Guite is the name of a major family-group among the Kuki(s), also known as Chins in Myanmar (Burma) and Kuki people in India.
The Mara people are one of the Kuki tribes in India, native to northeastern India, primarily in the Mara Autonomous District Council of the state of Mizoram, where they form the majority of the population.
Pu K Guite, a Kuki leader from Karbi Anglong (Mikir Hills of Assam), is the founder president of the organization.
The term Zo is also often used as equivalent to the central identity of all the Kukish and Chin people, on both sides of the border, and the whole Chin or Kukish language group.
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Within South Asia, it is known by many local names: Sansorai (Assam); Daoduma (Cachar); lnruibuma (Kacha Naga); Vohbubum (Kuki); Simokpho (Lepcha); linisk (Bhutea); Gulu,Gundra, Gundlu, Salui gundra (Hindi); Gulu (Bengal); Kalada - male, Pured - female (Telugu); Ankadik - male, Kurung kadik - female (Tamil); Durwa (Ratnagiri); Karechakki (Kannada); Bala watuwa (Sri Lanka).
The district is inhabited by several tribes such as Paite Tedim Chin, Thadou, Hmar, Mizo, Vaiphei, Gangte, Zou, Simte, Kom and other Chin-Kuki-Mizo-Zomi ethnic peoples.
Other clans or ethnic people in this group are the Thadou (Kuki), Hmar, Lushai (Mizo), Paite, Simte, Vaiphei, and Zou.
The Naga and Kuki ethnic group reside in Homalin, Naga Traditional New Year is celebrated by the nagas and the kuki celebrate Chavang Kut every year.
The district is inhabited by several tribes such as Paite, Tedim Chin, Thadou, Hmar, Mizo, Vaiphei, Gangte, Zou, Simte, Kom and other Chin-Kuki-Mizo-Zomi ethnic peoples.
The villagers belong to the Milhiem (also known as Milhem and Miriem) group of the Kuki ethnic group.
The Ethnologue uses the term "Naga" to describe 34 languages in the Kuki-Chin-Naga family.
The Swatantra Tripura Committee organized a conference in Agartala on November 6, 1955, in which representatives from Halam, Kuki, Tripuri, Bengali Hindu and Muslim communities took part.