From the archive record
Village women in Baktwang village of Mizoram carrying woods in a traditional bamboo basket. Baktwang is about 70 km southeast of state capital Aizawl. It is a village where the worlds largest family lives. Ziona Chana, head of the worlds largest family has 39 wives, 86 children, 14 daughters in-law and 34 grand-children all living under one roof in a huge mansion which they lovingly call 'Chhuanthar Run' meaning 'House of the new generation'. All together, the 174 members of the Ziona family live in Chhuanthar Run or in short (C.T.R), a rather military-like fashion. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of th