Mizoram is one of the seven northeastern states of India. it is fenced by Myanmar to the east and south, Bangladesh to the west, and by the states of Manipur, Assam and Tripura to the north. Rural Mizoram is is best seen in the eastern side of the state where green hills makes an attractive landscape. it preserve an endless variety of flora and fauna, unexploited forests and quaint villages with houses on stilts.

Though urban Mizoram is strongly influenced by western culture where one can easily spot a Aizawl girl smoke openly and head bangs at some rock concerts in a corner of the city, rural Mizoram is different and cling to its identity and traditional culture. Every major Mizo village now has an YMA (Young Mizo Association) dedicated to save their traditional lifestyle and customs. The most remarkable feature of Mizoram culture is their dance forms that have been passed from one genration to other.

The Mizo society is patriarchal, property inherited by men rather than women. Unusually family share goes the youngest one but its upto to father who leave share to other sons. If the family is devoid of son, property is inherited by the nest kin on the male side. Mizo women are expert weavers. In their small houses they weaves traditional textiles such as ‘puan’ and sell it at the Bara bazaar in Aizawl. Mizo men are on the other hand expert craftsmen, working on cane and bamboo and make baskets and other items. These items are specially popular among tourists. Their society is closely knitted and no class and discrimination on ground of sex. Majority of people are cultivator and the whole village stay like a whole family.

Sights And Activities

Mualcahng Village
It is 50km from Lunglei town and famous for engraved image of Lord Buddha. It is a strange image where either side of the image you can see other images of dancing girls. On the slab there are footmarks and marks of various items like spear head and Dao.

Thangliana Lung
Thangliana Lung is the memorial stone erected at Demagiri village in the memory of captain T.H Lewin who was the first Britisher to enter Mizoram. Mizo people held him in great respect, even today old villagers have lore to tell about the good deeds done by the Britisher.

Thansiama Sena Neihna
Near the Chawnglui village in Aizawl district, at a height of 2000m, there is an interesting tale about this man called Thansiama whose mystic tale is still very popular among the villagers.

Lungvandawt
Locally Lungvandawt means a stone reaching heaven. In between Biate and Lungdar in the eastern part of Aizawl district, a tall and beatufull stone pillar is been errected. According to the legend, in ancient times the stone pillar was very tall and almost touched heaven.