The world's biggest family: The man with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren
*By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 9:39 PM on 19th February 2011* * *Ziona Chana lives with all of them in a 100-room mansionHis wives take it in turns to share his bedIt takes 30 whole chickens just to make dinner *He is head of the world's biggest family - and says he is 'blessed' to have his 39 wives. * *Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. * *They live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram, where the wives sleep in giant communal dormitories. * * <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>* *The full monty: The Ziona family in its entirety with all 181 members* * <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>* *You treat this place like a hotel: With 100 rooms the Ziona mansion is the biggest concrete structure in the hilly village of Baktawng* * <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>* *Mr Chana told the Sun: 'Today I feel like God's special child. 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 world's largest family.'* *The family is organised with almost military discipline, with the oldest wife Zathiangi organising her fellow partners to perform household chores such as cleaning, washing and preparing meals. * *One evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132lb of potatoes and boil up to 220lb of rice. * *Coincidentally, Mr Chana is also head of a sect that allows members to take as many wives as he wants. * * <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>* *Feeling peckish? The senior ladies of the Chana family show what it takes just to make a meal * * <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>* *The wives and I: Mr Ziona Chana poses with his 39 wives at their home in Baktawang, Mizoram, India * * <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>* *He even married ten women in one year, when he was at his most prolific, and enjoys his own double bed while his wives have to make do with communal dormitories. * *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 Chana's bedroom.* *Rinkmini, one of Mr Chana's wives who is 35 years old, said: 'We stay around him as he is the most important person in the house. He is the most handsome person in the village. * *She says Mr Chana noticed her on a morning walk in the village 18 years ago and wrote her a letter asking for her hand in marriage. * * <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>* *Shared bedroom: A look inside the four-storey mansion, Chhuanthar Run - The House of the New Generation* * <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/funonthenet/>* *Another of his wives, Huntharnghanki, said the entire family gets along well. The family system is reportedly based on 'mutual love and respect' * *And Mr Chana, whose religious sect has 4,00 members, says he has not stopped looking for new wives. * *'To expand my sect, I am willing to go even to the U.S. to marry,' he said. * *One of his sons insisted that Mr Chana, whose grandfather also had many wives, marries the poor women from the village so he can look after them. * -- * فبای الاء ربکما تکذبن.* * * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "shiagroup" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/shiagroup?hl=en.
