
The Indigenous faith that reveres its own alphabet as sacred | Aeon Essays
In July 2019, I visited Siang Sawn, a small village in Chin State, western Myanmar. Sparsely populated, mountainous and underdeveloped, Chin State is one of the least accessible regions in Myanmar. In the monsoon, roads across Chin State – mostly dirt lanes – turn into pools of sludgy mud, extremely toiling to traverse. Stunning mountains shrouded in clouds dominate the horizon.
On a rain-soaked monsoon afternoon, I was in Siang Sawn to learn about Laipianism, a local religion practised in Chin...
On a rain-soaked monsoon afternoon, I was in Siang Sawn to learn about Laipianism, a local religion practised in Chin...