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