Posted on 02/20/2011 11:40:46 AM PST by SeekAndFind
For the Ziona family, every day feels like a family reunion.
The massive clan from Mizoram, India, is the world's largest family -- and they got together recently to pose for a picture that shows how they give new meaning to the term "Big Love."
The family is headed by patriarch Ziona, a Christian polygamist with 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law and more than 40 grandkids. That's 181 family members.
"Today I feel like God's special child," said, Ziona, 67. "He's given me so many people to look after. I consider myself a lucky man to be the husband of 39 women and head of the largest family."
The clan lives in a massive, purple-painted 100-room, four-story compound they call "Chhuanthar Run," or "The House of the New Generation."
The wives have to keep cooking fires going all day to feed their battalion. Each day, the clan goes through 220 pounds of rice, 132 pounds of potatoes, and 154 pounds of meat.
The younger wives all live in a large dormitory that is connected to Ziona's 600-square- foot private bedroom. The older wives, who are considered "out of use," stay in another area of the home on the first floor.
"We stay around him most of the time, as he is the most important person in the house," said Rinkimi, 35, who has been married to the clan leader for 11 years. "Serving him is like serving God. He's the most handsome person in this whole village. I feel blessed to have him as my husband."
Ziona runs his own Christian religious sect that believes they will soon be ruling the world with Christ.
Ziona -- whose name is local lingo for "Zionism" -- also leads some 400 other families
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
He has 39 mothers-in law and feels lucky?Clearly the man is in denial.
It’s a toss up as to which deviance the left will try to mainstream next — polygamy or pedophilia.
RE: He has 39 mothers-in law and feels lucky?Clearly the man is in denial.
He picks his wives from penniless peasant girls from the area. His eldest son, Parliana, 50, thinks his dad is doing the women a service.
“Most of the women whom my father married were poor and orphan women of this village,” the son said. “By marrying them, he has set an example in the history of mankind.”
He keeps the youngest women near to his bedroom with the older members of the family sleeping further away - and there is a rotation system for who visits Mr Ziona Chana’s bedroom.
Ex-hard drinking business travelers aren’t impressed.
Does it mention whether or not he supports them all? I didn’t see it.
Have you heard of a woman who had more than one husband, at the same time? I haven’t heard of that.
RE: Have you heard of a woman who had more than one husband, at the same time?
There is a term for that -— POLYANDRY.
See here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyandry
It’ll be pedophilia! Look to Vermont to see where the predators have been heading due to the proliferation of weak, leftist judges. As for polygamy, the NOW gang at present doesn’t like it so it won’t achieve PC status at least for the near future.
Good LAWD that’s a lot of sex!
Makes Hugh Hefner look like a slacker!
Couldn’t find and easier way to check his sperm count ?
Isn't that somewhat of an Oxymoron?
LOL...hardly, did you see the pic of this guys wives?
So far none of the - mostly - ignorant comments have dealt with the reality of the family’s life. He is a wealthy man who supports his entire family. He marries women who are in poverty and gives them a life and a family to belong to. Hard to argue with his actions. I do not favor polygamy but few in the West have a leg to stand on when it comes to being a reesponsible father and husband, much less honoring marriage.
Since people are already cohabitating in groups like alley cats the term of marriage or lack of same is mostly noticed by those who follow the God of the bible.
Slavery is not God's desire for man, but was permitted because due to the hardness of the heart of man it prevented executions and genocides in many cases. Similarly polygamy is not God's desire for man, but has been often permitted because due to the hardness of the heart of man it prevents divorce and fatherlessness.
Note to Ziona: Ease up on the clams on a half shell.
A regular Indian Joe Smith.
Say what you want, but I just think he's into boning chicks.
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