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MIZO SONGS AND FOLK TALES
An attempt is made here to collect and present different genres of Mizo songs and folk-tales representing the uniqueness and salient features of the Mizo-folk literature.
The main aim of this introduction is to highlight the uniqueness and salient features of Mizo folk-literature. The examples of written literature, mainly songs and poems, included in this volume are self-explanatory in nature. Folk literature includes different aspects of folk narratives and traditional proverbs, sayings, songs, tales, nursery rhymes, riddles, war slogans, sacrificial chants, etc. However, all these genres have not yet been properly documented although the Mizos celebrated in 1994 their literacy centenary. An attempt is made here to collect and present different genres of Mizo songs and folk-tales representing the uniqueness and salient features of the Mizo-folk literature.