Chiru Tribe, Manipur
The state of Manipur in north eastern India provides shelter a number of tribes and tribal communities. One of the popular Manipur tribes is the Chiru Tribe. Steeped in history and mythology, Chiru tribal community inhabit various districts of Manipur – Senapati, Tamenglong and Bishnupur. The word 'Chiru' means 'the seed of a plant'. In terms of lifestyle and culture, the Chiru tribe have some similarity with the Naga tribal community. Due their distinguished physical features, anyone can recognise the people belong to the Chiru tribal community.
Chirus have contributed to the Manipuri culture. These tribals have their own customs and traditions both in dance and musical recitals. Chiru tribes of Manipur follow unique living style patterns. In this tribal community, bachelors and unmarried women are provided with separate quarters. The people of the Chiru tribe actually have their connections with Kuki family tribal group.
Most of the people belonging to the Chiru tribes have adopted farming as their major profession. The rugged terrains of the mountains prove to be just perfect for doing shifting and wet farming. Chiru tribal community is also involved in the growth and trading of fruits like bananas, oranges, lemon and papaya. These fruits do not only serve their food requirements but also help them earn. In addition, the Chiru tribes of Manipur are also known to specialise in cottage industries. The tribe prepare a range of household products from cane.
People of the Chiru tribal community also display great craftsmanship in the field of weaving and carpentry. In a nutshell, Chiru tribe has greatly contributed in enriching the cultural ethnicity of whole of Manipur in northeastern India.
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Interesting and appropiate, liked your write up on the Chiru Tribe
Interesting and appropiate, liked your write up on the Chiru Tribe.
Manipur is cultural and religious place. chiru tribe is interesting.
the content of the story is partially correct. chiru is one among the REMs TRIBE i.e similar with KOMs,aimol,koirengs,purums(earlier under KOMREMS). They are same group of family of HALAMS in tripura and the FALAMs in MYANMAR.
The derivation of word CHIRU can be contested. and it may not be the seed of a plant..since no tribe name is derived from plants or animals..
I am proud to a CHIRU.... thanks to all the interested readers... and thanks for supporting "chiru"... chiru tribes for one and all....
i thankful to all suporting chiru tribes god bless u
interesting and need to re-organise few lines. some source are doubt.
Komrem was an spiritual union... its a relic as of now... komrem was formed to unite diffrent minor tribe in the early 50s for religious and spiritual growth under the banner KRBCA.linguistically, so called komrem tribes share little affinity among themselves... there s lot of difference between diff tribes in culture, tradition and custom. each tribe, say Chiru, Aimol, Purum, Koireng belongs to diff category.
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