The world's largest single family under a roof. Today spent the day at Baktawng village about 100 km. from AIjwal in Mizoram in the house of Zionnghaka Ziona. He has 39 wives(now 37), 89 children and 33 grand children. At present 180 members live in a single house. His eldest wife is 76 years old and three years elder to Ziona . she is the one who controls the family and rotates the tasks among the different family members. Ziona was born on 20th July, 1944 and is 73 years old. At one time 30 kg of rice is cooked for lunch and dinner . they grow most of this but have to purchase some rice from the whole sale market provided by the Government. They have vegetarian food every day two times a day at 8 to 9.00 in the morning and 4 to 5.00 in the evening. Non vegetarian food is served on a Sunday once a week. The whole place was very neat and each and every one was doing their job of cooking, cleaning. They have a pig farm. Cattle farm, their own furniture making and aluminium vessels making place. They sell milk worth Rs. 20,000 per month. They have their own school, play ground. An experience worth remembering. I had detailed interview and plan to write about this unique family.
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