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Mizoram tourist information
Mizoram tourist information
Mizoram is a kaleidoscopic 'pleasure trove' for the discerning visitor, with its wide array of festivals and dances, handicrafts, flora and fauna, breathtaking natural beauty, and temperate climate. The Mizos are very friendly and hospitable. English is commonly spoken. The joyful enthusiasm and the gregarious spirit of the local populace has been are the main reasons for establishing some of the most attractive tourism features in this beautiful state.
Today, Mizoram is a dazzling mix of this cross-cultural vibrancy with 87�% literacy (the second highest in India, a fact in which every Mizo takes genuine pride), gender equality and a vigorous pursuit of its ancient cultural traditions and social mores. Almost everybody in the state is a Christian by religion and yet haven't allowed their distint Mizo culture to fade.
You will find women working everywhere in Mizoram. In fact all shops are run and managed by women . Men tend to do more laborious work and jobs like taxi drivers, car/scoooter mechanics, working in the fields etc. Women are respected, are safe and enjoy considerable freedom. Smoking and chewing tobacco paan/Gutkha is very common in Mizoram. Many women too smoke, eat tobacco paan, gutkha etc. Comfortable and decent western clothing is uniformly worn accorss the state and Mizo women dress up quite smartly with a makeup even in small villages.
Divorces are common and but so are re-marriages.
People give priority for self sufficiency and you find no beggars anywhere in Mizoram. The crime rate is almost nil and most Mizo houses in villages and small towns are unlocked. The only thefts are due to some drug addicts.
Overall the society is quite homogenous, peace loving and classless. The recent rise in corruption has however started widening the gap between rich and poor and may be a threat in future to the social fabric.
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