GI APPLICATION NO. 586
GI APPLICANT NAME : Art and Culture Department, Government of Mizoram
The name pawndum & nbspmeans a dark cloth with a red stripe running through it. It used to be worn by men, especially when dancing the khuallam, a traditional Mizo dance. It is reported that the pawndum takes on different names according to its purpose. When gifted with affection and respect during a formal relationship, it is called zawlpuan, and when it is used as a shroud, it is named thihrin puan. A standard for this weave is that it must have the colours red and black as the most prominent and can contain colour combinations only with red, green, blue, pink, yellow, and black.