Khami    They are called either Khami or Khamwe. They are related to the Chins. They are concentrated mainly in the Paletwa region or southern Chin State. Previously the women knotted their hairs at the back of their heads while the men tied it on the top. Instead of hats both sexes usually wear "petkala", a kind of woven bamboo covering to protect the heads in the rains. The men wrap scarves with the end showing on the left - hand side. All their clothes are hand-woven. The unique feature of the men's dress is of two long clothes hanging at the front and back over the lower garments. Both sexes wear huge earplugs, especially the women, who usually wear huge, hollow earplugs in their ears. The women have headdresses and wear either silver or coral beads as decorations. The unmarried girls wear a covering on their breasts with belts made of cane or brass. But married women are usually naked above the waist. This breast cover is taken as a sign of differentiating the marital status of the women.  Most of these, people are engaged in agriculture. A stranger is liable for compensation if he intrudes into an agricultural plot on the day of homage to the guardian spirit of the plot. The women do not have the right of inheritance.

Khami couple