According to him, Christianity to the Nagas came packaged in colonial biases. “They forbade converts from performing traditional rituals and taking part in festivals. They urged converts to discard the native appearance by dressing in western clothes and changing their hairstyle to make their conve...
This picturesque town is the cultural centre of the AO Nagas. The AO warriors used to wear the beautiful black and red hand-woven shawl with its white decorated band to signify their prowess over their enemies. The two main festivals of AO's are Moatsu in early ...
Orchestrated celebration: performing a reconstructed identity in the Hornbill Festival of Nagaland (India) with an aim to foster cultural unity among the various constituent groups at home and to showcase their rich cultural resources to the rest of the world... Tatongkala 被引量: 0发表: 2013...
Renowned as one of the largest and oldest Naga tribes, their rich cultural heritage encompasses traditional songs, folktales, customs, dances, feasts, games, festivals, attire, ornaments, rituals, practices, crafts, and more, all reflecting their ancestral society's existence [13]. Karbi Anglong,...
such as Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland in northeast India. The Karbi language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman linguistic family, and the Karbi are sometimes referred to as the earliest inhabitants of Assam. Known as the Mikirs to colonial ethnographers, the people call themselves ‘Arleng’ (which...