Indian Century - Nagaland

NAGALAND: PLACES TO VISIT

Nagaland is a small state in Northeast border of India and nestled between Assam, Myanmar and Manipur. It is populated by at least 16 major tribes, speaking their own languages.

NAGALAND LOCATOR MAP

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NAGALAND STATS:

Total Area: 16,579 Sq. Km (6,401 Sq. Mi)	Rank: 25th
POPULATION (2011): 1,980,602	Rank: 24th
CAPITAL CITY: Kohima
LITERACY RATE: 80.11%	Rank: 13th
HDI: 0.770	Rank: 4th
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English
Official Website: www.nagaland.nic.in

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Nagaland Scenery

Kohima City

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Nagaland Police Headquarters, Kohima

Nagaland University

Some faces of Nagaland People

Sema girls in Traditional dress

Young Chang Girls

Nagaland Mother and child

Modern “Korean look” girls from Nagaland
Modern "Korean look" girls from Nagaland

Nagaland Hindu Girl

Nagaland girls in traditional dress

Nagaland Dancers

Folk singers from Kohima

Nagaland Hornbill Festival

Nagaland Chaga Gadi Festival of the Liagmei Nagas

Nagaland Traditional Architecture

A Church in Kohima City

FESTIVALS

Hornbill Festival:

(December)

Launched by the government in December 2000 to encourage inter-tribal interaction and to promote the cultural heritage of the state. The Festival showcases a mélange of cultural displays under one roof, held at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama, and named after the hornbill bird, that is mentioned in their folklores. The week-long festival unites Nagaland to enjoy the colorful performances, crafts, sports, food fairs, games, and ceremonies, as well as displaying their paintings, wood carvings, and sculptures.

The festival highlights the exhibition and sale of arts and crafts, food stalls, herbal medicine stalls, cultural medley – songs and dances, fashion shows, traditional archery, Naga wrestling, indigenous games, and musical concerts. Additional attractions include the Konyak fire eating demonstration, literature Festival, film Fest, and several other interesting items.

Sekrenyi:

Locally known as Phousanyi, a ‘purification festival’, Sekrenyl is an annual ten-day event of Angami Nagas, the objective being to cleanse the body and soul, to bring forth unity, and to initiate young ones to adulthood, and celebrated by both Kruna and Christian Angamis. There are many rituals involved in the event. Starting with ‘Kezie’, people sprinkling rice water gathered in leaves, men

performing ablutions and adorning new shawls, followed by singing and dancing and feasting, young people with shaven heads participate in the revelry. It is followed by hunting, pulling down an old gate, as the villagers start exchanging visits, offering greetings, and restarting another year.