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27/11/2023

Hornbill Music Festival

13/11/2023

THE DIMAPUR MARATHON:

Are you ready to experience the thrill of a half marathon in one of India's most vibrant and bustling cities? The first ever “ASEMANG- The Dimapur Marathon will be a first of its kind in the state of Nagaland with participation from different parts of the country. This historic event will take the runners through the heart of this bustling city, past iconic landmarks and through lush green spaces of Dimapur while testing your endurance.
We invite runners of all levels to participate in the Dimapur Marathon. Whether you are a seasoned marathoner or a first-time runner, this race is for you. Join us for a thrilling run experience across the historic capital of the ancient dimasa kingdom and the rich culture of Nagaland.

ROUTE:
21 K: NAGALAND STATE STADIUM - CITY TOWER - BURMA CAMP - PURANA BAZAAR - 3 MILE - NAGARJAN JXN - HOLY CROSS JXN - CITY TOWER - DIMAPUR STADIUM

10 K: DIMAPUR STADIUM - CITY TOWER - BURMA CAMP - SUPER MARKET - DELUXE POINT - HOLY CROSS JXN - CITY TOWER - DIMAPUR STADIUM

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31/10/2023

30/10/2023

List of homestay for guest arriving for Hornbill Festival.

21/07/2022

📍 Kisama Heritage Village, Kohima (Nagaland)

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20/07/2022

20/07/2022

Naga Couple In 1960s

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16/07/2022

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A mesmerizing night view of Ungma Village, Mokokchung.

The largest village among the Ao Naga villages and second largest village in Nagaland.



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25/06/2022

22/06/2022

Honey are being stored in large hollow wooden stumps at Chizami village in Phek district, Nagaland.

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20/06/2022

| In the Northwestern, part of Nagaland lives the fascinating Konyak tribe. They serve dual allegiance to India and Myanmar as this tribe enjoys dual citizenship in these countries. The Longwa village is located on the Indo-Myanmar border and has people crossing over to either country on a daily basis. Some of them even have homes that are on either side of the border.

The inhabitants of this village are citizens of both India and Myanmar. They do not need a visa to cross over to either country. In fact, many of them from India go to Myanmar each day for work and vice versa. The loyalties of these people towards both countries are equal. In fact, many of the young men of the village serve the Myanmar army.

The Konyak tribe in Nagaland is considered the last of India’s headhunters, as the practice was abandoned in the 1960s with the rise of Christianity. The Konyaks also sported tattoos on their face and other body parts which signified their tribe, clan, and status in society. Tattoos and headhunting were an integral part of the culture as young Konyak boys had to decapitate members of rival tribes as a rite of passage. A person’s skull was supposed to contain their soul force, which was associated with prosperity and fertility.

17/06/2022

View of Lekromi, Pfutseromi and Pfutsero in Phek district of Nagaland.

Pic via Pradia Kevimedo

02/06/2022

British Colonial administration in the Naga Hills
In order to understand the political developments in this diary it is perhaps necessary to sketch the main outlines of the administrative system which governed these primitive tribes. The Naga Hills formed a district of the province of Assam. Like other areas inhabited by primitive tribes, the Naga Hills under the Government of India Act of 1935 remained an 'excluded area'. That is to say the Nagas were not represented in the Assam Assembly and the Governor of Assam was personally responsible for their welfare. No Assam or Government of India legislation automatically applied to the area but the Governor could extend it to the Naga Hills if he thought it suited to the primitive peoples living there.
The District was divided into two subdivisions - Kohima and Mokokchung. The Deputy Commissioner with his headquarters at Kohima was in charge of the whole district but under him was the Subdivisional Officer at Mokokchung. The Kohima subdivision was inhabited by Kacha Nagas, Angami, Kuki, Kachari, Lhota, Sema and Rengma tribes while Mokokchung included Sema, Lhota, Ao, Konyak, Chang and Sangtam, as well as a few Yimchungr and Kalyu Kengyu villages. The work of the D.C. and the S.D.O. consisted of assessing and collecting taxes, settling disputes and generally looking after the welfare of the Naga tribes. In most parts of the district taxation amounted to Rs 2 (about 3 shillings) a year on every house. Exemption was given to village headmen, to Government servants earning less than Rs a month, [sic] to the aged and sick and to men who had served for more than three years in the army. The D.C. and the S.D.O. were continually checking the house lists, examining the exemptions and granting fresh remissions. The head-men collected the tax in their villages and received twelve and a half per cent of their collections as commission. Indirect taxation consisted in all villages of keeping bridle paths clear, carrying loads for Government officers when they were out on tour, supplying rice when it was needed, and bringing in timber and thatch for the repair of Government buildings. All these materials and this work were paid for at current rates known to all Nagas.
In return Government gave the Nagas free justice (there were no pleaders or judicial fees), free education, free hospitals and dispensaries with free medicine and food. There was a free veterinary service and engineers provided bridges and aligned roads. No villager within the administered area was allowed to take heads and a battalion of the Assam Rifles was kept at Kohima and Mokokchung to protect villages against head-hunting raids by villages over the frontier. Additional safeguards for the Nagas existed - no Naga could alienate his land without the permission of the D.C. and no outsiders such as Gurkhalis or Marwaris were allowed into the Naga Hills without a pass. In this way the Nagas had been protected from exploitation by money-lenders and traders, which in other parts of India, such as the Santal Parganas, had led to such shocking abuses.
It may at first seem that the subject of the Naga Hills and its reaction to the political changes in India is petty and not worth recording. India had so many far more pressing problems. But the problem of the Nagas is the problem of 25 million tribal peoples in India. The Nagas were proud and vigorous and ready to fight for their way of life in a way that many of the tribes on the plains can no longer do. The small struggle in the Naga Hills was symbolic of the struggle all over India. Ministeries in India frequently have narrow sectarian interests and exploit the tribal people. If they follow out-dated theories of 'uplift' and 'assimilation' the policy will end in the destruction of the tribal people as surely as it ended in the destruction of the 'red man' and the Maori.

Typescript 'Journey to Nagaland', by Mildred Archer. An account of six months spent in the Naga Hills in 1947