Read about the Naga people of Nagaland, the disitnctive tribal groups, and their tradition of weaving textiles such as Naga blankets
Mokokchung Nagaland: Naga Traditions and Tribes
At Chingmei village: Chang Naga dances, ceremonies, dresses, ornaments, ....
Ao Naga at Chuchuyimlang village.
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Phom Naga.
Ao Nagas Tribe (Naga Ethnic Group), Nagaland, India | Rare & Old Vintage Photos (1900) Ao Nagas Tribe (Naga Ethnic Group), Nagaland...
Lower Konyak people at Wakching village.
Lower Konyak Naga.
Konyak Naga at the Aoling (New Year Festival).
At Chingmei village: Chang Naga dances, ceremonies, dresses, ornaments, ....
At Chingmei village: Chang Naga dances, ceremonies, dresses, ornaments, ....
Hornbill Festival 01 - 10 December Hornbill Festival is sponsored every year by Nagaland state in North East of India. This event that is me...
India Konyak Naga man belonging to the entourage of Sha-long, the Ang of Zu-nyu. Wakching, Nagaland, Mon District. 1936. ©SOAS, Nicholas Haimendorf
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Konyak Naga at Longmein village.
Konyak Naga at the Aoling (New Year Festival).
Lower Konyak tribe.
The Nagaland Hornbill Festival near Kohima, Nagaland, is an annual event showcasing the Naga tribes. Follow our festival tips and info!
This man belongs to the Lower Konyak tribe in Northern Nagaland (Shangnyu village).
Ao Naga at Chuchuyimlang village.
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Nagaland is one of the last places in Asia that hasn't adapted the modern western way of living - there's no internet and no phone connection...
www.hornbillfestival.com/ India, Nagaland. The Hornbill festival is a yearly feature in the first week of december. The festival is held at Naga Heritage Village Kisama, 12 km from Kohima. Yimchunger (Yimchungru) Tribe is a Naga tribe inhabiting areas of Tuensang District in Nagaland. Their major festival is Metemneo. Kulu Tsen is their significant dance performance. Yimchungers have a great variety of shawls, which are very popular. Rongkhim is a unique, attractive shawl used by the warrior men and Amerthre khim is worn by those who have killed tigers. VIDEO OF THE OPENING CEREMONY ON YOUTUBE
Most of Naga people live in India, such as Naga Land of northwest India, states of Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. On Myanmar side of the border live much smaller population of some 100,000 Naga-s. They spread around western Sagaing Division, from Patkoi range in north to Thaungdyat in south, from Indian border in west to River Chindwin in east.
Konyak Naga people at Wakching village.
Naga are pieces that have been carved out of one piece of wood by the Naga Tribes people in North East India – Nagaland. They are stunning and truly unique. This particular piece would have previously been used as a raised bed to keep off the floor. They are full of character and old world charm and would make a fabulous coffee table or low console. L173cm x W45cm x H28cm.
www.facebook.com/anthonypapponepgotographer?ref=hl www.behance.net/anthonypappone I photographed the last headhunters still alive, in this photographic travel I met some of these old warriors in the villages in the district of mon, in the region of Nagaland. The Konyak tribes have traditionally had a strong warrior tradition and are mostly famous because they were still headhunting until the end of 1960. As a trade mark honorarium a young warrior konyak would receive a tattoo of his face, when he bore to the king the head of an enemy while the tattoo on the chest is yet another typical traditional tattoo, which was a high social privilege and only the best and most brave warriors had wear tattooed. in addition to having facial tattoos and tattoos on the body their symbols of warriors konyak are big pierced ears made of animal horns, war hats were made of hunted wild pigs horns, hornbill feathers and wild bear or goat hair. Konyaks used a traditional basket specifically made to carry and bring back human heads from war. It was decorated with monkey skulls, wild pigs horns and sometimes hornbill beaks. also wear a necklace with of bronze faces that means the number of heads that cut. It was believed that by taking head of an enemy as a trophy, he took his power and soul. This was a common practice until the Christianization put an end to their culture and their tradition. The Konyak tribes resisted the Christianization and modernization longer than most of the other tribes.
Aoling (Konyak's New Year Festival) at Mon village.
Meet this tribe before they disappear
The (14) tribes of Nagaland are Angami Naga, Ao, Chakhesang, Chang, Khiamniungan, Konyak, Lotha, Phom, Pochury, Rengma, Sangtam, Sumi, Yimchungrü, and Zeliang, of which the Konyaks, Angamis, Aos, Lothas, and Sumis are the largest Naga tribes. Tribe and clan traditions and loyalties play an important part in the life of Nagas. Weaving is a traditional art handed down through generations in Nagaland. Each of the major tribes has its own unique designs and colours, producing shawls, shoulder bags, decorative spears, table mats, wood carvings, and bamboo works. Naga Tribal dances of the Nagas give an insight into the inborn Naga reticence of the Naga people. War dances and other dances belonging to distinctive Naga tribes are a major art form in Nagaland. Some of these are Moatsu, Sekrenyi, Tuluni, Tokhu Emong, and Gan-Ngai.There are no common characteristics among the Naga tribes in Manipur; one group of tribe communicate with another either by Manipuri or broken English. Majority of the Nagas are Christian. Christianity is the predominant religion of Nagaland. The state's population is 1.988 million, out of which 90.02% are Christians.The census of 2001 recorded the state's Christian population at 1,790,349, making it, with Meghalaya and Mizoram, one of the three Christian-majority states in India and the only state where Christians form 90% of the population. The state has a very high church attendance rate in both urban and rural areas. Huge churches dominate the skylines of Kohima, Dimapur, and Mokokchung. Nagaland is known as "the only predominantly Baptist state in the world." Among Christians, Baptists are the predominant group constituting more than 75% of the state's population, thus making it more Baptist (on a percentage basis) than Mississippi in the southern United States, where 52% of its population is Baptist. Roman Catholics, Revivalists, and Pentecostals are the other Christian denomination numbers. Catholics are found in significant numbers in parts of Wokha district as also in the urban areas of Kohima and Dimapur. Hinduism and Islam are minority religions in state, at 7.7% and 1.8% of the population respectively.A small minority, less than 0.3%, still practice the traditional religions, and are mainly concentrated in Peren and the eastern districts.
Nagaland, a tiny land of sixteen tribes, has ever since had a fascination with headhunting. Even two decades back, the forests of this India’s hilly northeastern state stood witness to inter …
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