Angami Naga
| File:Angami Tribe NAGALAND INDIA.jpg An Angami Naga family | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Nagaland and other states of Northeast India | |
| Languages | |
| Tenyidie, Keyho, Dzu-o | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity |
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The Angamis are a major Naga ethnic group native to the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland. They predominantly inhabit the Kohima District, Chümoukedima District and Dimapur District of Nagaland.[1] The Angamis are divided into four regions namely Chakhro Angami, Northern Angami, Southern Angami and Western Angami. The now separated Chakhesangs were previously known as the Eastern Angamis.[2]
Culture
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Cuisine
[edit | edit source]Galho is a popular Angami cuisine made from a mixture of rice, Himalayan knotweed, vegetables, and meats (pork or beef), etc.[3][4]
Religion
[edit | edit source]The majority of Angami Naga follow the Christian faith whilst only 1% follow animism.
Festivals
[edit | edit source]Sekrenyi
[edit | edit source]The Angamis celebrate a ten-day festival called Sekrenyi.[citation needed]
Te–l Khukhu
[edit | edit source]Te–l Khukhu is a festival that falls on 13th of Chünyi (July). It is a time of giving and sharing of food with each other. This is the only festival dedicated for girls. Gone were the days when different animistic rituals were performed but with the advent of Christianity the rituals were no longer performed. Today it is celebrated as a time of get-togetherness and sharing with the dear and near ones.[5]
Notable people
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See also
[edit | edit source]- Angami Baptist Church Council
- Angami name
- Angami Public Organization
- Angami Women Organization
- Index of Angami-related articles
References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Alban von Stockhausen: Imag(in)ing the Nagas: The Pictorial Ethnography of Hans-Eberhard Kauffmann and Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. Arnoldsche, Stuttgart 2014, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- Durkheim, E. and Mauss, 1963. Primitive Classification. (trans. R. Needham), London, Free Press.
- Edsman, C.M., 1987. 'Fire', The Encyclopaedia of Religion, vol. 5, ed. by M. Eliade. pp. 340–46. New York, Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Hutton, J.H., 1969. The Angami Nagas, Bombay, Oxford University Press. (first published in 1921 by Macmillan & Co. London).
- Joshi, Vibha. A Matter of Belief: Christian Conversion and Healing in North-East India (Berghahn Books; 2012) 298 pages; a study of Christian conversion and the revival of traditional animist culture among the Angami Naga.
- Rudhardt, J., 1987. 'Water', The Encyclopaedia of Religion, vol. 15, ed. by M. Eliade, pp. 350–61. New York, Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Stirn, Aglaja & Peter van Ham. The Hidden world of the Naga: Living Traditions in Northeast India. London: Prestel.
- Oppitz, Michael, Thomas Kaiser, Alban von Stockhausen & Marion Wettstein. 2008. Naga Identities: Changing Local Cultures in the Northeast of India. Gent: Snoeck Publishers.
- Kunz, Richard & Vibha Joshi. 2008. Naga – A Forgotten Mountain Region Rediscovered. Basel: Merian.
- Jonathan Glancey.2011.Nagaland- A journey to India's Forgotten Frontier :Faber and Faber .
External links
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