Matu People

Chin state is a combination of different tribes and each of the big tribes has a city of their own. Also, from the city, there are less small tribes or family that form a village. Matu consist of three tribes or ethic group called Batu, Thaiphum, and Lungngo. It all begin from a person named Lung Hang and he came from the northern Chin Hills to settled here at Maihal mountain. His sons were Batu the eldest, Lungngo the second and Thaiphum the youngest. On the day of dividing the inheritance he tested his sons’ abilities making them trend a bow and send an arrow at the Cang Bung Kung (Banyan tree). The eldest son, Batu shot at the middle part of the tree, and the second son, Lungngo Shot at the upper part but the youngest son, Thaiphum shot at the lower part of the tree and now it is known as Lunghang village where the land is rich in soil. Then after that, they would receive their inheritance and build their own villages.