This Sikpuilung was erected by the Hmar ethnic group during their celebration of Sikpui Kut (Winter Festival), held only in the year of abundant harvest when the granary was still left with the previous year's yield at the arrival of the new harvest but with no bereavement in the village throughout the year. The Sikpui Kut was a festival of peace which was celebrated in blissful harmony and joys with a deep sense of love for one’s fellow-beings irrespective of one’s position in the society.
The inscription on the stone, HE LUNG HI HMANLAI HMAR HO SIKPUI A NI TIN KEINI KUM 28.12.1918 A HIAN KAN AWM TA ZAHULA SAILO, which means that this is the stone erected by the Hmars in the past to commemorate Sikpui, and we have now occupied this place from 28.2.1918, Zahula Sailo
MIZO
SIKPUILUNG: He Sikpuilung hi Hmar hnam te’n Sikpui Kut an hman laia an phun a ni. Buh thar tam kum zawn an hman a, buh thar seng hun tawh pawha buh hlui eisen loh an la neih a, kum tluana chhiattawk an awm loh bawkin Sikpui Kut hi an hmang thin a ni.
He Sikpuilung ah hian tihian an ziak, “HE LUNG HI HMANLAI HMAR HO SIKPUI A NI TIN KEINI KUM 28.12.1918 A HIAN KAN AWM TA ZAHULA SAILO”.
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