungril puta intekem tuma inhûkhai hi chongkor mit put an ni nuom. ZoFest dam sawt raw se. (November 19, 2014, Delhi)
