, who established formal choral music in Mizoram starting around 1929. The Shift to Indigenous Composition (1919–1922) While the first translated hymns appeared in the late 1890s, the first
Tunah hian Mizoram ah chuan Kristian 90% aia tam an awm a. Chumi bul berah chuan he hla hmasa ber “Kan Pathian chu ropuiziawma a ni” tih a lo ding a. mizo kristian hla hmasa ber
The year was 1906. The place was a small mission outpost in Aizawl, then a cluster of thatched huts perched on a long ridge. Welsh missionaries, led by the visionary Rev. D.E. Jones (known to the Mizos as “Zosaphluia”), had been working for over a decade. They had created a written script for the Mizo language, opened schools, and translated the Bible. But something was missing: worship in the Mizo voice. , who established formal choral music in Mizoram