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91traditional religion.So there was serious conflict inalmost all the Kuki villages over this issue.At last thegovernment worked out a solution for both groups by declaringthat the rest days should always be Sundays as desiredby the Christians.This way, Christians would have toremain in the village only on Sundays. But as time passedmost villagers have become Christians, and those who stillremain in the traditional religion are so few in number thatthey no longer demand that Christians observe their re~tdays.Christianity has brought a new style of life to theKukis and induced them to forsake the old traditional way oflife.The Christian faith has met the deepest need of theKukis when they were strugg ling for their own surviva1.Theimpact of the Christian faith has touched the Kukis througheducation in general and through the activities of Christianworship on Sunday in particular.The Kuki language became awritten language for thefirst time when the late Mr.Ngulhao published the firstKuki primer in 1927.The first Kuki literature was developedby the Kuki Christian community.The first Kuki Ne~Testament was published in 1944.The introduction of literature,education, and humanitarian services has had areaching impact upon the Kuki political institutions.farThemodern democratic system in India has enabled the KukiChristians to participate in the election of the villagecouncil members and district council members.The impor-