Angami Naga

The Angamis are a major Naga ethnic group native to the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland.

They primarily inhabit the Kohima District, and parts of Chümoukedima and Dimapur district(s).

Culture

Cuisine

Galho is a popular Angami cuisine made from a mixture of rice, Himalayan knotweed, vegetables, and meats (pork or beef), etc.

Religion

Other religions

Although more than 98% of the Angamis are Christians, they are one of the last Naga ethnic groups having an animist population. The Angami animists practice a religion known as Pfütsana. According to the 1991 census, there were 1,760 Angami practitioners, but 10 years later the figure had halved to 884. Currently there are several hundred adherents of the Pfütsana religion, scattered in nine villages of the Southern Angami region of Kohima District.

Festivals

Sekrenyi

The Angamis celebrate a ten-day festival called Sekrenyi.

Te–l Khukhu

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.

Notable people

Gallery

See also

• Angami Baptist Church Council
• Angami name
• Angami Public Organization
• Angami Women Organization
• Index of Angami-related articles

References

Further reading

• Alban von Stockhausen: Imag(in)ing the Nagas: The Pictorial Ethnography of Hans-Eberhard Kauffmann and Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. Arnoldsche, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-89790-412-5.
• 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

• Ethnologue profile
• Web India

1. Angami language
2. Angami Naga Sign Language
3. Naga languages
4. List of people of Angami descent
5. Naga people
6. List of Naga ethnic groups
7. List of Naga languages
8. Naga National Council
9. History of the Nagas
10. Angami name
11. Rengma Naga
12. Naga folklore
13. Khonoma
14. List of Naga politicians
15. Nagaland
16. Kohima Village
17. Naga cuisine
18. Kohima
19. Kevichüsa Angami
20. Zapu Phizo