Hmar

Here you will find all the information you want to know about the indigenous people of Hmar existence from History to Culture.










The word Hmar:
• Hmar means North or Northern people. The word 'Hmar' literally means 'North'. Opinions, however, are sharply divided on the origin of the word 'Hmar'. (Conspiracy of Lushai wanting & trying to dominate Hmar under Mizo was given to them by the Lushais because they lived to the north of them. The word 'Hmar' means 'north' in both Lushai and Hmar languages). Hmar have a very rich culture & Hmar folk tales prove the Hmar people were originated from Sinlung to shan then Chittagong Khampat to North North East.Mizoram was first accopied by the Hmars not Lushai From their settlements along the Rûn valley, the Hmars crossed the Lentlâng (A mountain range running from north to south. They are the eastern offshoots of the Himalayas) and settled in Champhai of today's Mizoram. It is believed that this was how the Hmars came to settle in Mizoram. The Hmars were one of the first to inhabit Mizoram, much before the Lushais or the Pawis. While they were in Mizoram, the names of the villages they inhabited were known by the name of the clans inhabiting them, such as Chawnsiem, Ngurte, Sungte, Zote, etc



• In another word tying of one's hair in a knot on the back is also known as Hmar. Tradition tells us that the ancestor of the Hmars, Tukbemsawm tied his hair in a knot on his back, and since then, he and his progenies came to be known as the Hmars. Yet another opinion contends that the term 'Hmar' arises from the Chin language 'Mar'.