Angami Morung

Roko Tep 19 months ago

The Angamis are a major Naga ethnic group native to the state of Nagaland. The Angami Nagas are predominantly settled in Kohima District with a population of around 12 million, and spread across the territorial district of Chumukidema and Dimapur. The Angamis are divided into four regions namely Chakhro Angami, Northern Angami, Southern Angami and Western Angami. By cultural and traditionally, the Angami Nagas are hill base people depending basically on rice paddy terraces made on the hill slopes. This allows them to cultivate the same plot year after year. They also depend to a very small extent, on slash-and-burn (Jhum) cultivation.
Rice and self brew rice beer is the staple food. Meat is a common main dish served with boiled vegetables as side dishes.
The Angami literally practiced animist but after introduction of Christianity in the region, Christians have become dominated in most part.
The Angamis celebrate a ten-day festival called Sekrenyi (sometimes also called Phousanyi and Sokre–n in Southern Angami ) in February. The term Sekrenyi literally means sanctification festival (sekre u003d sanctification; nyi u003d feast; thenyi u003d festival). The festival takes places after the harvest and falls on the twenty-fifth day of the month Kezei (January–February).
Traditional Ornaments worn by both men and women specially during festive occasions, including necklaces, earrings, armlets and bracelets and headgears etc. These are usually made out of beads, brass, bones and horns of animals, boar’s teeth, ivory, shells and precious stones.