THE KUKI PEOPLE-MANASSEH ORIGINS

PS HAOKIP

Shalom Everybody!

First and foremost, I give all the glory, all the honour, all the praises to the Almighty God for this opportune time, for this beautiful day, for this propitious occasion of Sukkot. I thank the Lord for giving me this wonderful opportunity to be here today in your midst, to celebrate Sukkot with all the brothers and sisters present here. I have travelled halfway across the world to be here. Yes!  I have come all the way from the north-eastern part of India to partake in the “Feast of the tabernacles”, the “Feast of Booths”.  

I am elated to be celebrating this significant 7/8 days festival referred to as ChagHaAsif (“the festival of Ingathering or “Harvest festival” and ChagHaSukkot (“the festival of booths”).

It gives me great joy to be with you all, seeing your happy faces, feeling the warmth and the genuine love of all the brethren gathered here today makes each step, every mile of the journey I had undertaken to be here, truly worthwhile. I extend my sincere greetings & utmost respect to all the dignitaries and to each and every one of you who are present here today.  

My name is PS Haokip, and I hailed from the Kuki –Chin-Mizo community.  The Kukis are found within India, Bangladesh, and Burma.  They are known as Kuki and Chin in Myanmar and as Mizo in the Indian state of Mizoram in India and are spread throughout the northeastern states of India, northwestern Burma, and the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh This dispersal across international borders is a culmination of punitive actions made by the British during their occupation of India and Myanmar. The Kukis have always believed that they are the descendants of Manasseh, the elder son of the patriarch Joseph. Many of the customary & traditional practices of the Kukis before the advent of Christianity were similar to the Israelites / the Jews.

The Lord God Almighty had revealed to his chosen and faithful servants – Rev. Chomhlun and Mr. Hnamtinkhum, the more than 60 present day countries where the descendants of Manasseh are found. 

I took it upon myself the responsibility of printing a booklet titled – Manasseh: Chosen among the chosen detailing the divine revelation about the descendants of Manasseh. The booklet was translated into various Asian languages and was dispatched off to the concerned countries through Thailand Post from Bangkok. 

Apart from this, I also sent the booklet to more than 90 cognate tribes of the Kukis (the Kuki Chin Mizo) in North East India, Burma (Myanmar) and Bangladesh.

The knowledge of the Kuki people concerning their Manasseh origin was unwittingly awakened by the NSCN (IM) armed-onslaught from 1992 to 1997, infamously termed as the Kuki genocide. Casualties amounted to over 1000 innocent lives, including women, children and elderly; 360 villages razed to the ground, and hundreds and thousands displaced. It is one of the bloodiest genocides in the history of modern India.

The reason for NSCN (IM)’s premeditated aggression was completely unknown to the Kukis. The carnage that ensued prompted young people to take up arms in self-defence. However, the elderly men of God Pu HelkhoonHaokip, Pu SeithangDoungel and Pu OnholLhungdim believed that God was punishing the Kuki people for their past sins and iniquities.  A prayer group-Kuki NampiTaona (KNT) was formed comprising numerous members, and sessions after sessions of intense fasting, confessions & remorseful prayers of repentance for days together on Koubru Mountain followed. 

Some may ask, “Who are the Kuki people?”

The Kukis are indigenous people of Zale’n-gam/Zale’n-ram, ‘Land of Freedom’. Zale’n-gam refers to the contiguous ancestral lands, located in the present-day Northeast India, Northwest Burma and the Chittagong Hill tracts in Bangladesh. The Kukis lived in this part of the Indian sub-continent without being separated by international boundaries until the early part of the twentieth century. They were an independent people comprising numerous clans, each governed by its chieftain according to Kuki law, customs and traditions. (The World of the Kuki people, PS Haokip).

The British colonial power, to serve their own imperialistic design, without the consent of the Kukis dismembered the Kuki Territory within three Independent nations: India, Burma, and Bangladesh. This callous act of the British has caused immense socio-economic and political hardships to the Kuki people hitherto. The effect of this inconsiderate act continues to haunt my people to this day. 

The Kukis are peace loving and fiercely independent people, who will go any length to defend their way of life, as was clearly established in the Anglo Kuki War (1917-1919), when the Kuki people in unison raised the banner of revolt against the mighty British Imperial power. It is pertinent to mention here that the Kukis are also known as Kukis and Chins in Burma (Myanmar),  Mizos in the Indian state of Mizoram, and as Kukis elsewhere.

The Kuki people, have always been aware of their Israel connections, there are many cultural, traditional beliefs, practices, customs and songs which were passed down from one generation to the other orally – like father to a son, which indicates/ reflects strong Israel connections. After the evangelization of my people by the British Missionaries, these beliefs, customs and practices suffered the blithe of neglect, and some of it has been lost for good. As a matter of fact, there are more than sixty customs of the Kuki people which resembles Jewish customs.

In the account of the late L. HranglienSongate (Kuki Hmar History: 1956), the first recognized ancestor of the Kuki people was Manmasi (Manasia) who holds a very sacred and significant places in the lives and beliefs of the Kuki people, whose name would be invoked reverently in prayers and ceremonial sacrifices. 

" In the year 1938, I was working as a " Forest Rasi" in the Forest Department in British- India's province of Manipur. Under the leadership of the Deputy Commissioner - Mr.Kath and the Forester 

- Mr. Thanglianlal, we were in Tamu on the 23rd of March, 1938. We had gone there to study and to take survey of a particular species of a tree known locally as "Dolthing"(Teak) in Burma and its borderlands

In Tamu, I met one Mr.Thangkholet Kuki, who was well conversant in the  Burmese language (the Kâwl language). He spoke to me about one Mr.Upla who knew a lot about China - its history, people and folklores. 

Being a Historian at heart, the constant and gnawing desire to learn more about China must have gotten the better of me. For I soon found myself requesting Mr.Thangkholet Kuki to arrange a meeting between myself and Mr.Upla, and also to double up as an interpreter for the same.

We soon found ourselves seated face to face with Mr.Upla. After the usual exchange of pleasantries and discussion on other issues, I started to ask him questions about China. Our discussion veered towards China. Mr.Upla went on to ask me “Where is the origin of your people?", “Who is the Ancestor of your people?"To which I replied “The place of our origin is called Sinlung, and our ancestor is Manmasi".

The name Manmasi made Mr.Upla recalled the numerous rounds of conversation he had as young student with an old Chineseman named Chao Enti in Mandalay. Apparently, Mr.Upla and his friends, who all were students then, used to frequent the residence of the aged Chinese man Chao Enti while they were all studying in Mandalay, Burma.

"Now that you have mentioned Manmasi" proceeded MrUpla. I remember and could recalled what Mr.Chao Enti told us about "the Manmasi people. " Chao Enti - the keeper of China's history, in his many talks to us about China while we were students, told us about a special and unique group of people called Manmasi, who had entered / migrated to China from the North.

What was so special and unique about the Manmasi Tribe were:

1) They worshipped an unseen God.

2) They would perform sacrificial rites on an altar having four corners.

3) They would sacrifice animals 

4) They would sprinkle the sacrificed animal's blood and flour on the Altar

5) They would also set free a small animal towards the Forest

The Manmasi Tribe built a settlement at a place called Aopatang (Aupatâwng), and christened the settlement "Silung" after the name of their leader Sûnlunga. Silung is still in existence in China until today. During that period there reined in China a wicked Emperor named Shih Huang Ti, who was determined to construct a big wall across China. The Emperor Shih Huang Ti employed many workers / people for the construction of the wall. He also separated the women and children from the men. 

The men were imprisoned in caves and were subjected to toils, physical torture and untold hardships that many actually died in the process of constructing the wall. Before the construction of the wall could be completed, the Emperor Shih Huang Ti died in 220 BC. Seizing the opportunity many groups of people who were enslaved for the construction made good their escape. 

Even the Manmasi Tribe were also amongst the many who escaped from bonded labour and slavery, circa 200 BC (Ming Dynasty, Mongolia 200 BC) "

Extracted from"Hmar Chanchin: The History of the Hmars*" by Mr.HranglienSongate, (2nd Edition, 1977)

In the days of yore, whenever our ancestors were to make any new settlement or to undertake any adventurous exploits, it was imperative for them to invoke Manmasi (Manasseh) name. 

As a matter of fact, there are more than sixty customs and practices of the Kuki people which are similar to the Jewish customs and folk songs & folk-lore which indicate a strong Kuki Israel connection. Let me point out a few:

Even in times of great natural calamities/catastrophe like an earthquake or a flood, they used to shout “Be kind, be kind; we the descendants of Manmasi are still here!” The origin of the name – Manmasi, is derived from Manasseh, the older son of Joseph, who was the 11th son of the patriarch Jacob in the Old Testament.  To support my point, I would like to quote from one folk song of my people which goes like this:

Manasseh, your came crossing sea and rivers,You came through hills and mountains; You came all the way victorious through hostile countries,  Just to have the good portion of meat; Let the liver and the heart be yours, Mannaseh.

One of the pre-Christian legend of our people mentions about an unusual flood which encompasses the whole earth except one hill-lock, where all living beings fled to for their safety. Interestingly enough, a Kuki-Chorei tribe folklore talks about “ Muolsangrengparakuongtuk” (muolsang = hill, rengpa = chief, rakuong =boat/ship/arl, tuk = build / construction.  This is strikingly similar to the events described in the book of Genesis 6-9 (Noah’s Ark)

The Kuki people like the Jews used to observe three important festivals in a year, such as the ChapcharKut in April, MimKut in September, and ChavangKut in November.  Before the advent of Christianity, whenever our forefathers performed sacrificial rites, the priest used to construct an altar having four corners and sprinkled animal’s blood on the flour, which was then evenly spread out on the platform of the altar. These religious practices are more or less the same with the ones practiced by the Jews. 

The Sikpuiruoi festival had been celebrated from time immemorial by the Kuki-Hmar tribe, the center point of the celebration is the Sikpui-Dance, performed by the partakers of the festival with a Khuongpu ( Drummer) and Khuongpuzailak (Chanter) sitting in the middle on a raised flat stone especially erected for the occasion. The song of this festival makes a vivid reference to the Israelites at the time of their liberation from the bondage of the Egyptian under the leadership of Moses, and the miraculous events after they had crossed the Red-Sea. The song both in original Kuki Hmar dialect and its English rendering is given below:

Sikpuiinthangkanurlaia,                          While we are preparing for the Sikpui festival

Changtuipui aw senmahrilikangintan                       The big red sea becomes divided

Keralawnakaleido aw,                                              As we are marching forward fighting our foes,

Suna sum ang, zanahmei lawn invak e       We are being led by cloud during the day & by fire during night    

An tur an satluaruol aw,                                           Our enemies, Ye Folk, are thick with fury,

In phawsiel le in ralfeitezuong thaw ro.                     Come out with your shields and spears        Sun razulakaleido aw                                                  Fighting our foes all day

Keralawnamei sum invak e.                                    We march along as cloud-fire goes afore.

Sun razulakaleido aw,                                             The enemies we fight all day,

Laimisaangchangtuipuiinlemzova e.                    The big sea swallowed them like beast.

A varuol aw la t ache                                                Collect the quails,

Sunonglungchungatuizuong put kha la t ache        And fetch the waters that springs out of the rock.

The song is self-revealing. It speaks about the incident as referred to the Exodus (Old Testament), Chapter 14: 1-31. This song occupies such a sacred place that the Sikpuiruoi Festival can only commence after the participants sing it with rapt attention.  This only goes to suggest that the incident referred to in the song might have been an unusual happening of great consequences in the pages of their –our forefather’s history, if not, they could not have attached such importance to it.

Due to the prevalence of many similar customary & traditional practices of the Kuki Chin Mizos and the Jews / Israelites which are far too many to be just mere coincidences. Intense research work probing the plausible connection between the Kukis& the Jews (Israelites) had been conducted by 

Dr. KhuplamLenthang, Author – The Wonderful Genealogical Tales of Manmasi –Manasseh, 

Ms. Zaithanchhungi, Author – Israel-Mizo, Mr. HilelHalkin, Author - Across the Sabbath River. 

Due to overriding similarity in customary & ritual practices which could not be ruled out, many of our people are practicing Judaism, and there are Synagogues in our towns & villages and as of now around 7000 of our people have made Aliyah to Promised Land – Israel.

The larger majority of us are Christians by faith, believing in the Jesus Christ as the Messiah.

The Rabbinate formally recognizes BneiMenashe of the North Eastern India a descendants of Israel on the 30th of March, 2005. 

GOD’S REVELATION TO REV.CHOMLHUN

In 2011, I came in contact with Rev. Chomhlun who shared with me about God’s revelation to him that the Lord, Our God had heard the prayers of his children – the Kuki people who prayed in Mount Koubru under the banner of Kuki NampiTaona (KNT), for the Lord to pardon their trespasses as community and as a nation; that the Lord has answered our prayers and has forgiven our sins, our iniquities and has revealed that we are the descendants of Manasseh. The NSCN-IM unleashed pogrom upon the Kukis began with the gruesome killings of the Kukis in Ukhrul district, then Chandel district, Churachandpur district, Sadar Hills district, Tamenglong District, then Nagaland state and Assam state. Men of God like Pu HelkhoonHaokip, Pu SeithangDoungeland Pu HolkonLhungdimcould discern that this ethnic cleansing campaign was punishment wrought upon by the Lord for the iniquities of the Kuki People. From then onwards, they started calling upon the God Almighty under the Kuki NampiTaona (KNT) pleading for forgiveness of all the iniquities of the Kukis as a people. In this movement of prayer and fasting for the remission of sins as a community, they were joined by many at Koubru Mountain crying their hearts out to God to pardon the transgressions of the Kukis. 

The Bible verse chosen by the KNT as a central theme for this mass prayer movement was taken from: 2 Chronicles 7:14 ‘If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land.’  

Based on the assurance given by the Lord through this particular verse, many fasted and prayed under the banner of the Kuki NampiTaona (KNT) at Koubru Hill, Manipur, India, pleading sincerely to God for the forgiveness of all the sins and iniquities committed by them and their forefathers, crying out to God to show them mercy as a community. 

The cries of the children of God did not go in vain; the Living God answered the cries of the Kuki people to Rev. Chomhlun in Myanmar (Burma), telling him in no uncertain terms, ‘I have heard the cries of my children from the Koubru Hill, and I have forgiven all their iniquities, you are the descendants of Manasseh.’

In short, NSCN (IM)’s onslaught brought about God’s revelation that Kuki’s are Manasseh, once lost, but now found! Amen.

It was in December 2007 that God revealed to Rev Chomlhun that our KUKI people are descendants of Manasseh, the Lost Tribe of Israel.  

THE MIGRATORY ROUTE OF THE MANMASI/MANASSEH PEOPLE

Concerning the history of Manasseh people, the year 70 AD witnessed the siege of Jerusalem by the Roman army led by the future general Titus. Following the siege, the Jews were taken captives as slaves the world over and later on they were massacred in large numbers. Among those taken into slavery was the Manasseh tribe.

In regard to the revelation, by AD 75, our forefathers, the descendants of Manasseh, were taken captive by the king of China. Even though the Chinese king wanted them to work daily, they did not obey his order. Rather, they devoutly observed the Sabbath and worshipped God according to the order of worship written in the scroll. Therefore, the king made a devious plan to stop observing the Sabbath. While they were at work, the king took hold of the scroll and hid it. The scroll contained their religious tenets, doctrines, laws and commandments related to their religion. At that stage, even in the absence of the scroll, our forefathers could still observe the Sabbath and other religious feasts as long as the high priests, who memorized the order of worship, were alive. However, after their death they were unable to perform the religious rites and worship God. In due course of time they forgot their God and eventually lost their Jewish identity. After a gap of six hundred to seven hundred years, their physical features transformed and they became part of the Mongoloid stock. However, a thousand years passed and the thought of freeing themselves from captivity preoccupied their minds. One day, a hunter discovered a tunnel dug by a porcupine. He followed the tunnel, which led to the outer side of the wall, i.e. the Great Wall of China. Gradually, the people widened the tunnel and made their escape.

Following their escape, a section of the population settled in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, while the rest proceeded towards Siberia and reached near the North Pole. They stayed only a week because it was the time when the sun did not shine in the North Pole. The elders referred to this extraordinary event as MujinLhun, darkness for seven days and seven nights. In the folklore of the Gangte people, who had become snake worshippers, they feared the sun God was angry and so reverted to Sun worship. There is a lucid historical account, which had been handed down from generation to generations, which has been well preserved among the Kuki-Gangte people.

Our forefathers when they were in China, used to worship the Python until the time they experienced the unusual phenomenon which they called MujinLhun in which there was complete darkness for 7 Days and 7 Nights.

In the North Pole there is sunshine for six months of the year, and darkness for six months. Similarly, in the South Pole there is darkness for six months and daylight for six months. There is no such occurrence on earth as darkness for one week; our ancestors must have wandered in to the North Pole region during the fag end of six-month period of no sunshine because they experienced darkness for seven days and seven nights.

Our forefathers deduced that their worshipping of the Python had angered the Sun God to no end and had refused to shine its Light upon us; hence we are in complete darkness. Convinced that the Sun was bigger and more powerful than the Python, they started worshipping the Sun. Then, they held a deliberation amongst themselves; and decided to proceed to the East, in the direction from which the Sun rises. There were large multitudes of them, and it was impossible to move in a single file. Some of them built a ship and sailed across the ocean and reached the land of the rising sun - and inhabited the country which is now known as Japan.

Some sailed even farther and reached what is known as the American Continent today; they started fanning out inhabiting the South, the Central, including the regions of Canada and Alaska. Those remaining numbers who could not build a Ship of their own decided to pursue the Sun in the opposite direction - “Let us go and worship the Sun where it sets in the West"

The descendants of the Children of Manasseh who went to the West, are now found inhabiting countries spread across Middle East, Europe and Africa.

From Mongolia, the Manasseh people headed eastwards, the direction from which the sun rises and went on to North Korea, South Korea and to Japan. As it was difficult to cross the Pacific Ocean, many advanced and settled towards the east coast of China, Taiwan, Philippine, Yunnan Province in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Burma, North East India, and Bhutan. From Siberia, a section of the population settled in Western China, Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir, and Sikkim.

As I had mentioned earlier in the preceding pages, the Lord our God has heard the cries of his children, the Kukis, on the Koubru Hills and has forgiven us our transgressions. God has let it to known that we the Kukis are the children of Manasseh. But we are stubborn people, who still refuse to heed the voice of God. Hence unless and until we believe in the revelation of God that we are His Chosen Nation – Manasseh, we will remain a people divided and fragmented as we are now. By the grace of God, I could discern the revelation of the Living God in regards to our people, and have taken up the responsibility of disseminating the same to those who are still unaware. I have taken up the cause of the Manasseh identity and brotherhood in line with my first calling as a national worker for the Kuki Nation. 

The Lord instructed Rev. Chomlhun to go and tell the Kukis that the Lord has heard the prayers and supplications of the Kukis and have forgiven their transgressions. You the Kukis are the Children of Manasseh. Heeding the directive of God, Rev. Chomlhun came to Manipur in 2007 sharing God’s revelation about the true identity of the Kukis as revealed by God to the leaders of the Churches and Denominations and to also to the leaders of the Kuki Inpi (Traditional Government of the Kukis). He went on proclaiming God’s revelation about the Kukis from 2007 to 2010, but no one listened to him. When none of the Kuki Leaders in Manipur took the claims of Rev. Chomlhun seriously, he prayed to God and asked him to depute someone else in his stead to proclaim the revelation of the identity of the Kukis; he pleaded with God to send someone else who has a better bearing and countenance, one who is gifted with the eloquence of speech. He prayed, ‘I have heeded your command, and I have gone to where you have sent me to go, but none will listen to what I have to say, so please send someone instead’. 

When the year was ending, God asked Rev. Chomlhun, ‘Why haven’t you gone yet?’ to which Rev Chomlhun replied, ‘Didn’t I ask you to send someone else in my place, no one listens to me or give credence to what I have to say.’ Then the Lord said, ‘If you do not heed my word and refuse to comply then I will bring great and immense sorrow upon the Kukis and upon your family too.’  Chomlhun was perturbed on hearing this, he immediately asked his wife to sell her pig, as he was not in a position to refuse God’s command anymore. His wife sold off her pig and came to Manipur. It was on this trip to Manipur that Rev. Chomlhun and I had the opportunity to meet for the first time. Rev. Chomlhun narrated the fact that he failed in his attempt to meet Kuki Leaders on his earlier trips. 

I called leaders of the Kuki Christian Leaders Fellowship and organised a meeting between Rev. Chomlhun and the Kuki Christian Leaders. I told the leaders that the Rev. Chomlhun has been deputed by God, and we must hear him out, we must hear what he has to say, we all must give him the opportunity to share his burden concerning our people and our community. Just as God had said, Rev. Chomlhun went on to speak about our Manasseh Identity at seven places in Churachandpur District, in one place he even spoke for 4 days. He also spoke 7 times each in Chandeldistrict and KangpokpiSadar Hills District, four times in the State of Nagaland and three times in the State of Assam (in his trips from Manipur to Nagaland and Assam he was accompanied by Evan. DK Samuel). They came to meet me after their trip to Assam, and Rev. Chomlhun said to me ‘God had spoken to me saying from now onwards your Leader (PS Haokip) will assume the responsibility and take up the mantle of disseminating the Manasseh Identity. I will bless him and his words, one day the issue of Manasseh will reverberate at the UNO.’ With this revelation of God, we lifted our hearts and praises to the Lord. 

Having been given this great responsibility, though unworthy I may be, I began to do whatever I could in my capacity to further the Manasseh identity amongst those communities revealed to be the descendants of Manasseh in the North East India, Burma, in Asia and in the rest of the World. I took the initiative to organise the ChavangKut 2014, 2015, 2016, in the hope of fostering and strengthening social ties between the Manasseh communities hailing from northeast India, Burma Bangladesh and China. Souvenirs and books were printed detailing the revelation of God, and the migration pattern of the various Manasseh tribes, and how they came to settle where they are living now in this present age and time. These Souvenirs and books were subsequently sent to all the Manasseh communities translated in their respective languages through post and sometimes through Pastors and Reverends. 

Our forefathers were scattered and dispersed, which is the will and purpose of God: dispersion, loss of the scroll in China and their Jewish identity has made them receive God’s salvation through Jesus Christ. 

CHAVANG KUT: CELEBRATION OF MANASSEH BROTHERHOOD.

To strengthen our fraternal bonds, we have been observing ChavangKut, a post-harvest festival with the theme ‘Celebration of Brotherhood’ for three consecutive years in Manipur, in 2014, 2015 and 2016. 

We do not by any means imply that the Kut festival is the grandest of all. It is only that out of the deep affection for one another we have been inviting the Manasseh brethren for the cultural festival year after year. We have partaken; we have reaped the harvest of brotherhood, of oneness by feasting together, sharing a drink, singing, dancing our cultural dances together, conversing with one another and just enjoying each other’s company thus further cementing our familial ties.  It would not be an overstatement to say that we all have grown much closer in these last three years, and the bond of brotherhood has been immensely strengthened. We have also had the privilege of having in our midst exemplary and eminent leaders such as Pu Lal Thanhawla, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Mizoram, Pu Conrad K. Sangma present Chief Minister of Meghalaya, and our Laos brother Pu KhamphoneViengluang, President of American Laos community and his wife. Their presence has been a real blessing and also reassuring and memorable in many ways. Similarly, it has been a tremendous blessing that they all came from different places for the festival and we had the opportunity to meet one other, and for that we are extremely grateful. 

The Lord has revealed to His chosen servants in no uncertain terms that this present age and time is the era of Manasseh. I would like to reiterate the fact that we are brothers, and descendants of Manasseh, as God has clearly revealed to His servants, Rev Chomlhun and Pastor Hnamtinkhum. According to the divine revelation, the people who share a common history and ancestry are as follows: 

1. Kuki, 2. Mizo, 3. Kachin, 4. Chin, 5. Karbi, 6. Zeliangrong, 7. Konyak, 8. Singpho, 9. Heimi, 10. Nahen, 11. Para, 12 Makury, 13. Lainau, 14. Naowa, 15. Phom, 16. Khiamniungan, 17. Chang, 18. Yimchunger 19. Sangtam 20. Mising, 21. Bodo, 22. Kachari, 23. Sikkim, 24. Adi, 25. Upper Chindwin Shan, 26. Wa, 27. Tagin, 28. Miji, 29. Kareni, 30. Nocte, 31. Wancho, 32. Apatani, 33. Bugun, 34. Misi, 35. Padam, 36. Sherdukpen, 37. Tani, 38. Khamba, 39. Khamti, 40. Lishpa, 41. Memba, 42. Milang, 43. Mishmi, 44. Monpa, 45. Nyishi, 46. Sangkhen, 47. Tangsa, 48. Zekhring 49. Shan, 50. Karen, 51. Mon, 52. Palaung, 53. Paoh, 54. Lahu, 55. Akha, 56. Karenni, 57. Kayah, 58. Rakhine (Arakan) 59. Out-Chin/ Asho Chin, 60. Tai Phake, 61. Tai Ahom, 62. Reang, 63. Chakma, 64. Limbu, 65. Tamang, 66. Gurung, 67. Thapa 68. Meitei (Manipuri), 69. Sema, 70. Ao, 71. Lotha, 72. Garo. 73, Khasi, and 74. Jaintia, 75. Angami, 76. Chakesang, 77. Mao, 78. Paumai, 79. Rengma, 80. Pochury, 81. Jaintia, 82. Chagma, 83. Chakesang, 84. Mao 85. Paumai, 86. Rengma, 87. Assamese, 88. Lepcha, 89. Chakma, etc.

COUNTRIES:

1.Ladakh and North East of India, 2. Myanmar (Burma), 3. Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, 4. China (Yunnan Province, Guanxi Province, Inner Mongolia, Taiwan and Hong Kong, etc.), 5. Bhutan, 6. Mongolia,7. Cambodia, 8. Laos, 9. Singapore, 10. Vietnam, 11. Thailand, 12. Malaysia, 13. Indonesia, 14. Taiwan, 15. Philippines, 16. North Korea, 17. South Korea, 18. Japan, 19. Native Americans, 20. Mexico, 21. Hawaii, 22. Scotland, 23. Ireland, 24. Catalonia, 25. Italy (Milan, Venice, Lombardy and Trieste), 26. Flanders in Spain, Flanders in Netherlands, French Flanders, Belgian provinces of west Flanders, East Flanders west Flanders part of Hainaut, 27. Bosnia & Herzegovina, 28. Tutsi & Hutu, 29. Kosovo, 30, Macedonia, 31. Thessaloniki, 32. Croatia, 33. Yugoslavian, 34. Alaska, 35. Canada, 36. Greenland, 37. Crete, 38. Santo Domingo, 39. El Salvador, 40. Nicaragua, 41. Honduras, 42. Costa Rica, 43. Panama, 44. Colombia, 45. Venezuela, 46. Ecuador, 47. Brazil, 48. Peru, 49. Paraguay, 50. Argentina, 51. Chile, 52. Cameroon, 53. Slovenia, 54. Switzerland, 55. Poland, 56. Netherlands, 57. Eritrea, 58. Ethiopia, 59. Gabon, 60. Gambia.

That the children of Manasseh should deliver the good news of salvation in Christ to the Jewish nation, and that the Lord God will deliver the Manasseh people in all parts of the world and establish them as a nation, is His will. Therefore, it is pertinent that our people realise we are the descendants of Manasseh and Accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and personnel saviour.

Over time, assimilation by neighbouring communities’ cultures and vice versa, resulted in the ‘completion’ of being lost, a fulfilment of God’s plan, also His merciful blessing because wherever they were He led them to embrace the Christian faith and Kuki people celebrate to His glory the first Centenary in 2014. 

On the 3rd of May 2019, I was interviewed by Mr. Gene Porter of 2,730 Years….and Counting, the USA LOST TRIBES REPORTER, in which I stated in detail, the little initiatives I had taken for the Menashe/Manasseh movement in India and the Asian continent as a whole and the 60 countries around the world.

http://www.podcasts.com/2730-years...and-counting-34f045285/episode/PS-HAOKIP-INDIA-a4ba

Psalm 2:7 -9 “I will declared the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou are my son; this day have I begotten thee. 8, Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9, Thou shall break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel”.  

May the Good Lord bless you all!

PS Haokip
President,

Kuki National Organisation
Zale'n-gam, MANMASI