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6 unusual facts about Naga people


Brendan I. Koerner

He subsequently retreated into the Indo-Burmese wilderness and joined a tribe of the headhunting Nagas.

Homalin

The Naga and Kuki ethnic group reside in Homalin, Naga Traditional New Year is celebrated by the nagas and the kuki celebrate Chavang Kut every year.

Leshi Township

In 2010, a potion of Hkamti Township in the Naga Hills, including the Naga village of Yawpami, was transferred to Leshi Township, in order to facilitate the creation of the Naga Self-Administered Zone.

Naga people

The Naga tribes live in the Indian states of Nagaland, Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh and the northwestern hill tracts of Burma, such as the Naga Self-Administered Zone (formerly in Sagaing Division).

The Ethnologue uses the term "Naga" to describe 34 languages in the Kuki-Chin-Naga family.

Naga Regiment

69 Nagas were enrolled directly from rehabilitation camps of underground Nagas.


Angami Naga

Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu (b. 1936), veteran politician, writer, scholar and president of the Naga People's Front.

Dimapur

Besides the dominant Naga tribes who comprise about 50% of the city's population, other prominent groups include Dimasas, Bengalis, Assamese, Oriyas, Nepalese, Biharis, Marwaris, Punjabis and also Tamils and Keralites.

Herman Perry

Perry fled into the wilderness and lived out a fugitive's life of jungle survival, discovering and adapting to the headhunting lifestyle of the Naga people of northeastern India and northern Burma.

Mopongchuket

The village is associated with legends such as the romantic story of Jina and Etiben, called the Romeo and Juliet of the Ao Naga tribes.

Nagananda

Nagananda is one of the best Sanskrit dramas in five acts dealing with the popular story of Jimutavahana's self-sacrifice to save the Nagas.


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