Mizoram

State · Capital Aizawl · 1.1 million people (2011)

• Art and craft

  Puanchei weaving. Puanchei is a handwoven Mizo shawl whose designs, inspired by nature and folklore, include the Siniar motif of triangles and diamonds. Mizo Puanchei holds a GI tag (2019).

• Music and dance

  Cheraw, the bamboo-pole dance

• Festival

  Chapchar Kut

• Taste

  Bai, a vegetable stew; sawhchiar

• Official symbols

  Animal: Serow · Bird: Hume's pheasant · Tree: Iron wood

Mizo society is guided by Tlawmngaihna, a moral code of putting the group before the self, with no exact English translation.

Sources: Census of India 2011 · incredibleindia.gov.in: mizo puanchei · GI Registry, application 583 · mizoram.gov.in (archived): state symbol · en.wikipedia.org: Tlawmngaihna; traditions from the India map’s sources.