Tutsa Naga
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| File:Flag of India.svg India (Arunachal Pradesh) | |
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| Tutsa language | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Animism, Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| people, Tangsa, Nocte |
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The Tutsa people, also known as the Tutsa, are a Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group inhabiting the western parts of Changlang and Khimiyong circles and the eastern part of Tirap districts of the Northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.[1] Ethnically, the Tutsa are closely related to the Tangsa and were classified as members of the Tangsa in all census records until 1981.[2] As of 2001 their population stood at 25,000.
Culture and beliefs
[edit | edit source]Along with the Tangsa, the Tutsas believe in the existence of a supreme being called 'Rangfrah'. The harvest festival of Pongtu Kuh is the principal festival of the Tutsa. The festival is marked by several events like practising of Rom-Hom, a traditional chicken sacrifice for producing fire by rubbing a bamboo stick in the hay to forecast whether the year would prove prosperous for them or not.[citation needed]
The Tutsa are traditionally followers of Animism. Some Tutsa have also embraced Christianity. The sizeable Christian Tutsa community have formed the Tutsa Baptist Churches Council (TBCC).
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Ethnologue profile
- Pongtu festival of Tutsa tribe celebrated at Changlang
- Legislators of AP meet NSCN (IM) leaders
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