Lahe ( my, လဟယ်မြို့) is a town in
Naga Self-Administered Zone
The Naga Self-Administered Zone ( my, နာဂကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ ), is a self-administered zone in the Naga Hills area of Sagaing Region of Myanmar. Its administrative seat is ...
of
Sagaing Division
Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...
on the north-west frontier of
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
.
The Naga
New Year
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festival is held on 15 January, and Lahe, Leshi,
Hkamti and Nanyun hosted it in rotation until it became state-sponsored for the benefit of
tourism
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and limited to Leshi and Lahe since 2003 during the time of the ousted
prime minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
Khin Nyunt.
Naga insurgents fighting against the Indian government have bases in the border area inside Burma. The
Burmese army
The Myanmar Army ( my, တပ်မတော်(ကြည်း), ) is the largest branch of the Tatmadaw, Armed Forces (''Tatmadaw'') of Myanmar (Burma) and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. The My ...
have launched
offensives against these camps in recent years following top level meetings between the two countries.
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Sagaing Division map: 3=Lahe''Asterism''
Photos of Naga New Year FestivalBurma's Lost World
Bertil Lintner, '' The Irrawaddy'', October 2006
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Township capitals of Myanmar
Populated places in Naga Self-Administered Zone
Lahe Township