August
1, 2015 ih Indianapolis khua ih um mi Burmese American Community Institute
(BACI) ih study tuah dan vek asile USA ram sungah kawlram ih rami mipum 146,037
kan um ih, cu mi lakah miphun teten umzat cu a tanglam vek a si.
1.
Chin – 50,147
2.
Karen – 64,759
3.
Karenni (Kayah) – 11,619
4.
Kachin – 3,395
5.
Arakanese – 2345
6.
Burman (Kawl) – 5,167
7.
Mon – 2,022
8.
Shan – 1,118
9.
Hnamdang– 904
A
tlunlam ih list vek asile Chinmi hi, kawlram ihsin rami miphun lakah mipum
tambik pahnih nak kan si. 1990 tiang hrawng cu USA Chinmi thleng sun leh um sun
pawl cu, Bible tlawngkai phah lole “immigrant visa” ih um deuh hlir an si ti
sehla, a sual tuk ciamco lo ding. Kum 2000 hlan ahcun, USA ih Chinmi rak um mi
pawl hi a thawng kan rak kim lamlam lo.
Cuticun,
kum 1999 leh 2000 hrawng in Guam lam ihsin kawlram mi “waiver visa” in lut
thei/tlawn thei a si ih, mainland ah an rak lut vivo. Cu hnu kum 2007-08 hrawng
in Malaysia lam ihsin “refugee” USA in a la ciamco lala ih tusun nitiang,
cuticun Chinmi kan karhzai vivo. Ram thumnak tiih, an timi kan thleng cio tikah
(Europe, Canada, Australia & USA, ramthar a si ih, zir ding cawn ding leh zirlo
dingmi, cawnlo dingmi tampi kan nei. Tusun nitiang a hlawmpi ih kan thlen
khawmnak hi kum 10 fang hrawng a si ding. Hiti ih, a hlawmpi in mi ram ah kan
rak tlan lole kan rak vai tikah, kan tesin fa le pawl san tiang Chinmi kan
sinak hlolo dingin ziang tin kan kilkhawi awk dingih ziangtin kan ṭhanso thei ding
timi hi thuipi zet a si.
Ziangtin
kan kilkhawi awk ding lole ziangtin kan ṭhanzo thei ding-timi kan zoh hlanah,
kanmah vekih Asia am ihsin rak thleng hmaisa pawl thuanthu a tawi zawngin kan
zoh ta pei. Asia ram ihsin ra vaimi hi, vai ti hnakin raltlan (Refugee) ih rami
an tam sawn ti sehla, tampi a sual lo ding. Indian pawl hi Asian mi ah cun,
mivai an si bik deuh. Indian pawl cu, an fa le pawl cathiam an si theinak
dingah nu le pa in nasazet in hna an ṭuan. Curuangah, cathiam, Doctor le
Engineer tampi Indian mi hmuh ding an um. Culawng siloin, pakhat le pakhat an
bawmawk ih, (Gas station) dawr tivek hi, Indian pawl ih neihmi a tam zet cuang.
Kumpi/acozah bawmnak (Welfare-food stamp, Medicaid tvp..) ringih um an tam tuk
lo.
Tuluk
(Chinese) le Korean, Japanese tivek pawl khal sumpai hawlnak lamah an bawm awk
ih fa le pawl cathiam si dingah fimzirnak lam thazang nasa zetin an pe. Pursum
lamih mahte todelh aw thei le cathiam tampi an um. Cambodian, Laotian,
Vietnamese leh Philippine pawl hi raltlan ih ra lut an tam ih, hmaisa lam ih ra
thleng pawl cu, lo tuah lole lo (farm) ih hlawh aw tete an si nan, neh hnu ah
cun, ei in dawr, rawl dawr tuah in pum cawm an tam. Sinan, an fa le pawl
cathiam dingin an forhfial. Hi pawl lakah hrekkhat cu san thum, li lai tiang
cangkang lam pan cuanglo in, kumpi/acozah
bawmnak (Welfare) ringih nung nerno fangfang ih khawsa mi tla an tampi.
Sii tama, zu tama cang lanta mi tla an tam zet. Ziangah tih le USA ra tleng
hmaisa mi an nu le pa pawl in an zirh vivo lole, an fa le pawl in an nu le pa
nun an cawng vivo ruangah a si tih hi, an hmuhsuakmi pakhat cu a si.
Cuti
asile, kan nih Chin mi pawl teh kan fa le (First generation) pawl ziangtin,
ziangmi kan zirh ve pei, nu le pa in teh ziangmi kan zir ve a ṭul ih ziangtin
kan ṭhanso thei ding tih pawl, a tawi zawngin kan zoh hnik pei……
1)
USA
ah Chin mi tampi cu kutdawh (Beggar) thinlung kan nei lai, himi thinlung leh
ruahnak hi tu ih, nu le pa pawl kan san ihsin kan hlawng tumlo ahcun, kan fa le
san ah natnak pakhat vekin a karhzai awl zetmi leh ṭihnung ngaingaimi hrik
pakhat a si ve. Cuvek lungput cu ziang a si tiah cun, khawpkham zetin, sumpai
hlawh awk thei konan, kumpi/acozah bawmnak a silo zawngin dil ih ngah tum
thotho. Hihi ṭhanso nak in khamtu hrik “virus”
pakhat a si ve.
2)
Chinmi
90% cu rethei zetih USA ra thlengmi kan si ti sehla, tampi a suallo ding.
Sinan, ram ṭhatnak ah kan thlengih, ei le in khawpkham, inn leh motor te kan nei
thei ih, leh mah ten kan todelh awk thei tikah, kan sinak hngilh tahrat in,
puartho nak leh mi va hmuhsuamnak lole midang zianghman siar lemlo nak thinlung
ṭhalo pawl kan rem awk a ṭul.
3)
Kan
fa le pawl cu Pathian thu le hla ah feh tir kan duh kuahko zetnan, nu le pa le
fa leh mithmuh ah, nu le pa lal ih Bible ca siar lai leh thlacam lai vek hmuh
ding a um cuca lo ahcun, nu le pa kan tlasam tinak a siih, fa le mithmuh rori
ah kan si tir ve duhmi an si theinak dingin, kan tuahpi leh kan tuahpi paih ve
a ṭul. Nauhak lam expert pawlin nau hak cu an hmuhnak leh an hmuhmi ihsin tampi
an zir sawn an ti.
4)
Inn
sungsang hrimhrim ah kan ṭong kan hmang ringring a ṭul. Himi ruangah fa le
thawn kawk awk phahphah nak khal tong kan tampi dingnan, man neimi kawk awk nak
a si ih, an upa vivo tikah an thiehthiam leh dingih an lungawi tuk leh ding. Mai
ṭong thiamlo cun, mai phunpi ngainat nak a hlo ih, mihlo sinak dingih step
pakhat nak a si.
5)
Ramthim
kan nor hmaisabik nak ding hi, hlaral ih um mi pawl hlanah, kan fanau pawl an
si ti thei in, thlacamnak, kan nuncang ziaza leh kan neihsiah thawn kawhhran
thawn ṭan tlangin hna kan ṭuan thiam ahcun, mipum malte a simi Chin miphun khal
kan hlolo ding.
6)
Mirang
biakinn tampi ah mino pawl khawm nawnlo in le biakinn tampi khar leh zuar ṭul
ih a um nak san pakhat ve cu, zumtu tampi an rak focus mi “mission field” an
hmuitim sual lole fuh lo ruangah a si. Ram dang leh ram hlatpi ih ramthim
khalah mission hna ṭuan ding a si rualrual in “first step” ahcun, mah le
innsang kan fanau pawl in kan thok hmaisa ta ding kha thupi zetmi leh a feh dan
ding sawn a rak si.
7)
Miphun
hlolo ding cun fa/nau nei tam khal a ṭul ve. China ram khal leitlun ram tampi
ih an ṭihzah nak san pakhat ve cu mipum an tam ruangah a si. An tam tuk tikah,
ram tampi hrangah pursum leilawng tuahnak dingah a ṭha tuk. Chin mi khal cithlah
kan karhzai tir a ṭul zet. Mizoram tla cu mipum karhzai dingin an forhfial
awkih, bawmnak tivek khal an pe awk. Mipum karhzai ding hi kan miphun karhzai
le hlo lo nak dingah thupi zetmi a si ve.
8)
Himi
hmuahhmuah lakih a thupibik mi pakhat cu Pathian hngilhlo ih, Pathian thu le
hla thawn kan kaihhruai awk thiam ding hi a si. Kawhhran tampi ah upa le mino
karlak “generation gap” kum an thlau awk tuk tikah, kaihhruai awk daan harsat
nak tete a um. Himi kan ton mi hi “serious” zetin ngai poimawh in “balance”
zetin kaihhruai thiam awk ding a thupi ngaingai.
Himi kan nganmi lo tla tampi a um lai dingnan,
hivial in tuṭum ahcun si hrih seh. Kan fa le tampi cu, an bangawlo celcel:
Kawlram ih suakih, USA ih ṭhanglian, Malaysia, India ih suak le USA ih suak tin
an um tikah, nu le pa Kawhhran ṭankhawm in, kan fa le hrangah a tu ihsin,
Pathian thu le hla bakah kan nuncang, kan tuahmi rori thawn kan zirh an ṭul.
USA um rei deuhmi nih cu kan thei ding ih, ‘Spanish’ timi ṭongfang a lang veten
thinlung ih langmi cu, “cathiamlo le hna harsa ṭuanmi” tin nautat deuhnak
thinlung lole ruahnak mitthlam ah a lang cih. Midum pawl si le, thinlung ah
“misual, mize” ti deuhin a tlangpi in mitthlam ah an lang. Mirang si le cu “ṭihzah”
deuhnak thinlung ah a um.
Cuvek thotho in, Chin mi teh miphun dangih theih leh
mihhmuh ah ziangtin in hmu timi a thupi zet. Chin mi USA ih tam deuh ih um
khawmnak khua hrekkhat ih zung (office)
hrekkhat le hnaṭuannak hrekkhat ahcun, Chin ti veten cu “mihrawkhrawl, mibum
hmang, cathiamlo, thu ngai duhlo” ti in in hmutu tampi an um zo (Kan si ṭheh
tinak silo, hmun hrekkhat ahcun hminṭha ngah an um). Kan fa le san (first
generation) ihsin kan kilkhawi aw theilo ahcun, neh hnu vivo ah cun, kan harsa
vivo ding. Kan fa le san tal ah hnamdang le miphun dang pawl thinlung ah Chin
timi ṭongfang an theih veten “Aw, Pathian theimi, cathiam, mi ṭhanso mi le mi
teima mi miphun” timi an mitthlam ah lang thei dingin pakhat cio in ṭuanvo kan
nei. Curuangah, kan fa le pawl cumi dinhmun an thleng theinak ding ahcun,
Pathian rinsan leh Pathian thu thlun in fimthiamnak an zir ding kha a thupizet
mi a si.
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