Sialsuk Village : Aerial Landscape Pictures

Sialsuk Village landscape view from Tlangcheng

I have been living away more than a decade from my home place Sialsuk (for good reason) but in my dreams I've never been so far away from this beautiful village in Mizoram. Whenever i think back to our childhood days i can still visualize the faces of our friends and people living in our village and often saw our village landscape in its exact frame. Things have been changing so fast and cannot be same every time but my childhood memory will still be linking with this landscapes. For me and my friends the beginning of our (life) story was written in this village, we may be living elsewhere now  busying with so many other things but in sometime our memories taken back to our past life and that life was only matching with these landscapes. One fine evening in last winter along with two friends i had a chance to visit again Tlangcheng (hill) where we can see except few areas of our entire village and its surroundings. There's a mobile phone tower on the peak with daring spirit i climbed on it, things were not usual on such high scaffolding level, in my left hand i hold the tower frame and in my right hand i hold camera and  took the below pictures:-

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Sialsuk - Vaiveng, Bungveng & Vengthlang also showing UPC (NE) Pastor Quarters and Church which is under construction

Sialsuk - New Eden veng (Bawkte veng zawl), First Miss Mizo - Lalbiakzuali's parent house is with green colour roofs

Sialsuk - New Eden veng

Sialsuk Police Station Complex and Hmuifang tlang also seen at the background

Sialsuk - Police veng and New Eden veng

Sialsuk Village, Hmunchung tlang is seen at far sight

Sialsuk - Vengchhak & Babu veng, Community Hall, Playgound and Hmunchung tlang also seen

Sialsuk Police Station complex and Pine forest/farhuan is also seen

Sialsuk- Seventh Day Adventist Church, Presbyterian Pastor Quarters & Church, YMA Hall are also seen

Sialsuk- Vaiveng, Vengthlang, Tlangveng, Bungveng, Vengchhak, Babu veng, Hmunsam veng are also seen

P.S: Thanks to Biakvela and Lalduhzuala for accompanying me in that evening but i will not reveal their sudden climbdown from the mid tower with frightening headache or nervousness :-) lol

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Bonus pics:)

Excavator (JCB) works on Tlangcheng peak

Excavator (JCB) on Tlangcheng peak

Collective memory of rural life in Mizoram

I am using "Collective memory" as a title of this post, it may not be sound corrected with the dictionary and academic definitions. The reason why i am using this title is the below pictures/images are having deep meanings and attached significance memories of our Village (Sialsuk) life and it's natural environment in Mizoram, India. Some of these pictures are taken beyond the graveyard of our village and some were clicked across the village streams and somewhere else. You may think these are merely an individual memories not by a group to call it as 'collective", but before you ask this I'd like to quote Joël Candau point of view 'collective memory can be seen as a regulative structure of individual memories.' Ah! leave aside this academic arguments and instead have a look below pics, i hope you will get a beautiful mind refreshing memories of rural life (In Mizo ~ Thingtlang nun) and different collection of natures in a hilly land.

Typical Mizo House constructed by Mizoram Upa Pawl at Sialsuk, Mizoram.

Maimawm ril (Spider web)

Tuikhur (water point), Sialsuk Village.

Ar tukhuan/Aratukkhuan par (Peru flower)

Aiawt bawm chhia (waste of crab trap)

Sunhlu rah (Amla fruit)

Saum bur (A gourd in which fat pork is kept ~Pu Buanga Dictionary)

Lumlerh kung (local fruit/species of plum)

Lunch Mizo style (Chhun chaw fak lai)

Perhpawng kua/Perhpawng lamtual (Burrow of field-cricket)

Athling rah (Thorny plant)

Sanghar vaibel / ram nuaithang par (wild plant)

Thingse mim kung (Chestnut tree), (Fallen chestnuts gather by village kids)

Kids enjoying village water point, Sialsuk

Time for bath,  stream at Sialsuk (bathing in stream is usually done on Saturday which means holiday!)

Natural stream flowing from mountain, Sialsuk

Buh hmun (rice / paddy site) Sialsuk, Mizoram

In the evening youth male play volley ball and winning team will get 1 packet of Zozial (local cigarette) :)

When winter come you need 'Sikri' to warm yourself:)

Bamboo can be fun for kids (A Mizo girl playing with Kalchhet)

Buh deng / Chhang deng lai (womenfolk and their male counterpart  pounding rice in traditional Mizo style on a fine winter morning)

Rural life are sometimes more pleasant, egalitarian and healthier than anywhere else. I still remember a friend of mine once told me (believe it or not!) that rural kids are not getting proper medicine and treatment but comparing to kids in urban areas who are having better treatments are unhealthier than rural kids. If you have any experience (s) or feedback about rural life kindly leave comments.

P.S: My translation of picture captions may be vague or too literal, better suggestions will be appreciated.

Last sunset beyond the mountain (Mizoram)

It was 31 December 2012 everybody in our village preparing themselves for new year eve celebration, i went up to a small hill, which is not very far from my home where i often watched sunsets since my childhood. To my mind if i could capture the sunset scene over the horizon it would be the last sunset for the year 2012. The last sunset of 2012 was already gone, we are having new days now, there's many sunset lied behind the mountain everyday but this picture will be memorable one for me as it was taken before i said "adieu 2012". After clicking the last sunset i went down to the street and from a distance i can heard this beautiful song "I thil tih zawng zawng saw thlir teh, hunin a liam pui saw, chatuan hmun lo thlen khalh tur che, Lal hma a din pui tur" played by our neighbouring house (This song must be played on every 31st Dec). While reaching home Dad asked "where have you been?", i replied "Just clicked last sunset on the hill", he said "I hope you enjoyed  it and get ready for dinner!".

Last sunset for 2012 seen from Sialsuk, Mizoram.

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Let me add some other pictures of evening scenes view from my village:

Seen in Sialsuk, Mizoram

Seen in Sialsuk, Mizoram

Seen in Sialsuk, Mizoram

Seen in Sialsuk, Mizoram

Seen in Sialsuk, Mizoram

Seen in Sialsuk, Mizoram

Aizawl Christmas Bazar

Christmas season is the most crowded period in Aizawl Market.  
Pictures taken at Dt.20th December 2010 (Monday)

Aizawl Bazaar

Aizawl main market

Aizawl main market

Aizawl market

Aizawl bazaar

Mizo girls, Mizo hmeichia, Mizo mipa, mizo boys etc at Aizawl bazar

Aizawl Bazar

Aizawl Bazar

Aizawl Chritsmas Market

"Lalpian hun pangpar a vul leh ta, 

Thinlai mu hnu lunglen a kai tho ve"

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL
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For those who came late, here is another link of Aizawl Christmas bazar and street decoration for festival Aizawl in Winter 2012