Lusei

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Lusei are a major clan of the Mizo people of Northeast India, historically influential in shaping Mizo culture, language, and social organization.

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Label Occurrences
Lusei canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mizo clan
social group
associatedWith Mizo chieftainship system
Mizo customary law
belongsTo Kuki-Chin ethnolinguistic family (via Mizo)
country India
culture Mizo traditional practices
ethnicGroupOf Mizoram
ethnicIdentity subgroup of the broader Mizo ethnicity
ethnolinguisticGroup Mizo
linked to: Mizo people
hasAlternativeName Lushai
hasAlternativeSpelling Lusei clan
hasClanStatus dominant clan in Mizo history
hasRole major clan of the Mizo people
historicalSignificance historically influential among the Mizo
influenced Mizo culture
Mizo language
Mizo social organization
isCentralTo formation of Mizo identity
language Mizo language
partOf Mizo people
playsKeyRoleIn Mizo political history
development of Mizo language standard
region Northeast India
religion Christianity (majority)
linked to: Christianity

traditional Mizo beliefs (historically)
traditionalTerritory adjacent areas of Northeast India
present-day Mizoram
usedAs ethnonym for Mizo in some historical sources

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