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Insuknawr
Insuknawr or Rod Pushing Sport is an indigenous game of Mizoram, a state in North-East India.〔(The National Sports Policy 2007( Draft ) ) has cited it as an Indian Cultural Inheritance].〕
== Cultural background ==
Earlier, the Mizo community depended on shifting cultivation for livelihood and their main crop was rice. For husking rice the Mizos used wooden mortar and pestle which were called ‘Sum’ and ‘Suk’. During the break of their tiresome rice husking which was done mainly by women the Mizo youngsters used this rice pounding wooden pestle ‘Suk’ to exhibit their manly prowess.
There were different games using Suk as instrument.〔(Sukkhawh and Insukherh )〕 are well known in addition to this rod pushing game. Sukkhawh is throwing Suk like a javelin, and Insukherh is a game in which two players holding Suk at each end and twisting with force to out play the opponent.
Of all these games, Insuknawr was the most popular among the Mizos. Zawlbuk, the center where young boys entering adulthood received informal education was the main place for this unique game.〔(Zawlbuk )〕 However, the formal education system which received widespread support throughout Mizoram in 1940s onwards brought about the decline of Zawlbuk and these indigenous games.〔Tribal Research Institute Publication: Mizo Infiamna. 1st Ed 1984. Directorate of Education, Mizoram State, Aizawl.〕
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