Lushai

Japanese: Lushai
Lushai

…The mountain slopes are covered with evergreen broad-leaved trees and bamboo. The inhabitants are mainly the Lushai, with other tribes including the Panay, Chakma, and Lian, all of whom speak a Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. They are Christianized agriculturalists who practice settled agriculture in the valley plains, creating terraced rice fields and farmland, and slash-and-burn agriculture in the mountain forests. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Lushai" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…山地斜面は常緑広葉樹および竹に覆われている。住民はルシャイLushai族を主とし,そのほかパネイ,チャクマ,リアン族などが居住し,いずれもシナ・チベット語族のチベット・ビルマ語派に属する言語を話す。彼らはキリスト教化された農耕民で,谷底平野では棚田や棚畑を造成して定着農業を,山地部の森林では焼畑農業を営む。…

※「Lushai」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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