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To promote inter-group interaction, the Government of Nagaland has organized the annual Hornbill Festival since 2000. Other inter-tribe festivals are Lui Ngai Ni and Naga New Year Festival. [ 2 ]
The festival both exposes the culture and tradition of ethnic peoples, and reinforces Nagaland’s identity as a unique state in India’s federal union. Experts have commented that A lot of older folk in the villages travel to Kohima to attend this festival and meet people from other villages from Nagaland because they haven’t met before ...
Naga is an umbrella term for several indigenous communities in Northeast India and Upper Burma.The word Naga originated as an exonym. Today, it covers a number of ethnic groups that reside in the Indian states of Nagaland, Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and also in Myanmar.
The Phoms are a Naga ethnic group native to the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland. Their traditional territory lies between the territories of Konyak in the north-east, the Ao in the west and the Chang in the south. Phoms celebrate several festivals in a year of which Monyiü is the greatest. It is celebrated from April 1 to 6 every year.
Aoleang Monyü or simply Aoleang is a festival celebrated by the Konyak Naga people and is held in the first week of April mainly in the Mon District of the Indian state of Nagaland. [1] The Aoleang festival differs from the more famous Hornbill Festival, which is arranged to preserve the cultures of all the different tribes in Nagaland. [2 ...
Pages in category "Festivals in Nagaland" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Heritage Village is the venue of the annual Hornbill Festival. [1] 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. [2]
Jamhang(Jamhang Tsouthong) Dance: The ‘Jamhang’ is a 'Feast of Merit' dance of ‘Khiamniungan’ tribe of Nagaland. It is also one of the major tribal dances of north east India. [3] Hoi-ie-tsui (Ho-e-tsui) : post-harvesting feast usually performs during Tsoukum festival in the month of October each year. [4]