Many a times I used to meditate
myself thinking who I really am! What purpose do I have in this world of our journey?
People coming and going, struggling for their survival within which even I, myself
is included.
People tend to follow their
dreams too much whereby they sometimes does not realized what they were losing and
gaining as time passes by. They may sometimes restricted to their profession
too much that they don’t have time to screen back their past life and
acknowledge themselves their heredity. Not just a single person who falls in
this category rather a crowd of people lining up which may possibly then lead
to a lost tribe in a few decades.
Once upon a time, there was a
story about a horse that travelled across a country. The horse considered
himself not less value than the person who rides him since he had been treated
similar to that person for the time being. On the way, when they gone through
the shed where all the horse usually feed, but the horse doesn’t want to be fed
thinking in mind that since he was being treated as human, he will be serving
food along with his master on their destination. Then, thing doesn’t happen as
expected. As a result, he spends the whole time with hunger throughout their
journey.
This short story tells us that
having false deception doesn’t change who we are? Where we belong? No matter what great
achievement we must acquire, it is always mandatory to know ourselves clean and
clear. Wherever we may be, what profession we might have may be in the foreign
countries, we should always remember our background and limits. A moment of respect
we might receive by putting our real image aside but a whole life respect we
will get if we walk along with our tradition, culture and representing as we
are! In the latter case, achieving great success become the proud of the
tradition and culture and it is the only situation where we can have a complete
success.
Celebrating ‘‘chapchar kut’’ is one way to remind and
refresh ourselves regarding our cultural prospect. We, the present generation,
are lucky enough to achieve complete success. Therefore, we should not neglect
the chance that we have, rather we should be excited and involve in this festive
celebration as much as possible. As there’s a saying, “We are MIZOS’, we are handsome and beautiful”. Therefore, it is
our only duty, not anyone else, to make the name of our culture beauty and let
it feel proud. Our profession might
differ to one another but it’s not a problem of confusion until we remember who
we are and where we belong. So, at this time, let’s celebrate joyfully and
acknowledge ourselves, the real meaning of our culture. “HAPPY CHAPCHAR KUT EVERYONE “
NB:This is my recent article for the NMZP(NERIST Mizo Zirlai Pawl) chapchar kut celebration,2012. Feel free to comment :-)
