ONE HUSBAND AND MANY WIVES
(Ziona with some of his family members)
He has 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughter-in-laws and 33 grand children with 180 family members. He is fathering the largest living family. They all live happily under one roof. The family live in a four storeyed building with 100 rooms in a mountain village near Indo Burma border. They use 90 kg of rice and 60 kg of potatoes a day. In a non-vegetarian dinner they use 30 full chicken. The wives take care of cooking while the daughters do cleaning and washing and men do outdoor jobs like farming and other work. Ziona Chana said in an interview: "Even today I am ready for a marriage and can afford one more wife."
Chana had his first wife when he was 17 years old. Chana heads a local Christian sect called 'Chana'. Polygamy is allowed in his sect. The youngest wife of the harem is kept close to his bedroom and the older ones living further away. A rotation system is maintained for the wives to visit Chana's bedroom.
Ziona is featured in Ripley's Believe it or Not series.
Zions Chana is no more.
He died on 13 June 2021.
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