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Writing on the archive
Essays, lexicons and notes contributed by members. 17 published so far.
Landscape of the Paite Homeland — Churachandpur and the Hill Country
A portrait of the Paite homeland: the ridges and valleys of Churachandpur district (Lamka), the Tiau River borderland, the culture of shifting cultivation, and the deep topographic memory encoded in village and field names.
Festivals, Dance and Ceremony in Paite Life
From the Feast of Merit to the harvest Buh Tuh Lam, from Chavang Kut to the Sangai Festival stage — a guide to the ceremonial calendar and dance traditions that hold Paite community life together.
The Paite Language and the Laimal Script
The Paite language is a Kuki-Chin tongue written in the Laimal, a Latin-based alphabet devised in 1903. This note covers its phonology, writing system, literary tradition, and the ongoing effort to keep the language alive in a world of rapid change.
Paite Puandum — The Woven Memory of the Hills
The Puandum is the Paite people's most prized hand-woven textile: a dark-field cloth of indigo, red, yellow and green worked on a backstrap loom, carrying patterns whose meanings span love, death, and communal identity.
The Paite People — History, Origins and Contemporary Life
A survey of Paite history from the mythological origin at Khul through the chieftainship era, Christian conversion, and the community's life today in Manipur and Mizoram.