why do they call them Vai?

November 30th, 2006 12:35 pm by tiger

hi, tiger here again.
Was wondering, what is meant by the descriptive term Vai? Whats the origin? Meaning? Anything to do with the Sikh festival Vaisakhi? Any ideas?

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  1. 51
    virgochhas Says:

    plastic dream,

    hope u remember dat

    :)

  2. 52
    Angaiha Says:

    Steve Vai

  3. 53
    mizo_nula Says:

    VAI tih hi hi chu maw hindi tawnga “bhaiya” tih atanga lo kal ani a.Tawngkam thra tak, vai kan tih hovin “unaupa” ti a an in koh ve na ani a, an hming hriat loh te poh ni se… BHAIya bhaiya tiin an ko thin a. Mizoram a vai lo lut te khan mizo pa/tlangvalte kha bhaiya tiin an kova chu chu mizo te’n an mahni sawi nan MIZO TAWNG tak maiin BHAIYA tih atangin ‘VAIYA’, ‘VAI-A’, ‘VAI’ kan lo ti ta mai ani.

  4. 54
    wine cold Says:

    Vai kan ti a, kan hmusit vel a maw??Let me tell youuuuuu something he he,#1 VAI BUH,2vai tel,3 vai nitina i ei thin,DAL’ a pawimawh, ber Vai Pawisa,rupees or rupiah, he he he vaihmarcha kan tih chiah hi,mizo hmarcha alo ni daih nia !!!!!!!!! by theway (VAI FILIM) FILM’ siam vek zu ni aaaa, kasauti’ tih ang vel te hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, vai,TMB, VAI 407,VAI MARUTI’
    dik viau emmmmm..?? ka uuuu.

  5. 55
    majESTY_YTSEjam Says:

    sikut alom. chuan…

    Vaibel – Mizopa pipe
    Vai antam
    Vai mistiri
    ILP te poh ti tel law law ang :D

  6. 56
    majESTY_YTSEjam Says:

    Kan chawn a lian(a ping), kan bawp a tawi, kan mawng a fual etc so… Mizo :P

  7. 57
    benjamin Says:

    ZoSatriani :-)

  8. 58
    tiger Says:

    some great replies, ..but i cant read mizo….all mizo i have is dar eng zat nge?????

  9. 59
    virgochhas Says:

    sory tiger,

    bet we all thot ur a mizo…

  10. 60
    tiger Says:

    thanks virgochhas..its quite ok..i,m actually english..cheers

  11. 61
    virgochhas Says:

    np…

  12. 62
    tluanga Says:

    ngaihtlak nom hlom tuah2 khop mai chhiar ning lo ron ti zel roh un

  13. 63
    lyin`eyes Says:

    vaibuh lolz

  14. 64
    bizu Says:

    who are they…vais?

  15. 65
    tiger Says:

    bizu..vais are, apparently, i was told, all people of standard indian nationality..anyone any advance on this definition of just whos in , whos out, of vai category?

  16. 66
    tiger Says:

    according to wikipedia, the Vai are a particular nationality/cultural subgroup living in Sierra Leone.Interesting!!no mention of India at all

  17. 67
    myself Says:

    vai means NON-MIHRING in mizo parlance so mr ask do i answer your question? heheh…….seriously vai means non-mihring….

  18. 68
    tiger Says:

    what, pray, is non mihring?

  19. 69
    anonymous Mizo Says:

    Mizo te khan Kawl phaia an chen lai khan an Mizo pui te lo Kawl ho kha Kawlvai tiin an ko a, thlang an rawn tla thla zel a, tuna Mizoram an rawn thlen hnu hian Cachar phai a cheng an Mizo puite ni lo leh Assam a, sap thingpui huan enkawl ho an hmu a, an Mizo pui lo kha chu vai tiin an ko leh zela, tun thlengin vai tiin kan ko ta zel a ni.

  20. 70
    triflin_tribal Says:

    Funniest thread ever.

    zaVAI = all
    -or a hundred vais.
    VAIphei = a zo clan

    Vai tih chu outsider tih na a va nih duh hmel ber ve.

    @myself LOL…… “Bus accident ah mi pasarih leh vai pathum an thi” an ti a ni lom ni?

  21. 71
    tiger Says:

    it seems not so funny when you see the students of Mizoram ordering Bangla people to turn away, turn round and leave Mizoram…bigotry rearing its lousy head …

  22. 72
    myself Says:

    good …:) and there is element of truth also >>>>so saddddd :((((

  23. 73
    myself Says:

    30th november 2006 lam atang ten i rawn sawi zawm a,”tiger” chu

    i tui ta viau anih tak tak ka ring a, kan sawi zawm zel ang chu ka tia, ngawi ta daih mai……:(

    mizoram chhung a mihring tam zawk te ngaihtuahna ah a tlangpui in mi hring chi thum chiah an awm, sap, vai, mizo.

    vai/sap lo nih a mizo community/mizoram a awm si chuan tun kan din hmun ah chuan “sad but true” ani mai a. tih ngaihna vak awm lo. sawisel ai chuan in her danglam tum tlang ta ila , kawngro a su zawk in ka ring.i ring ve em?? :)

  24. 74
    tiger Says:

    well all im saying is all forms of discrimination or harassment are wrong sooo wrong. Sure that we all accept that.One wonderful friend of mine is a Mizo who would hate to discriminate against anyone. And i,m just the same.

  25. 75
    myself Says:

    what discrimination or harassment you have gone through??

    rawn sawi rawh. i tawn ang kha mizo te., mizoram pawn a awm te hian kan tawn loh a awm chuan , mizoram chhung ah hetiang hi a dik lo e, tiin kan lo han sawi ange.

  26. 76
    tiger Says:

    why do you ask that question , myself?

  27. 77
    RTPA Says:

    tiger tiger….wat happnd !!! thinrim na i nei em ni….Help us to Help u tiger…kan dik loh na sawi la kan lo in en ve ang…

  28. 78
    tiger Says:

    all i did was to say stop discrimination..many thanks to all.

  29. 79
    scolz Says:

    i agree the term Vai is used to refer to the people in plains namely the Dravidians and the Aryans..like the khasis named them as Dkhars …and i believe We may hav called the Khasis Bak Thak Not Kap Thak…And Ral Leng for the Nagas….correct if im wwrong

  30. 80
    scolz Says:

    i agree the term Vai is used to refer to the people in plains namely the Dravidians and the Aryans..like the khasis named them as Dkhars …and i believe We may hav called the Khasis Bak Thak Not Kap Thak…And Ral Leng for the Nagas….correct me if im wwrong

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