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Young Mizo Association (YMA) to honour 'Mizo' Mary
Seven Sisters Post | Zodin Sanga | Aizawl (Sept 11):
India’s boxing icon Mary Kom, who belongs to a small Kom tribe of Manipur, has strengthened the brotherhood of Chin-Kuki-Mizo family across the Northeastern region. Even though Koms belong to the Chin-Kuki-Mizo community who share similar cultures and trace their family lineage to the same origin, they remained as distant cousins to the Mizos until Mary punched her way to the international arena.
When Mary gloriously sailed into the semis of the London Olympics, majority of Mizos in Mizoram chose to describe her as “a Mizo boxer”, instead of a “Manipuri boxer.”
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