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Tlangpi
Village
An Aerial Photography of Tlangpi 2023
An Aerial Photography of Tlangpi 2023
Official seal of Tlangpi
Seal
Motto(s): 
'Khuaṭan Lungkhat, Aanruangte In.'
Anthem: 'Semnak Khuazung Tlangpi Khuadawh'
Coordinates: 22°58′39″N 93°19′36″E / 22.97750°N 93.32667°E / 22.97750; 93.32667
CountryMyanmar
StateChin State
DistrictHakha
TownshipThantlang
Time zoneGMT+6:30

Tlangpi also known as Klangpi is a mountainous village of Chin people in Thantlang Township, Chin State, Myanmar.[1] It is located in the west of Chin State, 13 km away from the south of Camp Victoria, Headquarters of Chin National Front at India-Myanmar border.[2] In the 2014 Myanmar Census, the population in Tlangpi was 1,648 (females: 823 and males: 825).[3]

History

In The Chin Hills Book Volume II 1896, Carey & Tuck mentioned Tlangpi as ‘Klangpi’ that had 70 houses.[4] In contrast, in the Chin-Lushai Land Book 1893, Reid correctly spelt the village name as 'Tlangpi' that had 100 houses.[5] In 1896, the houses in ‘Klangpi’ were built with bamboo in the manner of Lushai (Mizo) style.[6] Approximately in 1850, the Lai people of Vanzang village established Tlangpi village which now constitutes one of the six villages in Vanzang Hill Tract.[7]

Until 1895, Chinland (also known as Chin State or the Chin Hills) including Tlangpi was a sovereign territory with their own ruling system of chieftainship.[8] In 1872, 1888, 1889-1890 and 1895, the British invaded Chinland for colonisation.[8] After the 1895 invasion, the British declared that Chinland was a British Colony separately.[8] The British legislated the Chin Hills Regulation (1896) to rule the Chin people in the Chin Hills and Lushai Hills.[9] The British did not abolish the Chin ruling system of chieftainship.[9] Under the Chin Hills Regulation (1896), they applied the indirect rule to Chin people through the existing Chin Chiefs.[9]

In 1947, Mang Ling had become the Chief of Tlangpi under the Hakha sub-division of the British Colony.[8] Tlangpi Chief was one of the 19 Chin Hills Chiefs who represented the Chin people's wish to the Frontier Areas Committee of Enquiry.[8] The Committee was formed to unify the Frontier Areas and 'Ministerial Burma' with the Frontier Areas people's 'free consent' before the British conferred independence upon Burma in 1948.[10]

The bedrock mortar in Tlangpi, 2014
The bedrock mortar in Tlangpi, 2018

Tlangpi has a bedrock mortar site at its north. It is locally known as 'lungsum', literally meaning 'rock mortar'.[11] Prehistoric peoples used this type of bedrock mortars to grind foods.[12] Their use of bedrock mortars was world-wide from Americas to Asia.[12]

The bedrock gayal in Tlangpi, 2015.

Just a stone's throw from the the site of the bedrock mortar at the northern skirt of Tlangpi, there exists a bedrock gayal (also known as mithun) which Tlangpi villagers call 'Lungsia', litterally meaning 'rock gayal'. It is unknown whether the bedrock gayal is nature-made or historically man-made.[13] [14]

References

  1. ^ Benezer, Salai (2021). "Army orders people in five villages of Htantalan Township to stay indoors". Burma News International. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  2. ^ Hasnat, Karishma (2023-02-26). "Junta conducts multiple air strikes in Thantlang, two Chin fighters killed in fresh offensive". The Print. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  3. ^ "The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census, Chin State, Haka District, Thantlang Township Report" (PDF). Myanmar Information Management Unit. Myanmar: Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population. 2017. p. 8.
  4. ^ Bertram S, Carey; HN, Tuck (1896). The Chin Hills: A History of the People, Our Dealings with Them, Their Customs and Manners, and a Gazetteer of Their Country (PDF). Vol. II. Rangoon: Government of Burma. pp. xcii.
  5. ^ Reid, A Scott (1893). The Chin-Lushai Land including a Description of the Various Expeditions into the Chin-Lushai Hills and the Final Annexation of the Country (PDF). Calcutta India: Thacker, Spink and Co. p. 143.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. ^ Bertram S, Carey; HN, Tuck (1896). The Chin Hills: A History of the People, Our Dealings with Them, Their Customs and Manners, and a Gazetteer of Their Country (PDF). Vol. I. Rangoon: Government of Burma. p. 160.
  7. ^ Chin, Cung Lian Hu (2018). Vaddhanaphuti, Chayan (ed.). Community Networking and Remittances as Social Capital for Rural Community Development in Chin State, Myanmar (PDF). Chiang Mai: Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development. p. 25.
  8. ^ a b c d e Haokip, TS Letkhosei (2018-08-30). Ethnicity and Insurgency in Myanmar /Burma: A Comparative Study of the Kuki - Chin and Karen Insurgencies. Educreation Publishing. pp. 20–21. ISBN 97-8-1-5457-2271-8.
  9. ^ a b c Scarlis, Christine Anne. "Chin". EthnoMed. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  10. ^ "Frontier Areas Committee of Enquiry 1947 : report submitted to His Majesty's Government in the... - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  11. ^ Hramkam, C (2024-01-10), English: Locals call this 'Lungsum', meaning 'bedrock mortar'. Nobody knows whether it is nature-made or man-made., retrieved 2024-01-10
  12. ^ a b Stuart, Drew (2018-11-15). "In "Bedrock Features," West Texas Prehistory Is Etched in Stone". Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  13. ^ Hramkam, C. (2024-01-10), English: Locals call this 'Lungsia', meaning 'bedrock gayal'. Nobody knows whether it is nature-made or man-made., retrieved 2024-02-21
  14. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
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