Jul 17, 2009

Chiru Tribe, Manipur

The state of Manipur in north eastern India provides shelter a number of tribes and tribal communities. One of the popular Manipur tribes is the Chiru Tribe. Steeped in history and mythology, Chiru tribal community inhabit various districts of Manipur – Senapati, Tamenglong and Bishnupur. The word 'Chiru' means 'the seed of a plant'. In terms of lifestyle and culture, the Chiru tribe have some similarity with the Naga tribal community. Due their distinguished physical features, anyone can recognise the people belong to the Chiru tribal community.

Chirus have contributed to the Manipuri culture. These tribals have their own customs and traditions both in dance and musical recitals. Chiru tribes of Manipur follow unique living style patterns. In this tribal community, bachelors and unmarried women are provided with separate quarters. The people of the Chiru tribe actually have their connections with Kuki family tribal group.

Most of the people belonging to the Chiru tribes have adopted farming as their major profession. The rugged terrains of the mountains prove to be just perfect for doing shifting and wet farming. Chiru tribal community is also involved in the growth and trading of fruits like bananas, oranges, lemon and papaya. These fruits do not only serve their food requirements but also help them earn. In addition, the Chiru tribes of Manipur are also known to specialise in cottage industries. The tribe prepare a range of household products from cane.

People of the Chiru tribal community also display great craftsmanship in the field of weaving and carpentry. In a nutshell, Chiru tribe has greatly contributed in enriching the cultural ethnicity of whole of Manipur in northeastern India.

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Manipur is cultural and religious place. chiru tribe is interesting.

Anonymous,  June 21, 2011 at 2:25 AM  

the content of the story is partially correct. chiru is one among the REMs TRIBE i.e similar with KOMs,aimol,koirengs,purums(earlier under KOMREMS). They are same group of family of HALAMS in tripura and the FALAMs in MYANMAR.
The derivation of word CHIRU can be contested. and it may not be the seed of a plant..since no tribe name is derived from plants or animals..

achung September 9, 2011 at 2:56 AM  

I am proud to a CHIRU.... thanks to all the interested readers... and thanks for supporting "chiru"... chiru tribes for one and all....

ading,  November 17, 2011 at 12:56 PM  

i thankful to all suporting chiru tribes god bless u

Minlal,  January 4, 2012 at 8:20 PM  

interesting and need to re-organise few lines. some source are doubt.

Anonymous,  February 12, 2012 at 9:18 PM  

Komrem was an spiritual union... its a relic as of now... komrem was formed to unite diffrent minor tribe in the early 50s for religious and spiritual growth under the banner KRBCA.linguistically, so called komrem tribes share little affinity among themselves... there s lot of difference between diff tribes in culture, tradition and custom. each tribe, say Chiru, Aimol, Purum, Koireng belongs to diff category.

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Actually if we look into the history of the Hmars many tribes under Halam in Tripura and komrem in Manipur once lived in Ruong le vaisuo a confluence of a river Barak(tuiruong in hmar) and khuga river(tuivai in hmar) they called themselves according to their own clan names and as a whole they are Hmars..but the british raj and the bengalis referred to them as kukis..after staying for a long time in ruong le vaisuo,many clans of the Hmars migrated to Tripura,meghalaya,manipur and assam and there also they are still refer to them as kukis or their clan names..the helpless hmars have no other option but to accept the records officially..

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Unknown May 27, 2020 at 1:34 AM  

Please upload the more details about the chiru tribe, explain it in more specific way. Eg. Like musical instrument of chiru tribe: explaination..
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Unknown February 13, 2022 at 10:56 PM  

Yes each tribe is not 💯 similar to each other but we understand each other languages and can communicate at ease in our own language. And in terms of cultures, tradition, folk dances, still quite similar. I saying this with facts as I belong to one of Rem's tribe.

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