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Zomi funeral traditions remind families they are not alone Lia Elizabeth Don Tawa Nuam leads the childrenâs blessing at the funeral of her father, Peter Lian Pi, in 2015. She is the oldest of his three children. In the wake of the traffic accident that killed Lian Pi, the tightknit Zomi community came together around the family with traditions and immediate, practical care. The childrenâs mother died in a refugee camp in Thailand when the youngest child was 6 months old. The children reunited with their father in 2009. (Courtesy Francis Kham) Francis Kham select Francis Kham • • In the old days, the sharp report of a gun alerted Zomi villagers in Myanmar (formerly Burma) that there had been a death. If the deceased had been a Christian, my ancestors would also have heard the church’s bells either from the Catholic church or the Protestant. For ....