Zo people

July 6, 2023

The Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM), in Mizoram, has called for a reunification of the Zo people in view of the continuing ethnic violence between the dominant Meiteis and the Kuki-Zomi tribes in Manipur.
Zo peoples include all tribes of the Chin-Kuki-Mizo ethnic group spread across Myanmar, India, and Bangladesh.
They are from same origin which is known as Sinlung.
The group include many sub-tribes and clans such as the Chin, Kuki, Mizo, Lushei, Zomi, Paitei, Hmar, Ralte, Pawi, Lai, Mara, Gangte, Thadou, etc.
The tribes are believed to have migrated from China through Tibet to settle in Myanmar.
They speak a group of Tibeto-Burman languages.
The Chin Hills, or Indo-Chin hill ranges, is a thickly forested region with an elevation of 2,100-3,000 metres in northwestern Myanmar.
- The Hills are home to a large number of tribes that come under the Zo umbrella.
In northeastern India, they are present in Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya and Assam.