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This book tries to present a detailed account of the festivals of the Naga tribes of Manipur and Nagaland in India. Taking a synoptic view of the festivals—their etymology, traditions and types, it describes in detail the religious festivals, arts and craft festivals, food and drinks festivals, and seasonal and harvest festivals.
It describes in detail the mode of their celebration, the Naga tribes which celebrate them and the months when they are ...
Manipur is a tiny state but strategically important since it is bordered by various South-East Asian countries. Much of the area of Manipur belongs to the hills which are inhabited by various tribes commonly known as Nagas and the Chin-Kuki groups. Their cultural customary laws including that of land are sharply different and this often leads to ethnic crisis and land disputes.
The Anthropological Survey of India launched the People of India project on 2d October 1985 to generate an anthropological profile of all communities of India, the impact on them of change and the development process, and the links that bring them together. As part of this all India project, the ethnographic survey of all the 115 communities in Assam was taken up for the first time in collaboration with local scholars. The results of this survey were discussed at ...
The Anthropological Survey of India launched the People of India project on 2nd October 1985 to generate an anthropological profile of all communities of India, the impact on them of change and the development process, and the links that bring them together. As part of this all-India project the first ever ethnographic survey of Manipur was taken up in collaboration with local scholars. The scholars studied, for the first time, 29 communities of Manipur. The ...