Sandman on his latest blog post asks “As a responsible Mizo adult settling outside Mizoram, are we all doing enough about the dress codes at our Mizo Church services ?“. It’s lengthy as usual and there already are a number of interesting comments, including several from me. He even suggests asking people with improper dress code to leave the Church.
We need to walk up to such people and tell them frankly but politely, face to face, that such dress codes will not be tolerated and that maybe they might be better off not coming to Church at all if they are going to continue dressing up that way… Sometimes it might even be proper to ask such people to leave the Church premises right in the middle of the service infront of everyone… the embarrassment will not only assure them of ever repeating that again but will also make others think twice before putting on that skimpy outfit. Do we have the guts to tell them that? Or are we going to spend the rest of our lives bitching about that particular person “eeee kha nu kha maw? BiakInah a rawn in chei hot thei rapssss” without anyone ever actually telling the person that he/she is out of place?
Btw, there’s a rumour that Sandman will be replacing C.V John as the Director (or whatever) of New Life Ministry 
Read here: mizohican.blogpost.com
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March 29th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
It’s true. But being too authoritarian won’t do much good as the people you tell off wd simply never come back.
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March 29th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Tupoh in chhia leh thra kan hre vek a. Ron inchei vak vak ten a moi vaklo tih poh an hre tho a mahse an ti tho. Kan hriat hnu hlir kan in hrilh mai mai ani. Soi tam vak a ngailo. Inkhom sermon ngaithla loin, pathian thu dong tur em em pon lo kal lo mahse khoi lai pub velah kal lo a biak inah an lo kal ve duh anih chuan i soi i soi lo mai teh ang u. Hnoh bo vel kha a trulna ka hre lo. A inchei uchuak duhlo chuan an ti lo tho.
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March 29th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Pathian be tur a lo kal lo hnawh chhuah ve ngawt kha hlauhawm deuh lo maw, kan thu lo e mai. Amah Pathian in A ngaihtuah turah dah ila, rilru lam entu chuan inchei KTP tawk tam tak ai chuan a lo lawm ve mai thei sin..
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March 29th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
aah i remember the time u and i used to go to church just to wtch the girls who came in miniskirts
and now u wanna throw em out 
no fair.!
each man to his own motivations to come to church.
but seriously.. i agree wid u in saying that there has to be a limit on how we dress to church.. all the naughty bits shd be cleanly covered up
but of course what matters is whats inside but in our society we also have to be careful in what we wear say and do.
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March 29th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Goldmember Says:
March 29th, 2007 at 3:54 pm e
aah i remember the time u and i used to go to church just to wtch the girls who came in miniskirts
– Now I know why you never show up in Church. Miniskirts girls are hard to find in Wesley Church these days
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March 29th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
biakinah sleeveless te an rawn ha a ..banbul pangngai chu nise pawilo deuh a an chhuan lam te kha a lum em a.tih ani mai sia. mipa pawn sleeveless chu kan ha em bawk siloa
thil tha hi chu a tha ani mai..
thalo chu thalo.
vairam nula ..what ever biakin chu biakin
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March 29th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Puan ka bih thrin…
mahse midang chu an duh duh in inchei se…ka soisel hran lo…
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March 29th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Hnawhchhuah/ haw tir tih ang vel kha chu ka ngaihdan a ni lem lo nain uchuak deuha inchei hi chu ka lawm hran miah lo. Ka ngamtlak zawngte hi chu ka sawisel fo mai. A hmei a pain Biakina inchei dan chu kan hre vek a, a awm tawk a awm tih pawh kan hre vek. Mawihnai taka inchei tu theuh ila a ni mai awm e a.
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March 29th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Damn it Sandman! now I’m really worried about you. What has Mizoram done to you? Anyone of you has his no? I need to talk to him
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March 29th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Mizoramah hi chuan naupang Sunde Skul atang hian tiang lam hi kan in hrilh ngun tlauh2 em a, Pathianni kher hi chuan tleirawl te te pawh hian puan hi an rawn bih ve far asin. Phai lam unau te khan lo inzirtir ngun ve deuh ula ni mai lawmni. This is a no no intih ve deuh reng te hi tul deuh mai asin. And if that pisses them off to the extent that they give church a miss, so be it. Church is not the place to doll up and look like little tart queens. Obviously, with the heat in the plains you can’t expect them to dress in puans and the like but lay some ground rules…like come to church in passably decent wear because this is holy ground you’re entering etc etc.
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March 29th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Would Jesus do that? Doesn’t he care for even one single beram bo?
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March 29th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
…at least they are going to church
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March 29th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Puan bih hi sexy ni ta se, an bih sup sup a ngem?
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March 29th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
BlackWhite Says:
March 29th, 2007 at 6:51 pm e
…at least they are going to church
– Exactly! Church Service in Mizoram is purely Church service. Else where, its more than that. It’s a way to socialize and meet people from the community.
In Chennai, it’s a “welfare activity”.
Besides the socializing and meeting people, you get to hear the word of God too.
If someone shows up, sleeve or sleeveless, I welcome it.
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March 29th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
office leh college tam takah pawh hian dress code hi ‘formal’ tih a ni thin a, t-shirt hak hi phalloh na a awm nual. amarohchu, t-shirt nen smart pangai taka inchei te chu an hau ngailo tlangpui.
ka sawi tum meanng awmzia chu, a incheitu rilru asir ni maiin ka hria. kawr banbul leh kekawr tight deuh pawh biakina zahpuiawm lo takin a hak theih tho ang.
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March 29th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist exchange places…
But seriously speaking, I went to church 2 weeks ago in jeans – not because of anything else, but because my formal pants weren’t dry yet.
There could be others in the same situation too, or even some too poor to afford formal clothes and dressed in what others could say ‘improper dress’.
Sandman, hope you’re reading this and understand that the world is not defined so easily in black and white terms.
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March 29th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
What about this one?
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March 29th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
a incheitu a zir ni mai. Pu Sandman-a han target deuh ho hi chu over ltk deuh ho hi ni deuhin ka hria
i see lots of ppl in jeans and t-shirts who look ‘fit’ for church. on the other hand there are some ppl in formal (kinda) wear who do not look as ‘fit’
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March 29th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Naupan lai te min ti hre chhuak rum rum e…Inkhawm kawr bik te kha kan nei thin a, hemi thuah chuan chhungkua in enkawl chhoh danin a hril viau bawk ang,kapa min hrilh thin dan chuan bawrhsap hmu dawn la i kawr tha ber/zahawm ber i ha ang a,Pathian chu lal te lal a nia, bawrhsap aia ropui zawk hma ah chuan kawrtha ber chu in ha tur a ni min ti thin. Inchei ruak lutuk;taksa lang tam lutuk a inkhawm chi hi chu nu leh pa hrilh tu an nei lo pawh aniang…Inkhawmna-ah chuan inchei zahawm a tha ka ti ve khawp mai.Office ah pawh incheina skimpy deuh pawh phal loh a nia,vawikhat pawh receptionistin a feng chhing deuh a, company dress code a nih loh vangin in thlak turin an haw tir leh ania…hei hian thui tak a sawi thei ang ka sawi ve tum chu….
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March 29th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Amen. Office leh hnathawhna zahawm deuhah mah dress codes an neih chuan, why not in the house of the Most High?
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March 29th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
But seriously speaking, I went to church 2 weeks ago in jeans – not because of anything else, but because my formal pants weren’t dry yet.
– hehe Mizo. Yea I saw you in Jeans.
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March 29th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Personally I think jeans are decent sunday wear for men, as long as they don’t make too much of a fashion statement, as in being torn or ripped out all over or are too baggy or too over the top in one way or the other.
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March 29th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
I don’t think you can compare work place and church. You go to work to make money. You have no choice but to follow the rules. When it comes Church, you can’t have rules like you do at School and office. It should come from the “heart” and not because it’s the rule.
It’s more important to win their heart before commanding people to follow a certain dress code.
If one is really concerned and wants to bring about a change, would you act and depend on your own ideas and opinions?
Would you rather sincerely seek guidance from the Lord and pray ” Lord, people coming to Church in fancy dresses’s really bordering and I want to do something about it. However, I need your help on how to best fix this. I could be doing the wrong thing for the right cause. There’s nothing I can do without you. Show me the way. Led me be your instrument to bring about this change. ”
Would you?
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March 29th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
@J: I find decent jeans equally decent for women especially outside Mizoram.
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March 29th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Tight Jeans & Mini skirt
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March 29th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Benjamin says: “You go to work to make money……”
I say: You go to church to invest part of that money to invest in your real future..
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March 29th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
dik taka soi chuan puan ven hi chu tih than ngai e…ka buai vek zel..mahse ka practise ve tan…late 90’s chho te kha chuan silliper nen te kan inkhom mai mai zel sin b’lore ah hi chuan tunhnu hian inchei na hi a sang ka tia……a duh duh hi duh duh inchei rawh se ka pawi ti lem lo.
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March 29th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Mumbai lamah poh an lo sawi ve chiah nih hi
SOURCE
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March 29th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Biakin a inchheina chungchang ah poh hian,kan culture leh kan world view in thui tak a ngawng ang.Ni e,biakin ah chuan mawihnai leh zahawm tak a kan in chei pawimawh.Chutih rual chuan,kan inchhena in bel hrim hrim vang a kan Pathian hi lawm lo tur a kan ngai anih chuan adik hlel mai thei.Tin,kan mizo nula te poh hian biakin ah kekawr[pangngai,uchhuak ]lo ha ta pawh nise,kan Pathian hian engtin vak nge angaih ang..?Lam buai mi tan phei chuan,puan bih hnuaiah poh kekawr hak a tha khawps mai..
Sap ho tih dan kan la ang tihna nilovin,kan ngaihtuahna ti zautu a tan.Sap ho zingah,jeans leh kekawr bul/pawnfen chhing tak tak nen pawh a inkhawm hmuh tur an tam mai.Tuna ka inkhawmna thin ah poh hian,thusawitu te hian kekawr bul ha chung ten Pathianthu tha tak tak,nung tak tak an zawi tho.Thusawitu pa in thuamna avang khan Pathian hi a lungawi loh ka ring hran lo.
Chutih rual chuan,Mizo biakin ah chuan Mizo inchei ngei hmuh hi kan Pathian pawh hian a duh zawk ka ring a,mawi a tih zawk pawh ka ring.Ilanders[Samoa,Tonga..etc] te hi an en tawn tlak khawps mai.Tun thleng hian aninkhawmna ah poh an cultural dress an la ha ber.mipa in pawnfen ang deuh an feng/ha/veng a,siliper/chapal te an bun maia [Biakin a siliper han bun chuh..???]
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March 29th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Pathian biak dah hi chi 2 a awmin ka hria a.
Pakhat-ah chuan mimal anga Pathian biak a thei a. Hetiangah hi chuan kan engkim hretu bia kan nih avangin duh leh mutkawr nen pawh pawh a pawi lo, toilet-a thu vung chung paw’n biak mai tur…poi miah lo.
A dang lehah chuan MIDANG nena Pathian biak ho a theih a. Hetiangah hi chuan Pathian bakah MIDANG ngaihtuah TEL a ngai tlat a. Midang mit timim thei zawnga inchei loh hram hram chu mi puitling zia tur chu a ni…. ka ngaihdan chuan.
Chutiang ang zawnga ngaihtuah chuan….. Eng emaw chen dress-code neih chu a tha ka ti. Inzilh mai pawh a pawi lo hial ang.
Pathian rawn be ve suh, tihna lam ni lovin, MIDANG bulah i awm dawn a, MIDANG kalphung i zawm tur a ni, tihna lam a ni zawk ang chu.
Pathian CHAUH kan ngaituah a nih chuan inchei buai a ngei hlei nem. Duh leh bathroom sleepers nen pawh kan inkhawm ang a, duh leh kan inchei hlur ang chu. Pathian hi chu Minister, President tih nena tehkhin chi-ah ka ngai lo, kan nih ang tawpa biak turah ka ngai ((Zah der leh hlauh tlawn tur ang chi niin ka hmu ve lo… thenkhat ngaihdan chu a ni kher lo thei tho a)
Eng anga smart pawhin inchei mah ila Pathian bulah eng kan ni tak tak chuang lovang… mihring ngaihdan mai mai a ni.
Kan mihring pui dangte vang a ni lawm ni kan inchei…dik tak chuan?
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March 30th, 2007 at 3:57 am
@blueberry..ka ngaihdan thlap a ni.
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