now we are going to the traditional house Nagaland is a vibrant hill state located in the extreme northeast of India bounded by Myanmar in the East are Assam in the West Arunachal Pradesh and a part of Assam in north with manipur in the south it offers a rich and incomparable tradition and cultural heritage.
One of the Seven Sisters state of India Nagaland is covered mostly by high mountains. The capital of the stated Kohima and the largest city is Dimapur only Dimapur has an airport as if for now and theairfare is pretty affordable the roads of nagaland are pretty bad at the present time There used to be proper roads here but due to construction of 4 lane highway it is all in ruins for now after two years when you come back you will find a nicely done roadways well the construction of four-lane highway is under process but the scenic beauty alongside the road will suck up your tiredness.
When I reached Kohima I was mesmerized by the beauty and I stayed with a wonderful friend. I met this amazing lady, she's a hardcore mountaineer and her name is Joyce While I stayed with Joyce I got this wonderful opportunity to make new Naga friends and know their lifestyle specially women as to how liberated and free they are in Nagaland as compared to other part of India. Now I'll take you to the first green village of the Asian continent, a very historical village that is Khonoma, the village is completely surrounded by mountains and its very beautiful. This is the parking lot of Khonoma village where the taxi will drop you and over there is the Baptist Church This is the registration place when you enter Khonoma you have to register yourself It is an ecotourism board actually that maintains the whole village To enter Khonoma I had to enter through this gate which has its own importance. Every tribe has its own design of the main gate and for this we have seven common gates traditional gates in the village so the importance about this gate is that during the festival if we have the villagers have any restrictions or any omens they will close the gate and no one is allowed to go outside the village and during the war if the enemies come they will close the gate and the Warriors will guard the village. So that was some knowledge from an Angami (name of a tribe in Nagaland) himself. Surprise! Aww she's so pretty! This is the topmost part of Khonoma village! Khonoma village is inhabited by Agami tribe of Nagaland and my friend victor who is also an Angami will tell us the Angami way of life. How many maximum number of children people have? Normally like what is the maximum four- five or just - there is no limit I have four elder sisters make from the same mother four elder sisters and two elder brothers and two younger sisters and one younger brother from the same mother.
Astonished I move forward only to some new surprises These are like unbelievably huge oranges which are very organic and plucking it without owner's permission is a sin You see this fort stand strong and high, the fiercest battles were fought between the British and the Nagas during 1852-1879 in this Semona fort of Khonoma this fort was described as one of the strongest in the Northeast by Major John Butler of British Army. Yes, I was pretty curious to see where the battles were fought so I moved forward to the top of the fort and there it is, that's it it gives me goosebumps to imagine that once the fiercest battles were fought in these peaceful lands This is boys' dormitory which is not for girls,for girls there is no dormitory, we don't have girls' dormitory The girls will go to someone house and have study conversation there but for boys they will come here, young boys will come here while elder people will sit in the centre The traditional Naga school is called as Morung where the elders of the village will come and pass the skills of survival and tradition to the younger generation orally so the death of even one elderly is considered a big loss to the community. And in the evening or at night after the lessons the boys will sleep or rest here. No women is allowed to touch this bed. It's a boys' dormitory so women are not allowed to touch this bed or sleep here. and every Morung has an open field right outside it for some important practical knowledge of skills. As I ventured more into this place I wondered there would be the center point where all the villagers would gather to celebrate or to discuss a matter of concern because maintaining such a beautiful village is a Herculean task. First, if there's any dispute in the clans then first the clans move they will discuss and they'll bring out to their village so the elder people are the head of the village so they will come and the elder people they'll come and sit around and they will give a decision so whatever decision is taken from this stone set in place or in the Morung that is the final decision. Here this is the centre of the village so in every festival if each clan wants to perform their cultural dance or song then, they will come and they will perform it here. And what is this, this place? This place is a house, individual house yeah! And that is a grave. like you can have a grave right in front of the house? Yeah! see for us there is our tradition we want to keep our dead body near to our house yeah we respect the dead. This face made out of rock you see is believed to be the guardian of wild animals Angamis believe that if the face is sad then they will not have a good luck with hunting and if the face is smiling they can have a good catch and they can easily go for hunting Now we are going to the traditional Naga house The home that I am visiting belongs to a man who has spent his entire life in the forest. As I entered, I was a little stunned and being an animal lover heartbroken after seeing all the skulls hanging there as trophies! Khonoma was an amazing experience and I was hoping for more from Nagaland and I was sure that Nagaland has a lot more to offer In my next video come with me to Dzukou Valley the word Dzukou means cold and lifeless but I'm sure the valley will bring you to life I'm just sitting here I got time it's clear to see .
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