Tribes of Mizoram have their sets of culture and traditional customs that they flaunt. Tracing back the history of these tribes, it is certainly been known that tribes of Mizoram remained quite undisturbed till the British period of 1826. In fact the coming of British rule in the following years had seen turmoil. It reached its culmination of the bestowal of statehood to Mizoram in the year 1987.

Societal scenario of these tribes of Mizoram is more or less at par with the other tribal communities of northeastern states of Indian Territory. All these tribes of Mizoram have settled down in the villages built by them. There is separate house for village headman. Also separate dormitories called zawlbuk are constructed for Mizo lads and single males In fact both these dwelling hub nub of all the activities of village life of these tribes of Mizoram. For these tribes of Mizoram, two official languages , namely Mizo and English are prevalent.

The light of education has touched the land of Mizoram and some of the tribal communities of this state have engaged themselves in this programme. Some are practitioners of jhum cultivation and also terraced cultivation. Though the people of the tribal communities are engaged in other occupations, most of them are farmers. Fibreless ginger is quite famous and other products include paddy, maize, mustard, sugarcane, sesame and potatoes are the other prominent crops grown in this area. Many of these tribes of Mizoram also are working in various small scale industries, include sericulture, handloom and handicrafts industries, sawmills and furniture workshops, oil refining, grain milling, and ginger processing.

Almost eighty percent of these tribes of Mizoram are ardent believers of Christianity. Moreover, under the influence of Christian missionaries who came to India in nineteenth century, many of them became Protestant Christians. Only a handful of these tribes of Mizoram practice Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. However, these tribes of Mizoram have also enriched their religion with their own local customs and practices. Another interesting tradition of these tribes of Mizoram has drawn admiration of the people from all over the northeastern provinces. It is the code of Ethics that goes around `tlawmngaihna`. It is `untranslatable term`, which intends that each and every people, belonging to these tribes of Mizoram, needs to be cordial, kindhearted, generous.

Festivals and fairs are part and parcel of the tribes of Mizoram. Besides celebrating all the national festivals, few local festivals are being feted in great exuberance. Chapchar Kut, Pawl Kut are the harvesting festivals. The most popular dances forms of these tribes of Mizoram are Cheraw, a bamboo dance, Khuallam, a dance for visitors or guests; Chheih Lam is feted at the end of a day-to-day work. Other dance forms like Solakar or Sarlamkai are performed by few tribes of Mizoram state.

Some of the Mizoram tribes are Chakma tribes which is one of the important tribes of Mizoram. They are mainly practitioners of a combined religion of Hinduism, Buddhism, and animism. The Pawi Tribes of Mizoram are named not after the name of the clan but after the name of the place where there are residing. Another important tribe of Mizorama is Ralte tribes who are found to be settled down in the Lushai villages to the northern provinces of Aizawl. Moreover, Himar, a significant tribe, has been immigrated to India and then occupied the Lushai hills. Kuki tribe is an important tribe, where the term kuki means `hill people`.

The culture and tradition of the tribal people of Mizoram have enhanced the cultural and traditional exuberance of India as a whole with their different customs, rituals, religion, festivals etc.