Monday, December 27, 2010

Tribal Tours - Nagaland

Nagaland:

Until recently Nagaland has been a lesser known tourist destination. It is only since the recent couple of years it has made a deep mark on the tourist map of the world.
 
Home to 16 Naga Tribes, each with it’s own dialect, customs and habits, a common bond of their love of music, dance pomp, pageantry. It is the picture post-card pretty with it’s landscape of hills and valleys, rivers and streams and has an astounding variety of vegetation and animal life.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Area                               : 16,527 Sq. km
Population                    :  19,88,636 (Provisional 2001 census).
Capital                          : Kohima 
Districts                        :  Kohima, Mokokchung, Mon, Phek, Tuensang, Wokha, Zunheboto and Dimapur.
Tribes                           :   Angami, Ao, Chakhesang, Chang, Lotha, Konyak, Kuki Khiamniungan,  Phom, Pochury, Rengma, Sema, Sangtam,, Yimchunger, Zeliang
Temperature               :  Summer : 16 degree C to 31degree C (June-Sept)
      Winter : 4 degree C to 24 degree C (Oct - Feb)


Clothing                   :  Summer : Cotton tropical; Winter : Heavy woolen
Average rainfall      :   2000 mm to 2500 mm
Languages spoken  : English, Hindi, Nagamese and local dialects.
Religion                  : Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Tribal Religions.

MAJOR TRIBAL FESTIVALS: Each tribe in the state have their own festivals, which are celebrated with great enthusiasm. Some of the important festivals are given below:




Festivals
Period
Tribe
Location/District

Mimkuut
January 3rd week
Kuki
Kohima
Bushu
January last week
Kacharis
DimapurMimkuut
Sekrenyi
February
Angmi
Kohima
Tsukhenyie
March/April
Chakhesang
Phek
Aoling
April 1st week
Konyak
Mon
Monyu
April 1st week
Phom
Tuensang
Moatsu
May 1st week
Ao
Mokokchung
Moatsu
May 1st week
Ao
Mokokchung
Miu
May 2nd week
Khiamniungan
Tuensang
Nkanyu Lem
July 2nd week
Chang
Tuensang
Nazu
July/August
Kochory
Phek
Mutunniu
August 2nd week
Yimchunger
Tuensang
Amongmong
September 1st week
Sangtam
Tuensang
Tokhu emong
November 1st week
Lotha
Wokha
Ngada
November last week
Rengma
Kohima
Nga-Ngai
December last week
Zeliang
Kohima


Popular Tribal Belt:

Guwahati –Dimapur - Kohima – Touphema – Wokha - Mokokchung -Tuensang – Mon –Longwa - Kohima