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 |
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
Nagaland Police Headquarters, Kohima
Nagaland University
Some faces of Nagaland People
Sema girls in Traditional dress |
Young Chang Girls |
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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.
STATE SYMBOLS: (COURTESY WIKIPEDIA)
State animal | Guar | |
State bird | Tragopan blythii (Tragopan blythii) |
TORIST INFORMATION:
www.Tourismnagaland.com
THE DIRECTORATE OF TOURISM
OPPOSITE INDOOR STADIUM
RAJ BHAVAN ROAD
KOHIMA, NAGALAND 797001
FAX: +91-370-2243124
NAGALAND CUISINE
SIGNATURE DISHES OF NAGALAND
NAGALAND LOCATOR MAP
TOMATO SOUP, NAGA STYLE
GALHO
SPICY PORK CHOPS, PAN ROASTED
RICE GRUEL WITH PORK FAT
PUMPKIN OAMBAL
CHICKEN CHUTNEY