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KHUMII: Khumii is one of the major tribe of 53 tribes of Chin and 135 tribes of Myanmar. Chin tribes. The Khumii languages belong to the Burmese branch of Tibeto-Burman family. The Khumiis live in her hometown Paletwa and around on the southern top of Chin State in western Myanmar. Some of them are living in Mizoram State of India and Bangladesh. Regarding to the meanings of the name Khumii, the various definitions are asserted by many scholars, authors, and Khumii themselves as well. “The name Khumii is the one by which they call themselves and means ‘man’.” The Khumiis are also called “Khami,” which means the “Best Race.” “Kha” in the Khumii dialect means ‘Man” and “Mi” means the “Best.”  Khami legends say they were ruled in olden days by a hill king. People moving into the hill king’s jurisdiction were called Mi. They were also called khumi, meaning ‘village people’, which was later changed to Khami. The Khami people came from the area called Tui Ben.

RENGCAA: Rengcaa is one of the major clans of the Khumii tribe of Chin State, Myanmar. Rengcaa people are living in Southern Chin Paletwa Township (which is as hometown) and Matupi Township, Mizoram State of India, and Bangladesh. The word “Rengcaa” originated by so-called of another people called Rakhines who are living in Rakhine State of Myanmar. Terminologically and etymologically, the word “Rengcaa” derives from two words of own dialect ‘Reng’ and ‘Caa’. The first word “Reng” which means denoting for both “feast and dance” and the second word “Caa” has two meanings “children/people” and verb form “eat.” Combining these two words, however, the name Rengcaa means as “the children/people who feast and dance and eat.” Rengcaas use to speak proudly to other Khumi tribes that “Kaai lyy ka' rengcaa Rengcaa ni” which means “I am the children who feast and dance.” According to Late Smt. Rai Song, “Rengcaa” means as “the people who are arguing, quarrelling and fighting with others and spending time with feasts and dancing and with eating, drinking rice-beer, and playing and competing cultural games and sports. This clan’s name Rengcaa was not called by Rengcaas themselves but called by Rakhines in the sense of insulting and mocking them when both of them were fighting each other in the time of drinking wine (rice-beer).”