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Hornbill Festival
The Hornbill Festival is an annual festival celebrated from 1 to 10 of December in the Northeastern Indian state of Nagaland. The festival represents all ethnic groups of Nagaland for which it is also called the ''Festival of Festivals''. Background The state of Nagaland is home to several ethnic groups, which have their own distinct festivals. More than 60% of the population of Nagaland depends on agriculture and therefore most of their festivals revolve around agriculture. The Nagas consider their festivals sacred, so participation in these festivals is essential. To encourage inter-ethnic interaction and to promote cultural heritage of Nagaland, the Government of Nagaland organizes the Hornbill Festival every year in the first week of December. The first festival was held in December 2000. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisama Heritage Village
Kisama Heritage Village (also Naga Heritage Village) is a Heritage Village located on the slopes of a hill between Kigwema and Phesama Villages in the Kohima District of the Indian state of Nagaland. The Heritage Village is the venue of the annual Hornbill Festival. The Heritage Village houses the morungs of all the 17 ethnic groups of Nagaland and is designed in the form of an ancient Naga village to give the feel of an authentic traditional Naga village. Name The name Kisama is an amalgamation of the names of its two neighbouring villages: ''Ki'' from Kigwema, ''sa'' from Phesama and ''ma'' from both. Location The Kisama Heritage Village is located south of Kohima, the capital of Nagaland. The site is located above the Asian Highway 1 Asian Highway 1 (AH1) is the longest route of the Asian Highway Network, running from Tokyo, Japan via Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria west of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Nagaland
Miss Nagaland is a state beauty pageant held annually since 1989 in the Northeastern Indian state of Nagaland. Miss Nagaland does not officially send any of its winners or previous contestants to participate in other beauty pageants. Nevertheless, a number of its beauty queens have over the years gone on to compete independently in other beauty pageants at the regional and national levels, as well as internationally.https://nagalandpost.com/ChannelNews/Infotainment/InfotainmentNews.aspx?news=TkVXUzEwMDA0ODEwMA%3D%3D Miss Nagaland is not affiliated with Femina which has since 2017 introduced a new format for the selection of contestants for the Femina Miss India national beauty pageant. Femina holds a separate audition to crown a Femina Miss India Nagaland winner to represent the state of Nagaland at Femina Miss India. The reigning Miss Nagaland is Hikali Achümi. History The first Miss Nagaland competition took place in 1989. Since 1991, the Beauty & Aesthetics Society of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourist Attractions In Nagaland
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be domestic (within the traveller's own country) or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Tourism numbers declined as a result of a strong economic slowdown (the late-2000s recession) between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and in consequence of the outbreak of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, but slowly recovered until the COVID-19 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festivals In Nagaland
A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival constitutes typical cases of glocalization, as well as the high culture-low culture interrelationship. Next to religion and folklore, a significant origin is agricultural. Food is such a vital resource that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Religious commemoration and thanksgiving for good harvests are blended in events that take place in autumn, such as Halloween in the northern hemisphere and Easter in the southern. Festivals often serve to fulfill specific communal purposes, especially in regard to commemoration or thanking to the gods, goddesses or saints: they are called patronal festivals. They may also provide entertainment, which was particularly important to local communities before the advent of mass-produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manipur
Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanmar, Sagaing Region to the east and Chin State to the south. The state covers an area of . Manipur has been at the crossroads of Asian economic and cultural exchange for more than 2,500 years. It connects the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia to Southeast Asia, East Asia, Siberia, regions in the Arctic, Micronesia and Polynesia enabling migration of people, cultures and religions. During the days of the British Indian Empire, the Kingdom of Manipur was one of the princely states. Between 1917 and 1939, some people of Manipur pressed the princely rulers for democracy. By the late 1930s, the princely state of Manipur negotiated with the British administration its preference to continue to be part of the Indian Empire, rather than part of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lui Ngai Ni
Lui Ngai Ni is the seed-sowing festival celebrated by the Naga tribes of Manipur India. The festival heralds the season of seed sowing and marks the start of the year for the Nagas and the festival was declared a state holiday since 1988. Etymology The word "Lui - Ngai - Ni" is coined from three different Naga languages. "Lui" comes from "Luiraphanit", a Tangkhul word for seed sowing festival, "Ngai" means festival in Rongmei language and "Ni" is a Mao word for the seed sowing festival. The festival is celebrated annually on 14–15 February at the start of the spring season. During the festival, the Naga tribes in Manipur namely Anal, Mao, Maram, Poumai, Tangkhul, Zeme, Liangmai, Rongmei, Puimei, Moyon, Monsang, Maring, Tarao, Lamkanq, Chothe, Kharam, Chiru, Koireng, and Thangal come together at the designated location to converge and showcase their rich cultural heritage. Apart from the major Naga tribes in Manipur, other Naga tribes from Nagaland, Assam and Arunac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morung
Ethnic youth dormitories are a traditional institution among several ethnic societies of the world including the various ethnic groups of India, the ethnic groups of South-East Asia, and the native Americans. Among many ethics groups, the youth dormitory is a now declining or defunct institution. For example, among several ethnic groups of Northeast India, the traditional dormitories (called ''Morung'') became dysfunctional in the 20th century, with the advent of modern educational institutions and Christianity. However, among some ethnic groups, such as the Nagas, it has continued to exist as a socio-cultural institution. Names Different ethnic groups have different names for their youth dormitories: * Arüju among Aos; the Ao girls slept in a separate house called Tsuki, which was chapreoned by a widow. * Bukumatala in Trobriand Islands * Buonzawl among Hmars * Calpule in Guatemala * Champo among Lothas * Chu or Chupang in the Yangpi village of Nagaland * Dai in Palau * D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rengma Naga
Rengma is a Naga people, Naga tribe found in Nagaland and Assam states of India. According to the 2011 Census of India, the population of Rengmas in Nagaland stands at 62,951 and the population of Rengmas in Assam is around 22,000. Tseminyü district, Tseminyü District is the headquarters of the Rengmas in Nagaland and the headquarters of the Rengmas in Assam is located at Phentsero/Karenga Village. History Like other Naga tribes, there are few written historical records of Rengmas. According to the local traditions, the Rengmas and the Lothas (or Lhotas) were once part of a single tribe. There are also oral records of a mighty struggle between the combined Rengma villages, and the Lotha village of Phiro. There are records of the Rengmas' conflict with the Angami Nagas. Slavery used to be a practice among the Rengmas, and the slaves were known by the names ''menugetenyu'' and ''itsakesa''. By the time the British arrived in the Naga region, the slavery was a declining practic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chang Naga
Chang is a Naga ethnic group of Nagaland, India. It is one of the recognized Scheduled Tribes. The tribe was also known as Mazung in British India. Other Naga ethnic groups know the Changs by different names including ''Changhai'' ( Khiamniungan), ''Changru'' (Yimkhiung), ''Duenching'' (upper Konyak), ''Machungrr'' ( Ao), ''Mochumi'' ( Sümi) and ''Mojung'' (Konyak). Origin According to oral tradition, the Changs emerged from a place called Changsangmongko, and later settled at Changsang. The word Chang is said to have been derived from the word (banyan tree), after a mythical banyan tree that grew at the now-abandoned Changsang. Another theory says that the Chang migrated to present-day Nagaland from the east, and therefore call themselves Chang ("Eastern" in the local dialect). Some Changs also claim the Aos as their ancestors. The Chang folklore is similar to that of the Ao. Demographics The traditional territory of the Changs lies in the central Tuensang district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konyak Naga
The Konyaks are one of the major Naga ethnic groups. In Nagaland, they inhabit the Mon District, which is also known as ''The Land of the Anghs''. The ''Anghs''/''Wangs'' are their traditional chiefs whom they hold in high esteem. Facial tattoos were earned for taking an enemy's head. Other unique traditional practices that set the Konyaks apart are: gunsmithing, iron-smelting, brass-works, and gunpowder-making. They are also known for in making excellent ''Yanglaü'' (machetes) and wooden sculptures. Society The Konyaks are the largest of the Naga ethnic groups. They are found in Tirap, Longding, and Changlang districts of Arunachal Pradesh; Sibsagar District of Assam; and also in Myanmar. They are known in Arunachal Pradesh as the Wanchos ('Wancho' is a synonymous term for 'Konyak'). Ethnically, culturally, and linguistically the Noctes and Tangsa of the same neighbouring state of Arunachal Pradesh, are also closely related to the Konyaks. The Konyaks were the last among th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Traditional Naga Games And Sports
{{Short description, none The following is a list of traditional Naga games and sport. Games * '' Terhüchü'', a two-player abstract strategy board game. Sports * ''Aki Kiti'', a semi-contact combat sport characterized by kicking and blocking solely using the soles of the feet. * ''Kene'', a folk wrestling style and traditional sport of the Nagas. * '' Pcheda'', a sport that requires players to throw thin bamboo sticks from a set distance. See also * Naga people Nagas are various ethnic groups native to northeastern India and northwestern Myanmar. The groups have similar cultures and traditions, and form the majority of population in the Indian states of Nagaland and Manipur and Naga Self-Administered ... Naga games Traditional games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kene (Naga Wrestling)
''Kene'' ( ) or Naga wrestling is a folk wrestling style and traditional sport of the Nagas. It is closely related to ''Ssireum'', the traditional national sport of Korea. The objective of the sport is to bring any part of the opponent's body above the knee to the ground. ''Kene'' is played by the Tenyi–mi ethnic group of the Nagas— Angami, Chakhesang and Zeliangrong of Nagaland & Mao, Maram and Poumai of Manipur. Each wrestler wears a coloured cloth tied around the waist. Holding the opponent's waist-binder with both hands, the wrestler must attempt to topple the other onto the ground. History ''Kene'' is one of the oldest traditional games of the Nagas. Though this style of wrestling has been practiced in the region for several centuries, the modern version of the sport was developed only in the mid 20th century. The construction of the highway between Kohima and Imphal in the 1930s and 1940s brought together many Tenyimi villagers to participate in the road construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
