Vangteh

[2] It is sometimes spelled as Wunkathe, probably a mispronunciation by Burmese guides when the British came to the land for the first time,[3] and also recorded as Vangte by contemporary writers as can be seen in the information provided by such as the Satellite Views,[4] the Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.,[5] the Travel Post, and such.

[11] While other tribes and clans were also retaining their chieftainship in their local areas, but none of those could claim the same sovereignty that of the Guite family until the mid 19th century when the allied force of the southern Pois (Pawi) spilled over northward.

[12] This old Vangteh might undoubtedly be one of the most appropriate archeological sites for experts who might want to trace back the story of at least the so-called northerners of the present Chin State (Zogam), who identified themselves more as Zomi as a whole.

In 2002, official permission to print some limited copies of their sacred incantations was granted by the Myanmar government in keeping their culture for those who still practice this old-time religion in Vangteh.

[16] In reply to their request, Mang Suum the Great, Prince of Ciimnuai, promised to send one of his younger brothers, Kul Gen, by the following year when the proper residence was ready for him.

[18] While discussing the matter and making religious rites for divination, a strange bird was seen hovering over them and sang a poetic song repeatedly, that says: However, the youngest prince, Naksau [Kullia], being the ecstatic interpreter, confused the upper and the lower when he came to his senses.

[20] To stress little more on the rite, "khua-suum sim" implies how far the power [suum] of the khua [an indirect reference to Vangteh] had reached as names of those places and regions are annually recited.

This independent state of Vangteh is more than evident in the oral tradition, in which the division of royal right between these two legendary brothers, Mang Suum and Kul Gen, was always remembered as a nursery poem was sung by the babysitter.

According to an oral tradition related to this poem, when Prince Kul Gen saw his first-born son in his new place, in showing his respect, he sent his armor-bearer called Langgsum to Ciimnuai to ask for baby's new name and blessing.

Being greatly pleased with this brotherly love and respect, Prince Mang Suum chanted a prayer and composed this nursery poem to be sung at the occasion of giving the name and sent the armor-bearer back to Tawizawi-Vangteh with a gift of billy goat for his baby nephew.

To remember this event, Kul Gen added another sentence to the poem so it was sung as following in Vangteh until this present time: However, as the population grows, space was seemed not enough to accommodate them at Tawizawi.

For instance, in the chronology of Ngawn (Ngorn), being addressed as Ngen Dawk depending on local accent, he was attributed as to have had founded Bualkhua in present Falam.

It was said that Vangteh had populated even to host 700 households in spite of being a far hilly country during its heyday, and became a political center of the Guite Dynasty that claimed a solar lineage.

Under powerful princes, such as Mang Tawng, Mang Kiim, Pau Hau, Vangteh was also said to have once seated 'seven princes and seven courts' ("Hausa sagih leh tuangdung dawh sagih" in local dialect), which is the honor attributed only to Vangteh among other known cities and towns in the region, designating its political influence even to far distant land in the past (cf., the said sacred rite of "Khua-suum sim").

Therefore, when national independence along with the new parliamentary government system was introduced in Myanmar (Burma) country-wide in the 1950s, Tun Za Sing, the last hereditary prince of the Guite family of Vangteh, was properly compensated according to the existing law.

As briefly commented by a writer, Vangteh successfully resisted to Japanese occupation even after all surrounding towns and villages surrendered to, thus, a war-time civil affair office was opened there by the British government during that time.