Classification of Mizo Folklore

FOLKLORE

I. ORAL FOLKLORE

II. SOCIAL FOLK CUSTOMS

III. MATERIAL CULTURES

IV. FOLK ARTS

I. ORAL FOLKLORE:

1. FOLK NARRATIVE:

a) Myth

b) Legend

c) Folktales (Animal tales, fable, Tales of supernatural believes, humorous tales, trickster tales, cumulative tales, Romantic tales, Apic)

2. FOLK SONGS:

a) Mi mal hming chawi

b) Puipunnaa sak chi.

c) Hla chhammi.

3. PROVERSE AND RIDDLES

4. FOLK SPEECHS:

a) Tawng Upa

b) Thurochhiah

c) Ngai e Ngai lo ve.

II. SOCIAL FOLK CUSTOMS:

1 FESTIVAL AND CELEBRATION

a) Kut chi hrang hrang.

b) Salulam, Milu aih

c) Khuangchawi leh a dangte.

2. RECREATION & GAMES

a) Inbuan leh Inchai

b) Lungden

c) Mi zawn inchuh

d) Sangha tlang vuak

3. FOLK MEDICINE:

a) Nature of folk medicine

b) Hnah damdawi

c) Theirah leh pangpar

d) Thingpil leh Thing hawng

e) Medicoe Religious Medicine: Daibawl, Arte hring ban

4. FOLK RELIGION

a) Kawngpui siam

b) Fano Dawi

c) Inthawina dang ( Zamkhuang, Zaudawh, Mitthi rawp lam)

5. FOLK JOKES

a) Antia lawm

b) Mi hmingthang leh nuihzat thlak chanchin

c) Pum titi dang

d) Tualte vanglai

6. FOLK HUNTING

a) Sava veh

b) Ramvah

c) Sangha man,

d) Ram vah

e) Lo neih leh adang

3. MATERIAL CULTURE:

1. Folk craft

a) Hnang tah, thiam hnang deh

b) Ladeh leh puantah

c) Laphiar

d) Sumsuih leh adang

2. FOLK ART

a) Lungphun

b) Thilker

c) Chhura farep

d) Khaukhurh leh adangte.

3. FOLK ARCHITECTURE

a) Insak dan

b) Khaw din dan

c) Thlamsak leh adangte

4. FOLK CUSTOME

a) Siapsuap leh hnawhkhal

b) Arke ziak phiar

c) Puan chi hrang hrang

5. FOLK COOKERY

a) Mizo Bai

b) Sa um,

c) Thil rep

d) Ai um

e) Sawhbawl

f) Thlawr. Etc..

4. FOLK ARTS:

1. Folk drama

a) Rallu aih leh milu lam

b) Salu lam leh Sailu aih

c) Mithi rawp lam

2. FOLK MUSIC

a) Khuang

b) Rawchhem

c) Tuiumdar

d) Tingtang

e) Tumphit

f) Dar bu,.etc…

3. FOLK DANCE

a) Cheraw

b) Khuallam

c) Chawnglaizawn

d) Solakia

e) Sarlamkai,etc