PART II

THE NON-LUSHEI CLANS

INTRODUCTORY

IN this part all the clans of the Lushai-Kuki race which are
not included by the people themselves among the Lusheis will
be briefly dealt with. All these clans practise the jhum
methods of cultivation and were originally semi-nomadic, but
certain of them, under changed circumstances, have ceased to
move their villages and are taking to plough cultivation.
There is a varying similarity in the religious beliefs and
customs, and it will suffice to point out the principal diver-,
gences from those of the Lusheis as already described,

The non-Lushei clans group themselves naturally into five
sections:—

1. The clans which live among the Lusheis under the rule of
Thangur chiefs and have become practically assimilated by
them, and are included in the wider term Lushai, as wo u«e it.
Naturally the accounts of these will be brief and will deal
principally with the origin of the clans,

2. The clans which, while still retaining a separate corporate
existence, have been much influenced by the Lusheis, among or
near whom they reside.

3. The Old Kuki clans.

4. The Thado clan with its numerous families and branches,
often spoken of as New Kukia

5. The Lakhers. These are immigrants from the Chin HillB,
and would more correctly be dealt with in the Chin Monograph,
but a brief sketch of them, though very incomplete, may be useful
till a fuller account is written. They call themselves Mara,

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