Talk:Zogam

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The first para was removed as I found it on this page. [1]. I am not certain as to rest of it. It does not appear to be a copy vio. Burgundavia 03:20, May 20, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia about "Chin"

It's an article about the ethnic group normally referred to as "Chin". Maybe the point is that if Burma can call itself Myanmar then the Chins can call themselves "Zomi". I do know there seem to be several different Kachin ethic groups alone, many of whom like to refer to themselves by their local name, not Kachin.

The articles should have citations though and there seems to be a lot of duplication.

In the past I knew a lot of Chin people and some of the basic things newcomers will want to be familiar with it the distinction between Haka and Falam and where the major city is, Kalei I believe, and the border towns with Assam. Adding the photos from your internet site would be great and people would also be interested in regional dress differences. I know different areas have different affiliations with churches in the United States. This might be interesting for some people also.

Regarding factual verification, this is relevant:

"...I began forming the Tedim, Falam and Haka Associations during 1952. Then in order to constitute an overall organization, I asked the three Associations to select ten leaders each from the three Associations to form a Constitution Drafting Committee....Then I proposed that we should take ZOMI as our name as this is our correct historical name. And we should call our organization ZOMI BAPTIST CONVENTION." http://www.zogam.org/documents.asp

(Jonfernquest 11:07, 30 August 2006 (UTC))